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HISTORY 



WALLINGFORD, 



. /, CONN., 

FROM ITS SETTLEMENT IN 1670 TO THE PRESENT 
TIME, INCLUDING 

1 

MERIDEN, 

I WHICH WAS ONE OF ITS PARISHES UNTIL 1806, 

\ AND 

( ' CHESHIRE, 

WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN I780. 



CHARLES HENRY STANLEY DAVIS, M. D, 

MEMBER OF THE N. E. HIST. AND GEN. SOC. ; COR. MEMBER OF THE WIS- 
CONSIN, MINNESOTA AND CHICAGO HIST. SOCIETIES; MEMBER 
OF THR NEW HAVEN COL. HIST. SOC. ; ONE OF THE VICE 
PRESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAN PHIL. SOC, ETC. 



'' Iliiiily thitie ere its ardent icliince had cast 
ThrouLrh the dim shades, the portals of the past; 
By the hritrht lamp of thouarht thy care had fed 
From the tar beacon lights of ages tied, 
The depths of time exploring to retrace 
The glorious march of many a vanished race." 



/ 

MERIDEN, CONN.: 

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 
1870. 




Entered accordiiisi to Act of Congress, in tlie year ISTO. by 

J. WILCOX, 

In the Clerk's Otiiee of the District Court of the United Stiites for tlie 

District ot Conneetiout, 



^ V 



MOUNT TOM PRINTING HOUSE, 
WALUNGFORD, CONN. 



CONTENTS. 



Chai'ter Page 

Introduction . . i 

I. Purchase of Indian Lands . ^ 

II. Physical History, &c. . 36 

III. Wallingford Settled . 70 

IV. Earliest Town Acts . 87 
V. Formation of Church . 95 

VI. Harriman, Street and Whittelsey 108 

VII. Meriden, Dog's Misery, Falls Plain 123 

VIII. Nomenclature . . 153 

IX. The Dana Controversy . 164 

X. Church at Meriden . 210 

XI. Episcopal Church . . . 238 

XII. Baptist Church . 267 

XIII. Settlement of Noyes and Gilbert 291 

XIV. Revivals . . . 298 

XV. Schools . . 308 

XVI. Wyoming . . -319 

XVII. First Corn Mill . 328 

XVIII. Slavery, Small Pox . 339 

XIX. Wallingford in the Wars 347 

XX. Funeral Customs, Graveyards, &c. 379 

XXI. Methodist Church . . 389 

XXII. Universalist Church . 394 

XXIII. Manners and Customs . 402 



IV CONTENTS. 



lAPTER 



XXIV. Statistics . . 422 

XXV. Meriden Deed . . 432 

XXVI. Celebration of 1858 435 

XXVII. Cheshire . . . 440 

XXVIII. State Reform School . 452 

XXIX. Physicians . . .455 

XXX. Manufactures . . 472 

XXXI. Wallingford Community . 496 

XXXII. Meriden Riot . . 502 

XXXIII. Biographies . . 508 

XXXIV. Miscellaneous . 606 
Genealogies . . 611 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



WOOD ENGRAVINGS. 

I'AUE 

Mr. Chester's Monument . . 38 
Cat Hole Pass . . . -94 

First Church in Wallingp^ord . . 99 

Second Church .... loi 

Third Church . • . . 120 

Meriden in 1830 .... 152 

Wells Meeting House . . 193 
Rev. James Dana, D. D. . . .204 

Map of Meriden in 1830 . . 230 

Union Church, Pond Hill . . 244 

Second Episcopal Church . . 247 

Rev. Reuben Ives . . . 256 

First Episcopal Church in Meriden . 262 

Wallingford in 1830 . . . 295 

Cheshire in 1830 . . . 443 

Epi; jopal Academy, Cheshire . . 446 

State Reform School at Meriden . 452 

B. F. Harrison, M. D. . . . 462 

Nehemiah Banks, M. D. . . 464 

H. a. Archer, M. D. . . . 468 

Union Works of Charles Parker . 472 

Charles Parker's German Silver Spoon Factories 476 

Works of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. " 479 

Robert Wallace .... 480 

Works of Meriden Britannia Co. - . 482 



VI 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Charles Parker's Machine and Gun Works 

Charles Parker's Iron Spoon Works 

Charles Parker's Hinge and Scale Factories 

Henry Allen 

John Humphrey Noyes 

Residence ok Moses Y. Beach 

Fenner Bush . . . . 

John Butler .... 

Lemuel Butler . . . , 

Henry C. Butler 

Joel I. Butler . . . . 

Timothy Fisher Davis, M. D. . 

Julius Hall . . . . 

Edward Walker Hatch, M. D. 

Isaac I. Hough, M. D. . 

William Hubbard Yale 

Ashabel Griswold 

Eli Ives .... 

Lauren Merriman 

Samuel Paddock 

Edmund Parker . . . . 

Rev. Joseph J. Woolley 



490 

495 
497 

500 

518 Y 
549 

552 
554 
554 

555 
558 
564 
566 

567 
590 
593 
594 
595 
597 
600 
601 



STEEL 

Charles H. S. Davis 

Almer Hall 

Jared p. Whittelsey 

Moses Y. Beach 

Noah Pomeroy 

Julius Pratt 

Rev. Geo. W. Pkrkins 

Charles Parker 

Rev. E. R. Gilbert 



PLATES. 



Frontispiece. 



69 

86 

106 

122 

152 
232 
266 
296 



ILLUSTRATIONS. VU 

PAGE 

John Parker . . . . 318 

Horace Wilcox .... 346 

Jedediah Wilcox . . . 378 

Isaac C. Lewis . . . .401 

Dexter R. Wrioht . . . 434 

Ambrose Ivf:s .... 454 

Samuel Simpson . . . 474 

J. Wilcox & Co.'s Manufactory . . 484 

Officers . . . . 610 



LITHOGRAPHS. 



Walter Booth . . . 547 

Dr. Benj. H. Catlin . . . 556 

William Yale . . . 587 



" It is the privilege of History to impart the experience of age, without 
its infirmities ; to bring back things long obscured by time, or sinking into 
oblivion ; and enable us to form some reasonable conjecture of what may 
happen to posterity." 

Poulson's Hist, of Holderness. 

" Our Ancestors wrought in a magnanimous spirit of rivalry with Na- 
ture, or in kindly fellowship with her When they planted, 

they chose out her trees of longest life, — the Oak, the Chestnut, the Yew, 
the Elm, — trees which it does us good to behold, while we muse on the 
many generations of our Forefathers whose eyes have reposed within the 
same leafy bays." 

Hare's Guesses at TnitJi. 

" Go little booke, God send thee good passage. 
And especially let this be thy prayere. 
Unto them all that thee will read or hear, 
Where thou art wrong, after their help to call. 
Thee to correct in any part or all." 

Chaucer's Belle Dame sans Mercie. 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



INTRODUCTION. 

I HAVE written a History of the town of Wallingford, 
covering a period of two hundred years. I have offered 
no brilliant word painting. I have described no battle 
scenes or heroes ; no political intrigues or crimes of 
kings. But I have endeavored faithfully to portray the 
lives and actions of our Puritan ancestors. They came 
to find an asylum for religious liberty, the very religious 
liberty for which they had been contending at home, and 
for which they had become accustomed to suffer priva- 
tions across the channel. They found few helps and 
many hindrances to their growth and prosperity in a 
foreign land and under foreign rule, and they therefore 
undertook to rear a church and found a colony at the 
same time in the wilderness, whose vital principle should 
be the religious ideas for whose sake they had resigned 
the honors and braved the power of the English crown. 
Their notions of civil government were not clearly de- 
fined, and of the civil institution which their effort was 
to build, they took little thought and indulged little 
B 



2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

anxiety. They only aimed at a pure religion and an 
independent church. This was their hope by day, their 
dream by night, and the goal of their continual prayer 
and effort. 

Dr. Johnson said that " he who describes what he 
never saw, draws from fancy." History should rather 
be truth in its simplicity. As Horace says, " He hath 
gained every point, who hath mixed the useful with the 
agreeable, by delighting and equally improving the 
reader.'" 

The design of Local History is to preserve the 
memory of local events and enterprise ; to record the 
manners and customs, the character and services, the 
sacrifices, the toils and the sufterings of our fathers ; to 
glean from old records and family traditions, material 
which has been passed over by the historians of the 
State and country. Until within a comparatively brief 
period, but little attention has been given to the prepa- 
ration of local histories, or to the preservation of the 
materials of which they must be composed. Probably 
not more than one-half of the towns of New England 
have any well-authenticated history of their early 
settlement. A few scattering documents, brief and 
unsatisfactory letters, and family traditions colored and 
enlarged as such statements are apt to be, embrace all 
that can be obtained. A writer has said, that an octavo 
pamphlet of ten pages, containing well-authenticated 
facts concerning the year, month, and day in which the 
first man pitched his tent on the ground where the city 
of London now stands, his name, his origin, whence he 



I Omne tulit puncum qui miscuit utile dulci, 

Lectorem delectando pariterque monendo. Dc Art. Poet., 343. 



INTKODLCTION 3 

came, the circumstances in which he came, the object of 
his comini^, ami, withal, a minute description of the 
place as it then was — such a j^amphlet would be worth 
millions sterling to the author or proprietor. How 
unhappy is the reflection that the early settlements of 
our towns should be permitted to be forever lost through 
the apathy or indifference of their inhabitants. 

Upwards of two hundred years aj^^o, Thomas Fuller, 
D. D., of whom Coleridge said that he was "incompar- 
ably the most sensible and least prejudiced great man of 
an age that boasted of a galaxy of great men," wrote as 
follows : 

" History is a velvet study, and recreation work. What a 
pitie it is to sec a proper gentleman to haxe such a crick in 
his neck that he cannot look backward ! Yet no better is he 
who cannot see behind him the actions which long since were 
performed. History maketh a young man to be old, without 
either wrinkles or grey hairs ; priviledging him with the 
experience of age, without either the infirmities or incon- 
veniences thereof \'ea, it not only maketh things past, pres- 
ent ; but enableth one to make a rational! conjecture of things 
to come." 

No one of the present nations of Europe can tell us a 
word of their earliest ancestors ; the oldest annals of 
Rome were compiled more than a century and a half 
after the records were destroyed by the Gauls, and more 
than three hundred and sixty years after the date ordi- 
narily assigned for the foundation of the city. It is 
sufficient to read Thucydides' introduction to his history 
of the Peloponnesian war to perceive how little correct 
information could be obtained by that diligent inquirer 
into the antiquities of his country. But it is far differ- 
ent with our early history as a nation. We owe a 



4 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

lasting debt of gratitude to our ancestors for their 
fidelity in recording the incipient steps taken by them 
in settling this new world ; but their descendants soon 
began to relax their fidelity in this respect. Men were 
so much occupied with the business of the present hour, 
that they were forgetful of the past and careless of the 
future. They possessed neither the ability nor incli- 
nation to contemplate their public transactions in the 
impartial light of history, far less to treasure and to 
record them ; they were a people humble in their begin- 
nings, unambitious in their aims; "content with the 
moral grandeur that alone attends the discharge of their 
duty, and in silent unconsciousness building up a politi- 
cal structure more sublime in its beauty than the towered 
palaces of kings." 

I know how difficult it will be to make a local history 
interesting if I confine myself merely to transcripts from 
old records and dry details. The historian is not obliged 
to look abroad like the poet for illustrations ; his images 
are ready ; his field of combat is inclosed. He wants 
only so much vivacity as will supply color and life to the 
description. Tacitus informs us that songs were the 
only memorials of the past which the ancient Germans 
possessed. We know that the early history of England 
is a mass of fiction and fable ; but owing to the modern 
severity of historical research, legends of beauty contin- 
ually disappear, and the; rents in history l)ecome jiiainer 
as the ivy is torn away. In the exquisite image of Lan- 
dor, it is like breaking ofil" a crystal from the vault of a 
twilight cavern, out of mere curiosity to see where the ac- 
cretion ends and where the rock begins. If, in writing 
this work, I can turn the attention of the descendants of 
the Connecticut emigrants from the present to the glo- 



INTRODUCTION. 5 

rious past — if I can instil into their minds a love for the 
noble men who left the luxuries of the old world for a life 
of privation and dangers in a wild and unknown country, 
I shall consider myself well repaid. 

In 1858 I commenced gathering materials for this 
work, by looking over old files of deeds and papers, 
searching family, church, town and probate records, the 
State archives, and interviewing the oldest inhabitants, 
until I had accumulated a large quantity of interesting 
information of a local nature. In 1867 I returned to 
Meriden after an absence of seven years ; and the time 
that could be devoted from my other duties was given 
to the collecting of genealogical records, and the com- 
pletion of the history. While thus engaged in 1869, I 
received a letter from Mr. Klihu Yale of New Haven, 
in which he informed me that he had been engaged 
for nearly fifteen years in compiling genealogies of the 
Wallingford families. We met and compared notes, 
and the result was, that I placed my genealogical 
records in his hands for completion. To these records I 
have made a few alterations and additions, bringing a 
few families down to the present generation, and add- 
ing notes, principally from Durrie, showing where fur- 
ther information can be obtained of each family. 

It is not possible that a work of this description, con- 
taining such a mass of facts and abounding in names 
and dates, should be free from error. A writer has said 
that when the mind is attentively employed in such 
researches as tend to illustrate any obscure passages in 
history or antiquity, every hint, every ray of light that 
illustrates the subject, gives high satisfaction to the stu- 
dent, and tends to the great entertainment of the 



6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORO. 

readers of his work.' I am also indebted to Mr. 
Yale, for much valuable information, especially in the 
biographical notices. 

I would here return thanks to all who have assisted 
me m my researches, and who have taken an interest in 
the work. I am under great obligations to the libra- 
rians of the New England Historical and Genealogical 
Society, New York Historical Society, Yale College, and 
Massachusetts and Connecticut State libraries, for favors 
shown. 

" I have together gathered and commanded to be 
written many of those things that our forefathers held.*" 
But " I know that the Argument .... required the pen of 
some excellent Artizan ; but fearing that none would 
attempt and finish it ... I chose rather (among other my 
labors), to handle it after my plain fashion, than to 
leave it unperformed." ydiu Stoz>.>t\ 1598. 

Charles H. S. Davis. 
Meriden, Conn., September, 187a 

1 Remains of Japhet, p. 184, Ltmdon, 1767. 

2 Ic thaes togxderee gegoderrd and awritan hot manega thxra the ura 
foregengan hcoldun. Frtf. Lij,'. y£//rti/t. 



CHAPTER I. 

PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 

The present ownership or title to the lands in Walling- 
ford and Meriden is derived, i. From purchase of the 
Indians. 2. From the patent of Connecticut under the 
great seal of England. 3. From the grants made by 
the Colonial Legislature to individuals, which those 
individuals had power to convey by deed. 4. From the 
patent of VVallingford under the seal of the Colony, 
which gave power to the proprietors of Wallingford to 
make allotments of land to individuals, who had power 
to convey these lands thus allotted by deed. 

When Davenport and his company arrived at New Ha- 
ven, they found the territory in possession of the Indians, 
the original owners of the soil. Within the limits of Con- 
necticut, as its boundaries are now fixed, were probably 
from twelve to fifteen thousand Indians,' broken into 
many clans or tribes, speaking different dialects, that 
had a common basis, so that the individuals belong- 
ing to one tribe could understand the words spoken by 
another. In no part of New England were the Indians 
so numerous as in Connecticut. The great quantities 

1 Deforest, in his "History of the Connecticut Indian.s," estimates the 
miniber at from six to seven thousand onlv. while other historians place 
the number a$ high as twenty thousand. 



8 HISTOKV OF W AI.I.INdFOKI). 

of fish and fowl which the country and its waters af- 
forded, were well adapted to tlicir convenience and mode 
of livinf;. Neither wars nor diseases had so depopu- 
lated this, as they had some other jjarts of New l^n^dand. 
Those who lived on either hank of the Connecticut, and 
were hence called river Indians, were nearly all within 
the old limits of Windsor, Hartford, Wethersfield, and 
Miildletown. There were ten sovereij^nties of them in 
Windsor alone, who could muster, it was said, an ajj^^re- 
gate of two thousand howman. Hartford swarmed with 
them. The Mattahesitt trihe, then living in and about 
the present city of Middletown, claimed the land which 
they afterwards sold to Davenpoit and his comi)any. At 
the time of the settlement of New Have i, Sowheag was 
the great sachem of the Mattahesitt trihe. He had a 
fort at Midtlletown, on the high ground near ihe " nar- 
rows," b)' the ri\er, and his power extended over Middle- 
town, Wallingford and Meriden, and small portions of 
towns adjoining thereto. 

That part of the State now occupied by the (.ounties 
of New London and Windham, with a large part of 
Tolland county, was occupied by the Pequots and Mohe- 
gans, an exceedingly fierce, warlike and ciafty race.' 
But the power of the Pequots was felt beyond these 



I On tlic west of tlic t'oniK-cticiit river and ixtcnding towanls the Hiid- 
.sun, icsideil the Nti>hei;aiis. (lianciDf't, III. 239). Moliejian is a word, tlie 
meaning of wiiieh is not e.xplained by the early writers ; hut if we may 
trust the dethutions of |)hiloh)L;y, it needs create little uncertainty. The 
trihe (ailed themselves Muhhekanien ; and sinnified a wolf of super- 
natural power. This was the hadne or arms of ihe trihe. rather than the 
name of tlie lri!)e itself 'I'lie atlinilies of the iVInhenans with the Minci, 
or .Moncees, on the west h ink of t!vj IIini:;on, and throu;;h them with the 
I )elawares, aie .ipp.irent in ihe lan;4na};e, .iiui were well reeoj;ni/ed at the 
era of the seltleMient. 



PUKCHASK OF INDIAN LANDS. 9 

bounds, (^ther tribes had been overrun l)y their wai 
parlies, a tribute inij)osed, and a paramount dominion 
eslabHshed. Prince, in his introduction to Mason's 
Tequot War, says that this tribe extended westward to 
Connecticut River, and over it as far as Hrandford, if 
not lo Ouinnipiack (New Maven). Gookin' states that 
ihe sachem of the recpiots held dominion over a jiart of 
Loni;' Island ; over the Mohet^ans and the Uuinnipiacks ; 
"yea, over all the people that dwelt upoii Contiecticut 
River, and over some of the most southerly inhabitants 
of the Nipmuck conntry." 

Sassacus, the head sachem of the IVquots, was the most 
intractable and j>roud of all the New En<;land Indians. 
lie is described as having excelled all the other men of 
his tribe in couraj^e and address as a warrior, as much as 
that tribe surpassed all the nei.<::hborin<^ ones in its hauj:(h- 
ty claims to dominion. S.issacus had twenty-six sachems 
under him, when the Mni^lish settlers first came tt) the 
Connecticut ri\er. Far and wide extended the hunting- 
fields, the deer-tracks, and the war-paths of this tribe ; 
and all other tribes livetl in constant terror of them. 
If they neglected to pay their tribute, the- Pequots 
would descend upon them, plunder, destroy and carry 
them cai)tive at pleasure. When they were not molested 
by the Pequots, the- Mohawks, who had extended their 
conquests as far east as the Connecticut river, would 
issue their orders, anil collect their tribute. When they 
made their ajjpearance in the country, the Connecticut 
Indians would instantly raise a cry from hill to hill, "A 
Mohawk! A Mohawk!" and fly like sheep before wolves, 
without attempting the least resistance. It is indeed 

I Hi.><tt)rical ("ollocfinns ol the liuiiaiis. 1^74. 



lO HISTOKV Ol" WAI.I.INfiFOKI). 

difficult to describe the fear of these terrible nations, 
which had fallen on all the Indians in the western parts 
of Connecticut. On this account they welcomed the 
arrival of the Knglish amoui;- them, little dreamino that 
a few farmers who busied themselves with tasks fit, in 
their estimation, only for women, would soon get pos- 
session of the choicest lands that had been transmitted 
through a long line of Indian kings, and, finally, rising 
up as one man, would sweep whole tribes from the earth, 
and blot out their proudest names from remembrance. 
And yet, so desirous were they of English settlements 
on their territory, that before the first scttlenicni was 
made in the State, a deputation of Indians appeared in 
Massachusetts requesting the people of that State to 
send a colony and form a plantation among them in 
Connecticut. 

In the first deed between Davenport, luiton and 
others, and the Indians, in 1638, it is expressly stated 
as a reason why they ga\'e the deed and wished pur- 
chasers to settle among them, 

"Remembering the heavy ta.xes and imminent dangers lately 
felt and feared from the Pequots, Mohawks and other Indians, 
in regard of which they durst not stay in their country, but 
were forced to flee and seek shelter among the English ; and 
observing the safety and ease that the other Indians enjoy, 
near the Paiglish, of which benefits they ha\e a comfortable 
taste already, which with all thankfulness they now acknowl- 
edge, they grant," <S:c.. »!i:c. 

In this part of the country then, the original settlers 
were not intruders. It is true that the price or consider- 
ation paid for these lands was inconsiderable, when 
viewed from our stand-point. The jx)licy adopted by 
our fathers in respect to the Indians was characterized 



PUKCHASK OK INDIAN LANDS. II 

bv justice and by kindness. The ri^ht of the Indians 
to the soil was admitted and respected. Patents and 
charters from the Kinjjj were never considered good 
a,-,Minst the riji^hts of the natives. It appears from the 
documents which I have examined, that the lands in 
many instances were bou<?ht and paid for several times 
over. If. after any particular tract had been purchased, 
.some sachem or tribe appeared with a claim to the same 
land, that title also was bought out, and if again other 
claimants appeared, the purchase was still made again. 
Part of Meriden was thus bought again and again. And 
in 1670, thirty-four years after Hartford had been bought 
of the Indians, and had become populous, there arising 
some dispute about the title, the lands in Hartford were 
bought over again. Let any man demon.strate if he can, 
that in Connecticut a .single rood of land was ever ac- 
quired of the Indians otherwi.se than by fair purchase, 
except what was conquered from the Pequots, in a war 
as righteous as ever was waged. 

The most ancient record in e.Kistence at New Haven 
is the record of two treaties with the aboriginal proprie- 
tors, by which the soil was purchased, and the relations 
thenceforward to subsist between the Indians and the 
Knglish were distinctly defined. In 1638, the original 
settlers of New Haven bought of "Momauguin, the Indian 
Sachem of Ouinopiocke, and Sugcogisin. Quesaquauch, 
Caroughood, VVesaucucke, and others of his council," 
the tract of land on which New Haven now stands, ex- 
tending several miles to the northward, and embracing 
probably North Haven, also. The articles of agreement 
are to this effect : That Momauguin is the sole sachem of 
Ouinnipiack, and had an absolute power to aliene and 
dispose of the same : That in consequence of the pro- 



12 HISTORY OK WAI.LINCJFORI). 

tcction which he had tasted, by the Knj^dish, from the 
Pequots and Mohawks,' he yielded up all his rii^ht, title 
and interest to all the land, rivers, ponds and trees, with 
all the liberties and appurtenances belongin*; to the 
same, unt(j Theophilus luiton, John Davenport and 
others, their heirs and assi-;ns forever. He covenanted 
that neither he nor his Indians would leirify nor disturb 
the I'Lni^lish, nor injure them in any of their interests ; 
but that, in every respect, they would keep true laith 
with them. The English covenanted to protect Momau- 
'J,u\n and his Indians when unreasonably assaulted 
and terrified l)y other Indians ; and that they should al- 
ways have a sufficient quantity of land to plant on, 
uj)on the cast side of the harbor, between that and Say- 
brook fort. They also covenanted, that b)- way of free 
and thankful retribution, they <;ave unto the said sachem 
and his council and compcUiy twelve coats of I'.nglish 
cloth, twelve alchymy spoons, twelve hatchets, twelve 
hoes, two dozen of knives, twelve pt)rrin.f.cers. and four 
cases of hVench knives and scissors. What the In<.lians 
retained after the treaty, was worth more to them than 
what they had before the treaty. The consideration 
which chiefly moved them to the cession was not the 
coats, the knives, and the hatchets, the i")ewter spoons 
and porrinLjers. but the safety and manifoUl advanta,i;es 
of having the English for their neighbors and i)rotectors. 
In December following, the settlers made another 
purchase of a large tract, which la)' principally north of 



I Thf Indians of (^>iiinni|)i;u k, in tiiis luaty, (liclaiLcl, "That lluy still 
rcmeinljCTcd llic lua\y ta\(.^ nl iliv IVi|ii<ii> and Mohawks; as that, by 
reason ot'tluii liar nl tlani, tln.\ innld ixii vi.i\ in thLir own tdiintrv ; l)tit 
liad been nblij;ed to llee. l!y tiie^e pDweiliil intinies thev had been 
reduced to about fortv nKii." 



I'UKCHASK OF IN'DIAN LANDS. I 3 

the former. This was bought of Mantowesc, son of the 
great sachem at Mattabcsitt.' This tract was ten miles 
ill length, north and south, and thirteen miles in breadth. 
It extended eight miles east of the river Quinnipiac, 
and five miles west of it towards Hudson river. It in- 
cluded all the lands within the ancient limits of the old 
towns of New Haven, Hranft)rd and Wallingford, and 
almost the whole contained in the present limits of these 
towns, and of the towns of luist Haven, Woodbridge, 
Cheshire, Hamden and North Haven. These have since 
been made out of the three old towns. 

"Articles of agreement betwixt 'riicophilus Eaton, John 
Davenport, and sundry other English planters at (^uinnypiock 
on the one part, and Mantowese, .son of an Indian sachem 
living at Mattabezeck, and nephew to Sccjuin, on the other 
part, made and concluded the nth day of December, i63<S. 

" Kirst, the said Mantowese, in pre.scnce and with allowance 
of Sawseunck, and Inilians which came in comi)any with him, 
doth profess, atlirm and covenant to and with the said Theo- 
philus Eaton, John Da\'eni)oil, and others, above, that the 
land on both sides the river (^uinn\ piock, from the northerlv 
hounds of the land lately piuvhased b\- the said English of tiie 
(^uinnypiock Indians, namely, from the i)ond in the great 
meadow, about two miles abo\e the great hill, to the head of 
the ri\er at the great plain toward the plantations settled by 
the Eni^lish upon the ri\er of (^uinticnitt, soulheil\-, which is 
about ten miles in lengdi from north to south ; the bounds of 
whicli land run also eight miles easterly from the river of 
(^)uimi\piock towards tlu' ii\er of (^uinticutt, and ti\e miles 
Westell) towards Hudson's ri\er, — doth lrul\- and solei\ 
lielonjj; to him the said Mantowese, in riijlit of his deceased 
mother, to whom the said land did app-'rt lin, and fiom whon\ 

I Thf mother of Mantowese must liave been the (laii,i;litcr aiul heiress 
of some deceased sachem, for it was through lier that the laiul wasoluained. 



■ 4 msTOKV Ol \VALLIN(iFOKI). 

it jusilx (k'sccnds upon liim as his inheritance, so that he hatli 
an absolute and in(lt|Hiulent i)o\ver to ^ive, alien, dispose, or 
sell all, or an\ part ot" the said land as he shall think <;;ood ; 
and that neither his said father, nor any other person what- 
soever, have an\ rij;ht, title, or interest in any part of the 
land described and limited as above, whereby he or any other 
in ly hereafter justly question what the said Mantowese now 
doth, or lay any claim to any part of the said land now 
disposed of by him. 

"Secondl), the said Mantowese bein<; full)' acquainted with 
the aorcements lately passed betwixt the said Knj:;lish planters 
and the Sachem of Quinnypiock, his council and company, 
did freel\ of his own accord, upon full and serious deliber- 
ation, <i;i\e. ^rant, and yield up, all his right, title, and interest 
to all the land mentioned and bounded as above, with all the 
ri\ers, ponds, trees, and all liberties and appurtenances what- 
soever, belonging to the same, to the said Theophilus Katon, 
John Davenport, and other English planters, at Quinnypiock, 
and to their heirs and assigns forever, desiring from them, the 
said Knglish planters, to receive such a small portion of land 
b) the ri\er's side, about two miles beyond the tree over the 
ri\er in the passage from hence towards the towns at Quin- 
ticutt, as may be sufficient for his small company, being 
but ten men in number, besides women and children, which 
portion of land they desire may, hereafter, upon a view, be 
assigned, appointed and limited unto them by the said 
English planters, reserving also to himself and his forenamed 
company, liberty, in fit seasons and due manner, without 
prejudice to the English, to hunt and fish and kill beaver, 
yet therein also to be regulated by the said English, upon 
discovery of any annoyance, as the Quinnypiock Indians are 
in that case. 

"Lastly, the said Theophilus Eaton, John Davenport, &c., 
accepting from Mantowese this free gift of his land as above, 
do by way of thankful retribution give unto him eleven coats 
made of trucking cloth, and one coat for himself of English 



rUKCHASK ()|- INDIAN LANDS. I5 

cloth, made up after the Kn<,Mish manner, which hcin^ 
thankfully accepted by the said Mantowese, and the aj^ree- 
nient in all points perfected ; for satisfaction and full con- 
firmation ol the same, Mantowese and Sawseunck ha\e 
set Iheir hands or marks, this day and year before written. 

" iMantdwksk, X his mark. 
Sawskunck, X 'i'^ mark." 

" 1, John Clarke, being interpreter in this treaty, do hereby 
profess in the presence of God, that I have fully acquainted 
the Indians with the substance of every article, to the which 
they have freely agreed ; that is to say, that Mantowetie have 
given to Mr. Davenport and Mr. Eaton all his land which he- 
had by his deceased mother, which he saith is from the head 
of the great plain to the pond, which he profess to be his, and 
promise to make it good to our English ; and for this he is 
satisfied with twelve coats ; only reserve a piece of land by 
the river for his men, which are ten, and many squaws, to 
plant in ; and when our cows come there, what harm their 
dogs do our cattle, they will satisfy for, and we for what harm 
our hogs do to them in corn ; and as for hunting and fishing, 
they are acquainted and do freely consent to them, as their 
mark witness. The truth of which, if lawfully called, I shall 
readily confirm by my oath at any time. 

" Per me, John Ci-akkk.' 

"We, Robert Coggswell, Roger Knapp, and James Lo\e, 
do hereby renounce all right to any and every part of the 
forementioned land. Witness our hands hereunto. 

" rohekt coocsw'kli,, 

Jamks Lovk, 

Roc.KR KxAi'i', X 'i'^ mark." 



I This interpreter sccnis to have been one of the fir.>it inhabitants 
of the colony. The interpreter ol tlie first treaty, was Thomas Stanton, 
who was for many years a sort of chief (hajionian in all ini]>oriant nego- 
tiations with the Indians. 



1 6 IIISTOKV OF WALI.INGFOKl). 

That these treaties were ever violated by either party 
does not appear in history, although Governor Andres 
had said that the "signature of an Indian was no better 
than the scratch of a bear's paw." Upon the tract 
ceded by these treaties, where in 1638 there were sub- 
sist in.i^ in savage wretchedness not quite sixty men, and 
the largest estimate of women and children would not 
make the entire native population more than two hun- 
dred and fifty, there are now about 30,000 people, the 
poorest of which ha\e more physical comforts, not to 
speak of intellectual and moral differences, than the 
richest of the Indians enjoyed in 1638. To one who 
now stands upon the summit of West Peak and looks oiV 
upon the immense plain, like a <;Teen carpet stretching; 
Jar off to the Sound, dotted here and there with villat^es, 
ajul the quiet faim houses, 

" So rich .uul |)iclurcsqiic ami free, 
riic common uiirhynicd poetry 
( )f .simi)le life and country ways," 

it seems scared)' t'redible that the consideration of this 
^\cc^\ was "eleven coats made of truckini;- cloth, and one 
coat of English cloth, made up after the iMijjjlish man- 
ner," with the reservation of the ri^ht to i)lant and.himt 
upon the granted premises. lUit the price was an 
aileipKite one. What could the grantors do with money .^ 
and the liberty to occupy the land for the two pin-poses 
named in the tleed. comprised in the mind of an Indian, 
nearly all that lawyers mean by the term fee simple. 
The north hall' of Meriden, was claimed b\' portit^ns of 
the Mattabesitt tribe; and when b^irminL;"ton was settled 
bv the !Cn;.;lish, there was a band of that tribe, in the 
southeast i^art of that town, probably neai" Kensin<j;ton. 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. IJ 

The north part of our town remained in possession of 
the Indians, long after they had sold all the adjacent 
territory. Near the northern limit lay the Belcher farm. 
Rev. Mr. Perkins, in his " Historical Sketches," says, that 

"One Mr. Belcher, very early, but how early we cannot pre- 
cisely ascertain, had a grant of a large tract of land lying on 
our present northern border. Whether this was a colonial 
grant or a royal grant, we do not know, for no trace of deed 
or grant can be found in the state records or town records." 

Hoping to find such a record, 

" Through difficulties 
And with much pains, expence of time and cost, 
Many heapes of worne Records have I turn'd and tos't," 

and success crowned my eflorts. Here is the deed : 

" Att a Gen-'" Assembly holden at Newhaven October the 
14th, 1703 ; Whereas, the Govern' and Company of this her 
Majesties Colonic of Connecticutt in Gen'" Court assem- 
bled at Hartford, Aug. the 28th 1661, did give and grant 
unto Jonathan Gilbert of the said town of Hartford, innholder, 
dec'', three hundred and fifty acres of countrey land for a 
farm, and whereas, the said Gen-'" Assembly holden at 
Hartford March the 13th, 166^, and Octob'r the 12th, 1665, 
did give and grant to Capt. Daniel Gierke of the town of 
Windzor three hundred acres of land for the same use, to be 
taken up partly upon the branches of Mattabesitt River, and 
partly upon the road from Wethersfield to Newhaven, at or 
near a place called Cold Spring on the west side of a ridge, 
of mountainous land comonly called or known by the name of 
the Lamentation Hills, all which appeares on record ; and the 
said Jonathan Gilbert did purchase of the said Daniel Gierke 
his said grant, by which grant and purchase the said Jonath. 
Gilbert obteined to himself and his heirs a good and lawful! 
right and title to sixe hundred and fiftie acres of the said 
countrey land, four hundred and seventie acres whereof was 
C 



1 8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

laid out to the said Jonathan Gilbert by persons appointed by 
the said Gen^' ' Assembly at and nere the said place called 
the Cold Spring on the west side of the said Lamentation 
Hill ; the said four hundred and seventie acres of land com- 
prehending within it three pieces of meadowe, one called the 
south meadow, another the north meadow, and the third 
beaver meadow ; and the said Jonathan Gilbert having pur- 
chased the native right of the said land, and of the land 
thereunto adjoining, amounting in the whole to the sume of 
one thousand acres and upwards of meadow and upland ; 
and whereas Capt. Andrew Belcher of the town of Boston in 
the province of the Massachusetts Bay in Newengland, mer- 
chant, hath by purchase gained to himselfe and his heirs 
forever all the estate, right and title that the heirs or assignes 
of the said Jonathan Gilbert had or might have in or to the 
said four hundred and seventie acres of land, meadow and 
upland, and whatever right might accrue to them by the said 
purchase of the native right, and hath petitioned this Assem- 
bly for a pattent to' be granted out to him for a full confirma- 
tion of the same to him, his heirs and assignes forever. This 
Assembly considering that the said Andrew Belcher hath 
expended a considerable estate upon the said land in building 
tennantable houses and settling tennants therein, and other 
improvements which are like to be a publick as well as 
private benefitt, the said tennements being conveniently 
situate for the relief of travailers in their journying from 
place to place, for his incouragement to goe forward with his 
improvements doe see cause to grant his petition, and doe 
now give and grant unto the said Andrew Belcher all the said 
four hundred and seventie acres of meadow and upland (as 
it is laid out and bounded, or described to be bounded, in a 
plott or survey thereof exhibited in this Assembly under the 
hand of Mr. Caleb Stanley, surveyor), to be to him the said 
Andrew Belcher, his heirs and assignes forever ; and doe 
order that the said Andrew Belcher shall have a pattent for 
the said four hundred and seventie acres of land so butted 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. I9 

and bounded as in the said plott is described, the paUent to 
be signed by the Governour and Secretaire in the name and 
behalfe of the Govern'' and Companie of this her Majesties 
Colonic, which pattent shall be ()f full force and \-irtue to all 
intents and purposes in the lawe for the ensureing and sure 
making of all the said purchased and granted lands so butted 
and bounded as aforesaid, and e\-ery part and parcell thereof, 
with all the profitts, priviledges and appurtenances thereunto 
belonging, and from time to time thence arising, unto him the 
said Andrew Belcher, his heirs and assignes forever, accord- 
ing to the true intent and meaning thereof Provided always, 
nevertheless, that there shall be a country road or highway 
through the said farme or part thereof, as there shall be occa- 
sion.' Capt. John Hamlin moving to this Court for a grant 
of a tract of land to Capt. Andrew Belcher, which land lieth 
between said M'' Belcher's farme at Merriden and the moun- 
tain called Lamentation, this Court doe order Capt. Thomas 
Hart and M'' Caleb Stanley jun' to survey said tract of land 
and make return thereof to this Court in Ma)- next, both as to 
the quantitie and qualitie of said land." 

In May 1704, the committee handed in the following 
report : 

"To the Hon''' the Gen'" Assembly of the Colonic 
of Conecticutt sitting in Hartford, May the 11"' 1704. 
Whereas, the Generall Assembly of the said Colonic held at 
Newhaven October the 14"', 1703, did order and appoint us 
the subscribers hereunto to measure and survey a certain tract 
of land adjoining to Capt. Andrew Belcher's farme called 
Merriden, and l}'ing between the said farme and the top or 
ridge of the mountain usually called Lamentation Mountain 
(which said tract of land the said Belcher did petition for to 
the said Court), and to make our return thereof to this Hon'" 
Court now sitting, both as to the quantitie and qualitie thereof. 

I The survey of Capt. Belcher's farm is recorded in Book D, folio 318, 
319. 320. 



20 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

In pursuance whereof, we, the said subscribers, did survey 
and measure the said tract of land in maner as follows, viz., 
from the southeast corner of the said farme we run and 
measured east (by the needle of the surveying instrument) 
eighty rods, and then east seventeen degrees, northerly sixtie- 
eight rods to the top of the said mountain, and from the 
northeast corner of the said farme, we run and measured 
east 29 degrees, southerly one hundred and twentie rods to 
the top of the same mountain. We also found the said 
mountain to lye and bear near north thirtie degrees easterly, 
south thirtie degrees westerly, and considering the same with 
the lines that are the eastern boundary of the said farme 
(having a plott thereof before us), we found that the said land 
petitioned for as aforesaid, doth contain about two hundred 
and eightie acres. And as to the qualitie thereof, by reason 
that the same is almost wholly consisting of steep, rocky, hills 
and very stony land, we judge it to be very mean, and of 
little valine All which we humbly present to this Hon''' 
Assembly. 

Caleb Stanley, Survey''. 

Thomas Hart. 

"This Assembly grants to Capt. Andrew Belcher of Boston, 
merch^, and to his heirs forever, the tract of land mentioned 
in the above survey, containing about two hundred and eightie 
acres with the bounds and abutmentts as abo\ e exprest, and 
that he shall have a pattent for the confirmation of it accord- 
ingly, to be signed according to lawe in the name of this 
Assembly. Always provided it shall not intrench upon the 
properties of any other person, or upon any plantation.'" 



I Andrew Belcher was son of Andrew Belcher, who was in Sudbury, 
Mass., in 1639. He was born Jan. i, 1647. He married July i, 1670, 
Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Gilbert, and had Andrew, born March 12, 
1672 ; Deborah ; Mary, born March 7, i68o ; Ann, born March 30, 1684 ; 
Martha, born March 29,1686; Elizabeth, born Jan. 12, 1678; Jonathan, 
born Jan. 8, 1682; which last was the royal Governor of Mass. 173010 
1741. 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 21 

In a deed dated October 15, 1664, the northern part 
of this tract is called Merideen, and in another deed of 
1672 it is called Moridan, and "bounded partly on the 
Mattabesick River where it may be allowed of the town 
of Farmington." This valley was a rich alluvial soil, 
and might be termed bottom land. But owing to its low 
situation, the name of Meriden was abandoned for that 
of" Great Swamp." It was a part of the hunting grounds 
of the Mattabesett tribe of Indians, and tradition says 
their lodge or settlement was at the place called now, 
and has been for many years, " Beckley Quarter.'" 

In the upper part of this purchase, at a place now 
called " Christian Lane," Richard Seymour and others 
began a settlement as early as 1686. Here stood the 
Seymour Fort, or Palisades, within which the cabins 
were constructed, and to which all the settlers repaired 
at nightfall, for safety against the Indians, and for quiet 
rest." The well at which they quenched their thirst, 
still furnishes the best water. It was dug in the center 
of the fort. In 1705, twenty-nine persons residing in 
the " Great Swamp," petitioned the General Assembly 
to annex unto their bounds 

" All those lands that are between our bounds southward, 



1 The first English settler of this locality was sergeant Richard 
Beckley, a planter in New Haven Colony, 1639, but moved to this part 
of the State, which from his day has been called "Beckley quarter." The 
following shows his title to the land, and is from the records of lands for 
Wethersfield : "25 Feb. 1680. Lands belonging to Sergt. Richard Beckley 
and to his heirs and assigns forever, lying in Wethersfield, upon Conccti- 
cutt river, which he purchased of Terramoogus ( Indian), with the consent 
of the court, and town of Wethersfield." 

2 This fort was made of palisades sixteen feet long, sharj") at the top, 
and firmly set in the ground near together. 



22 HISTORY OF WALLIN(.FOKI). 

and Wallingford bounds northward, for the benefit of the 
taxes of said lands," 

for the support of a minister. The territorial limits of 
Wallingford, extended northward, only to Pilgrim's Har- 
bor, or what is now West Meriden. Between Wallingford 
on the south, Middletown on the east, and Belcher's farm 
on the north, and part of the west, there lay a tract of 
land, of somewhat imdefirped boundaries. The " old road" 
passed through it. The following appears to have been 
the earliest deed of this part of Meriden : 

" Oct. 15, 1664. 
" Know all men by these presents, that I Seaukeet, 
Indian, ( abiding in or about Hartford, on Conec't.) Sachem, 
owner and true propriertor of a large tract of Land in the 
woods towards New Haven att and about the land now in 
possession of Mr. Jonathan Gilbert,' Intitled and known by 
the name Merideen, doe sell unto Edward Higbey, one parcell 
of land adjoining to the lands of Jonathan Gilbert, aforesaid, 
Hills, Rocks, brooks, swamps and all other appurtenances, 
bounded and formerly delivered, by marked tiees, and by the 
land of sayd Jonathan Gilbert and Pilgrim's Harbor Brook 
or River — all which sayd parcell of land with all prerogatives, 
privileges and any kind of appurtenances thereon, and there- 
unto belonging, it shall be lawful for the sayd Edward Higbey, 
his heirs and assigns, to improve, possess, enjoy, and that for- 
ever, as fully and as freely as the said Seaukeet ever did or 
might have done. In witness thereof, by these presents, I 
bind myself, my heirs and assigns, quietly and peaceably to 

I E.xtract from the last will and testament of Jonathan Gilbert, Feb. 
12, 1682-3. "Item, I give to my -"^oii Nathaniel Gilbert, my farm at 
Meriden, with all the house and land thereunto belont!;ing, and all priv- 
iledgcs thereunto to him and his heirs forever, and also I give to him 
thirty pounds more out of my estate or in cattle to stock the said farm." 
Hartford Probate Records; Vol. IV. 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 23 

leave in the full possession of all the premises, the sayd 
Edward Higbey, nex-er to be molested by me the sayd Seau- 
kcet, my heirs, or any other Indian or Indians whatsoever 
and so subscribe my name, 

the mark ^ of Seaukeet. 



i<(^ 



" In presence and witness of Bryan Rossetter and 
Mary Gilbert." 

It seems that there were other claimants to the same 
land, for in 1682 another Indian, by the name of Adam 
Puit, sold to John Talcott, a tract which, from the de- 
scription, mnst have been identical with the one de- 
scribed in the deed of Seaukeet. 

Hartford, August 10, 1684. • [date of record.] 
" Know all men whom this may concern, that I, Adam Puit, 
Indian, belonging and now residing at Podunk,' have and doe 
hereby morgage all my land lyeing upon the Road towards 
Newhaven, beyond and next adjoining to Jonathan Gilbert's 
farme, which tract of land being in length East and West Six 
Miles, and in breadth North and South five miles, with all the 
swamps, Rixers and meadow Land lyeing within the said 
Bounds and limits thereof, to John Talcott of Hartford in 
Conecticut Colony and his heirs forever. And in case the 
said Adam Puit do pay for and make full satisfaction for one 
parcell of Trucking cloaths in hand received of the said John 
Talcut within one full year after the sale hereof, and in case 
we the said partyes agree about the said land before the end 
and term of one year (to say), for the purchase or sale thereof, 
the said Adam is to receixe foure coats more, as full satisfac- 
tion for the purchase thereof, the premises not being perfoi-med 
as above said, I the said Adam Puit doe fully and freely 



I Podunk, was the original name of" a river in WindscM", and wa.s also 
tlie name of an Indian tribe, residing near that river. 



24 HISTORY OF \vallin(;ford. 

resign and deliver up the said land to John Talcott and his 
heires forever, to be theirs to possess, to enjoy, and to hold as 
their own, forever, as witnesseth my mark on the day and 
vear above said. 



The mark of Adam rV^TS PuiT. 




"Witnessed buy us: Sammuel Talcott, Dorothy Talcott." 

" Hartford, October i8, 1682. 
" Nesahegan Indian, Cherry Indian, and wonummiss Indian, 
belonging to Tunksis and Hartford, all appeared at Hartford 
on this 18"' day of October, and certify and witness that 
Adam Puit above written in the deed of gift aforesaid hath 
soald right and tittle in the land above said, being about six 
miles East and West and five miles North and South ; beyond 
and next adjoyning to Jonathan Gilberts farms in the way to 
Newhaven, which we understand is now sold to Major John 
Talcott. This we certify and know to be true unto the year 
and day above written. 

"Before me, Robert Treat, Deputy Governor." 

The next year, 1683, Mr. Talcott wrote the following 
letter to Wallingford, assigning over to the town all his 
right and title to this land : 

"Worthy Gentlemen: 

" After Sallutation presented, these may enforme you that I 
have sent you your long waited for indian Deed and purchase, 
by my cousan Sammuell Wakenian : it was finished on the 
second day of the present week. Gentillmen, I confess my 

many errors by reason of the after Blots, also at the of 

it mistake a name or two in the first part, but recovered in 
the latter part, for that I hope nothing therein will prove, 
above the nature of circumstantiall error. As for the sub- 
stance it will hold firme and good in law, for your security. 
The truth is I was shortenened for time, and having but one 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 25 

day after the court to write in and draw the modell of the 
deed before the indians were appointed to be at my house, 
and then there came a considerable company of them, that I 
could not doe anything in reference to drawing it over more 
faire, being willing to gaine as many hands and seals as I 
could then, otherwise it would have been more decently pre- 
pared and presented to your view : and that time of drawing 
many people crowding in upon me put me beyond my ordi- 
nary pace, and the indian names being many and odd, were 
hard, diflficult to retaine and distinctly and precisely to enter, 
and hath often been in my thoughts to have review^ed it, but 
have feered that I should not geet the indians together to 
signe, they lived in such a scattered way, and a great distance 
one from another, that in another year in reason would have 
been little enough to have brought this matter to pass, and 

thought perhaps some might die whose names were in as 

as was alniost the case of the young sunk squa, so that I 
thought it to be a tedious a business, to adventure upon that 
which had proved soe troublesome already. Some of these 
your Gintlement may rememember what court it was that the 
indians agreed in Mr. Adams orchard, they would meet at 
my house ; at that time I had a day as I sayd, before me to 
write and draw ; now hopeing worthy Gentile men and friends 
you will excuse me wherein I have fallen short of your expec- 
tation, granting your favorable acceptance of what I have 
herewith presented to your view, who am, honoured Gentile- 
ment and friends, your reall 

friend and faithful Servant, 

John Talcott." 

November, nth, 1681. 

The following is the deed of assignment, to the town 
of Wallingford : 

" Know all men by these presents, that I John Talcott of 
Hartford, in Conecticut colony, do fully, freely, clearly and 
absolutely. Alienate, assign and set over, resign and deliver 



26 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

up all my right, title, and interest, in the within deed of sale,' 
to Mr. Sammuel Street, Mr. John Moss, Lieut. Nathaniell 
Meriman, Mr. John Brockett, Sergt. Abraham Dowlittle of 
Wallingford, within the said colony of Conecticut, to them- 
selves for their proper use only benefit and behoof, of them- 
selves and the inhabitants of the sayd towne of Wallingford 
within the said colony ; to them, their heires and assigns 
forever, to hold, use, occupy and impro\'e the same, withall 
the emoluments, rents, emunitys, priviledges, franchises, com- 
oditys and appurtenances, whatsoever and herein consigned, 
granting him and every one of them, full power and authority 
to Record the same to themselves, their heires and assigns 
forever, for the confirmation of the premises, for myself, 
heires, executors and Administrators doe fully ratifie and 
confirm this assignment unto Mr. Sammuel Street, Mr. John 
Moss, and to their heires and assigns forever, as witnesseth 
my hand and seal this fifteenth of May in the year of our 
lord, one thousand six hundred eiglUy and three, 

"John Talcott, seal (^ 

"Witnessed by John Church, Daniel Butler." 

The first deed to the New Haven planters is dated 
December, 1638, and was renewed in 1645. ^'•^t on 
pretense of the Indians, that they had made a reserve 
of some appurtenances in former grants, another pur- 
chase was made, and a valuable consideration given for 
an unreserved deed of "12 large miles long, and 8 
broad ;" the breadth extending from " Wharton's brook 
to Pilgrim's Harbor." The addition of three miles to 
the breadth, from the last mentioned place, was made by 

I The land is not dc-icribed and l):>unded in thi.s assignment; l)ut in the 
original records this assignment is accompanied by a copy of the Adam 
Piiit deed, and in his letter he speaks of this "deed of sale," as the one 
received bv him from Puit. 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 27 

the government. This Indian deed is dated at Hartford, 
May, 24, 1 68 1, and is as follows: ^ 

"Whereas our predecessors Mantowese, Sachem, in ihc 
yeare one Thousand Six hundred Thirty and eight, in Decem- 
ber the eleventh, by a (Senerall deed off gfarVFr'A^ie-aate^djen- 
seosed and sold a tract of land, to Theophilus Eaton, Esqi'', 
Mr. John Davenport, Minister, and to other English Planters 
of Quinnipiage, Alias Newhaven, as by an instrument at large 
doth appeare, and soe by a second grant as by an Instrument 
dated in the vear one Thousand Si.x; hundred forty and fixe. 
In the month May of that said year. Renewed the former 
grant, and tract of land, to run from a great pond in New- 
haven East meadow Twenty Miles North, and to be thirteen 
miles in breadth East and west, which said tract of land was 
made over unto Theophilus Eaton Escjuire, Mr. Stephen 
Goodyear, and Mr. Thomas Grigson gentillmen of the foresaid 
NewhaA'en Now know ye, that I, Mantowese his sister sup.k 
squa, and now wife to Nesumbocum, and munnappask, Mim- 
iaque and munnappask, sunk squa, matoes son, Matarit son, 
had come right in those the aforesaid lands so sold by our 
predecessors, and whereas I Mimiaque, Accacant, his son, Ma- 
pashunt, Puttugquatum, and Wyashun, have good right and 
title to land on the west side of Wallingford Bounds, and 
being desired grants two miles in breadth East and West and 
the whole length of the said Wallingford bounds, as granted 
to them by the general court of conecticutt colony, shall be 
added according as shall be hereafter inclusively and abso- 
lutely taken within and unto their bounds granted to the 
plantation of Wallingford by the foresaid gen' ' court, for 
avoiding of all differences, that may hereafter arise or happen 
to be between us Sunk Squa, now wife to Nessumboccum mun- 
napsk sunk squa, Matoes son, Matant son, mamiaque, Acca- 
cant, his son Wagashunt, Puttugquatton and Wayshun, and 
the Inhabitants of XA^iUingford, and proprieters of the same 
plantation, and their haires or assignes, have granted and made 



28 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

this Indenture, this twenty and fourth of may, in the year one 
thousand six hundred eighty and one, Between us Sunk Squa 
wife of Nesumbockum, munapask sunk squa, Matoes son, nia- 
tant son, mimiaque, Accanant, his son wyashunt, and May- 
shon, and Mr. Sammuell Street minister, Mr. John Moss, leu- 
tenant Nathanell Meriman, Mr. John Brocket, and Sergant 
Abraham DowHttle, all proprietors within the towneship and 
plantation of Wallingford in the colony of conecticut in New 
England, witnesseth that we sunk squa wife to Nebocacum 
mannappook sunk squa, Matoes son, Matant son mimiaque 
Accanant his son, Wayashunt and wayshon, being the Right- 
full owners successors and rightfull and surviveing heirs, that 

can make any claime or demand upon, or of propriety 

in that tract of land, which is circumscribed by Boundearise 
hereafter mentioned, as being and belonging to the Town.ship 
of Wallingford, for many good causes and considerations, 
hereunto us moveing, and for a valuable consideration, 
sum and sums of currant pay of this country, to us in hand 
payd in full satisfaction for all our rights, in the foremen- 
tioned, tract and parcell of land lyeing and being within the 
towneship of Wallingford, the receipts whereof we doe ac- 
knowledge, and by the.se presents do freely, fully, clearly, and 
absolutely, give bargains and sell enseose and confirme, unto 
Mr. Sammuell Street, Mr. John Moss, Leut. Nathaniel Merri- 
man, Mr. John Brocket, Seriant Abraham Dowlittle, in the 
behalf of the inhabitants and proprietors, of the lands be- 
longing to the township of Wallingford to them, their heirs, 
and their assigns for ever, all that tract of land from a place 
called whortons Brook south and from thence to runn to a 
place comonly called pilgrims Harbor, North, being about 
eight miles distance which is the breadth of the said bounds, 
and in Length, from fCast to the west end to be twelve miles, 
five miles to run east, from the east side quinipiage River 
and seven miles thereof to run west from the west side of 
quinipiage River, the whole bounds to be being about eight 
miles broad and twelve large miles in length to have and to 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 29 

hold possess and enjoy, all the aforesaid Tract or parcell of 
land, as it is now bounded with all the immunities, privilidges, 
rights, pastures, comonage, Timber, wood, Trees, under- wood, 
Stones, Quaryes, minnerals, Brooks, ponds, Rivers, tithings, 
profits, comodities, Imoluments, and appurtinances, whatso- 
ever is belonging thereunto, to Mr. Samuel Street, Mr John 
Moss, Leutt. Nathaniel Merriman, Mr. John Brocket, Seriant 
Abraham Dowlittle, in behalf of themselves and in the behalfe 
of the inhabitants and proprietors of the lands belonging to 
the towneship of Wallingford, to them their heirs and as- 
signes, for there owne and only proper benefite use and be- 
hoolfe forever. And we the aforesaid [here follows the 
Indian names] do warrant, and approve the aforesaid Mr. 
Samuell Street, Mr. John Moss, Mr. Nathaniell meriman, Mr. 
John Brocket, Ser. Abraham Dowlittle, that we have full 
power, good right, and lawful authority to bargaine and sell 
the before mentioned Tracts withall the appurtenances and 
singular, the privilidges thereunto belonging, and we the said 
[here follows the Indian names] give the said Samuel Street 
[and others] and the rest of the inhabitants and proprietors 
of the lands within the towneship of Wallingford, full power 
and authority, to record the premises to themselves, to their 
heirs and assignes for ever, and we [here follow the Indian 
names] do promise, covenant, to and with the said Sammuell 
Street, John Moss, (and others) and the rest qf the inhabi- 
tants and proprietors of the towneship of Wallingford, them, 
their heires and Asignes shall and may by force and vertue 
hereof, from time to time and at all times hereafter, and for 
ever lawfully, peaceably and quietly hold, use and occupie, 
possesse and enjoy the aforesaid Tract and parcell of land as 
it is circumscribed and bounded, withall its rights, members, 
emunityes, privilidges and appertinances, and have receive 
and take the rents, issues, emoluments and profits thereof to 
theire own and only use, and proper behoofe for ever, without 
any lawful test suite, trouble, molestation, or disturbance 
whatsoever, from us or any of us, the said sunk squa [here 



30 HISTORY OF WALTJNOFORD. 

follow the Indian names] our heires, successors or assignes, 
or any person, or persons, whatsoever, from by or under us 
our successors, or assignes, or from by or under us oure or 
there act, meanes, consent, previty, or procurement. And we 
sunk squa [here follow the Indian names] both for them- 
selves, heires, and executors, administrators and assignes, 
shall and do, cleer, and clerely acquitt, exonerate and dis- 
charge, or otherwise sufficiently save harmless the sayd 
Samuel Street [and others] and the rest of the inhabitants 
and proprietors of the towne of Wallingford, themselves their 
Associates, their heires, Plxecutors, Administrators and As- 
signes, forever, from all former and other grants, gifts, Bar- 
gaines, titles, troubles, demands, and Incumbrances, whatso- 
ever, had made, committed, suffered, or done by us or any of 
us, the aforesaid sunk squa [here follow the Indian names] 
upon the promises and in witness whereof, we have hereunto, 
signed sealed and made delivery of the premises aforesaid, in 
the year one Thousand six hundred, eighty and one, May the 
Twenty and foure. In the presence wittnesse us. 

"Joseph Emmerson, 

MiCAH MUDGE, 

Philip Lewis, 

.CoGRiNOSBTT C-'^x^ bis mark. Interpreter. 

Nesautag, M. his mark, Interpreter. 

\^ 
uscoA '^K. his mark. 



Simon SML his mark. Interpreter. 

Neconump O his mark. 

NoDANTE 2) his mark. 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 3 1 

John Pagan, Interpreter, J_ his mark 

TuNSTACUM (7 his mark. 

AwAWOSE Q''^' his mark. 

Wayashunt 7 his mark and seal (Cj) 

Wetant son, his ^^ mark and seal (^ 

MiMiAQUE his ^^ mark and seal (Tp 

Accanant his L^ mark and seal (H) 

the Sunk Squa her (^ mark and seal. (H) 

Mattugquatun, his (27 mark and seal (ly 

Manapush, her X mark and seal. © 

The Indians who sold the land to Davenport, Eaton 
etc., stipulated that they might hunt over the district as 
before, and that a tract might be reserved for them on 
the east side of the harbor sufficient for their small pop- 
ulation to plant on. Even on this tract the English 
might use the meadows and cut down the trees at pleas- 
ure. Many other conditions were annexed, each party 
promising not to molest the other, and to make all 
suitable reparation, if any injury should ever be done. 
The Quinnipiacs stated the number of their men and 



32 HLSTOKV OF WALLINGFORD. 

youths at forty-seven ; and covenanted that they would 
admit no other Indians among them without first having 
leave from the English. Little did they think, that in 
the course of years the white population would increase 
from scores to hundreds, and from hundreds to thou- 
sands ; and the deep forests would be cut down ; that the 
wild animals would disappear ; that the fish would grow 
few in the rivers ; and the poor remnant of the Quinni- 
piacs would eventually leave the graves of their fore- 
fathers, and wander away to another land. Could they 
have anticipated that a change so wonderful, and, in 
their history, so unprecedented, would of necessity follow 
the coming of the white man, they would have preferred 
the wampum tributes of the Pequots and the scalping 
parties of the Five Nations, to the vicinity of a people 
so kind, so peaceful and yet so destructive. 

A reservation of thirty acres, laid out in three lots, 
of ten acres each, was early made in East Haven for the 
Ouinnipiacs. They cultivated these lots by rotation, 
each one being planted in its turn while the other two 
lay unused. The last sachem of the tribe died in 1740. 
About 1768, some of the Ouinnipiacs removed to Far- 
mington, where land was bought for them among the 
Tunxis, with the proceeds of what they had sold in East 
Haven. In 1773, there were 1363 Indians in the col- 
ony; a few families and single individuals are still to 
be found in different parts of the State, but are chiefly 
of mixed blood. In 1774, there were but four Indians 
in Wallingford. When the town was first settled the 
Indians were very much disliked, and in more than one 
instance, when the hat or contribution box was carried 
round in the meeting house for money to christianize In- 
dians, instead of a coin, a bullet was dropped in, as if it 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 33 

were the fittest missionary. Children were often 
quieted by the cry, " The Indians are coming " ! 

The male Indians did little manual labor. They spent 
their time in hunting, fishing, contriving wars and exe- 
cuting them, or, when leisure was allowed for indulgence, 
in a dull round of animal enjoyments. They had no 
regular division of time, ate no regular meals, and had 
no hours set apart for social enjoyment. While her 
lord lay under the shade of a tree within sight of the 
cornfield, and snored away the hours of a summer after- 
noon, the squaw turned up the sods, and drew the dark 
rich loam around the maize ; or, not far off, in the mortar 
that had been worn ages before in some earthfast rock, 
her stone pestle fell in regular strokes upon the shining 
kernels that she had raised the year before, and laid care- 
fully aside, to furnish the requisite supply of " samp," 
that constituted the staple of the Indian's food. As 
might be inferred from their habits, the squaws were 
strong and hardy, and more capable of enduring fatigue 
than the men, though their figures were not so slender 
and graceful. Of household furniture they had little. 
A few cooking vessels of wood and stone, a knife made 
of shell or a species of reed, made up nearly the whole 
inventory.' 

" Poor, crouching children of the brave ! 
Lo ! where the broad and sparkling wave 
Anointed once the freeman's shore, 
Your father's tents arise no more."' 

They are gone! No monuments preserve their mem- 



1 Hollister, i. 38. Trumbull, i. 47 — 48. Deforest's Hist, of the 
Indians of Conn., 6. 

2 Sands' Yamoyden, i. 21. 

D 



34 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 

ory, no grav^en tablets bear the record of their greatness. 
Beautifully wrote the poet Sprague : 

"O doubly lost! oblivion's shadows close 

Around their triumphs and their woes. 

On other realms, whose oft set, 

Reflected radiance lingers yet ; 

Their sage and bard have shed a light 

That never shall go down in night ; 

Their time-crowned columns stand on high, 

To tell of them who cannot die ; 

Even we, who then were nothing, kneel 
In homage there, and join earth's general peal. 
But the doomed Indian leaves behind no trace, 
To save his own, or serve another's race ; 
With his frail breath his power has passed away. 
His deeds, his thoughts are buried with his clay ; 

Nor lofty pile, nor glowing page 

Shall link him to a future age. 

Or give him with the past a rank ; 
His heraldry is but a broken bow. 
His history but a tale of wrong and woe, 

His very name must be a blank.'" 

Storey has portrayed with an eloquent pen the fate ol 
the unfortunate Indians ; words that awaken our sympa- 
thy, and disturb the sobriety of our judgment. " Two 
centuries ago, the smoke of their wigwams and the fires 
of their councils rose in every valley, from Hudson's 



I It has often been wondered how the aborigines of America came to 
be called Indians ; some have supposed it to be a popular appellation 
arising from their dark color. In a copy of Theatntm Orbis Tcrraruni, 
Antwerp, 1583, by Abraham Ortelius, geographer to the king, there is a 
map entitled Typns Orbis Terranim, in which I find America called 
America sive India Ninm. How it came to get the name of India Nova is 
another question. 



PURCHASE OF INDIAN LANDS. 35 

Bay to the furthest Florida, from the ocean to the Mis- 
sissippi and the lakes. The shouts of victory and the 
war-dance rang through the mountains and glades. The 
thick arrows and the deadly tomahawk whistled through 
the forest, and the hunter's trace from the dark encamp- 
ment startled the wild beasts in their lairs. But where 
are they ? * * * The ashes are cold 

on their native hearths. The smoke no longer curls 
round their lowly cabins. They move on, with a slow, 
unsteady step. The white man is upon their heels, for 
terror or dispatch ; but they heed him not. They turn 
to take a last look of their deserted villages. They cast 
a last glance upon the graves of their fathers. They 
shed no tears ; they utter no cries ; they heave no groans. 
There is something in their hearts which passes speech. 
There is something in their looks, not of vengeance or 
submission, but of hard necessity, which stifles both, 
which chokes all utterance, which has no aim or method. 
It is courage absorbed in despair. They linger but for 
a moment. Their look is onward. They have passed 
the fatal stream. It shall never be repassed by them ; no, 
never! Yet there lies not between us and them an im- 
passable gulf They know and feel that there is for 
them still one remove further, not distant nor unseen. 
It is to the general burial-ground of the race ! " 



36 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER IT. 



PHYSICAL HISTORY, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY 
AND MINES. 



The ancient town of Wallingford included within its 
bounds all the lands within the towns of Meriden, 
Cheshire, and all the eastern part of Prospect ; and for 
many years after its settlement was one of the largest 
and most important towns in the colony. It was ten 
miles in length from north to south, and the same from 
east to west. It was bounded north by the wilderness 
of Farmington (now Southington), and Wolcott ; west 
by the town of Waterbury ; south by New Haven, and 
east by Branford and the Totoket mountains. It was 
watered on the east by the Black Pond, Pistapaug Pond 
and Muddy river. The Quinnipiac river takes its rise 
in the town of F'armington, and passes through the 
whole central portion of the town, affording numerous 
and valuable mill privileges. Several other streams 
afford water power to a number of manufactories. 

The village is situated 41 deg. 33 min. north, and 
73 deg. 14 min. west ; is twelve miles from New Haven, 
and about twenty-three miles from Hartford, and is beau- 
tifully situated on a hill extending nearly a mile and a 
half from north to south, the whole length of which runs 
the principal or main street, which is adorned on either 



GEOLOGY. 37 - 

side with elms and maple trees. Parallel to this is the 
lower street, also adorned with large and lofty elms ; in 
addition to these, the several cross streets render the 
walks and drives about the village extremely pleasant 
and attractive. Beautiful views may be had of the Blue, 
and also of the Hanging Hills, from the windows of 
almost every house in the town. The face of the coun- 
try is somewhat rolling, and is generally well adapted to 
grazing, but when properly cultivated will produce 
abundant crops. 

The ridge on which Wallingford is situated, consists 
of a series of more or less detached dikes, succeeding 
each other in the same order as the different elevations 
of the trap ridges, and forming on the whole, a well 
marked curvilinear range. At the commencement it 
forms a short, very strongly marked curve, consisting of 
a series of small dikes, composed partly of a very fine- 
grained, small, fragmentary trap, and partly of a trap 
conglomerate, traversed by threads of a similar fine- 
grained trap.' These dikes are bordered by an indurated 
sandstone, partly colored light green, with fragments of 
red feldspar disseminated. In passing through the vil- 
lage of Wallingford, the range is concealed by diluvium, 
but has been exposed by excavation. It re-appears near 
the northeast part of the village, and further north in a 
sandstone ridge, east of the road from Wallingford to the 
pass at Black Pond, where it bends abruptly east, and 
crosses a stream (Wharton's Brook), in a remarkable 
dike, bordered by green indurated sandstone. 

Large beds of sandstone are found in Wallingford and 

I Several unstratified rocks, whose principal ingredients are feldspar and 
hornblende or augite, are called trap rocks, from the Swedish word trappa 
a stair ; because they are often arranged in the form of stairs or steps. 



38 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



Meriden. They form large elevations or high rounded 
ridges, opposite the south point of Lamentation moun- 
tain/ and of the Hanging Hills, exhibiting an advance in 
that direction corresponding to that of the main trap 
ranges. Most of the sandstone is of a coarse, decompos- 
able and variegated variety. Less decomposable varieties 
occasionally occur, usually in immediate connection with 



I The tradition is, that " a Mr. Chester, who was one of the first settlers 
of Wethersfield, having some business to perform in the south part of the 
town, which was then a wilderness, became lost in the woods. Being 
missed, his neighbors went in search of him, making noises in the woods, 
and uttering lamentations. After a lapse of several days, his neighbors 
had the good fortune to meet with him on the mountain, which has ever 
since been called Mount Lamentation." The monument of Mr. Chester, 




which is one of the oldest in the State, is in the yard of the first Congre- 
gational church in Wethersfield. The device over the inscription on the 
monument has been the subject of much speculation. By some it has been 
believed to be a representation of some demon in the form of a fiery ser- 
pent, which, according to the legends of the times, appeared to Mr. Ches- 
ter while in the wilderness. 



GEOLOGY. 39 

the trap ranges, some of which are well fitted for quarry- 
ing. The more common variety usually decomposes 
speedily when exposed to the atmosphere, forming a 
coarse gravel, and in some instances, as at' the the exca- 
vation of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad at 
Holt's Hill, caused during its decomposition an increased 
vegetation adjoining its fragments ; probably from the 
lime it contains. In the coarse, decomposable sandstone, 
traversed by a ravine on the middle turnpike, west of 
Wallingford, long cylindrical nodules or concretions of a 
light ash-colored compact limestone, are to be observed, 
usually somewhat contorted, and breaking in fragments, 
by joints somewhat resembling those of basalt. A thin 
bed of a fine-grained red sandstone was observed in the 
excavations at Holt's Hill, apparently entirely composed 
of similar but smaller cylindric concretions, breaking in 
the same basaltiform fragments. 

The trap rocks in the State are chiefly connected with 
the secondary rocks, which consist of two formations or 
basins of red sandstone and shale, closely resembling 
each other in character as well as arrangement, although 
entirely separated by a wide interposition of the western 
primary. The trap rocks present a series of dikes and 
ridges (the last a modification of the dike). There are 
four extensive trap dikes traversing the primary rocks, 
two in the western and two in the eastern primary ; one 
of the latter entirely crossing the State, from the 
Sound into Massachusetts. The different ridges and. 
dikes present in each secondary formation, a system of 
curvilinear ranges, in a general N. N. E. direction (cor- 
responding to the direction of the stratification in the 
sandstone, as well as to the general direction of the pri- 
mary), and with their convexity toward the west. The 



40 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

trap in the southern subordinate formation presents two 
distinct Hues of elevation, an eastern and a western. 
The first of these is the most extensive, and traverses 
more nearly the center of the formation. It presents a 
series of four main curves, gradually increasing in ele- 
vation and extent from south to north. The third main 
curve commences in advance of the second main curve, 
at the mountain rising between Paug Pond and the val- 
ley of the Middletown turnpike, north-east of Northford. 
It extends at first nearly north, in continuous order, 
forming the high mountain ridge east of Wallingford 
and Meriden, then advances abruptly to the ridge of 
Lamentation mountain, and again extends N. N. E. in a 
line east of Berlin, to the Mattabesick, where it bends 
rather abruptly east, in receding order, and continues in 
the same general direction, to near the west bank of the 
Connecticut, not far north of the south line of Wethers- 
field. The fourth, and most northern of these curves, is 
also the most elevated and most extensive. It commen- 
ces on the south at the Hanging Hills, in strong advan- 
cing order, in a line nearly west of the south point of 
Lamentation mountain, from which last ridge the main 
line of elevation is continued. It forms at its southern 
extremity, a short but very strongly marked curve, front- 
ing the south, and bending quite abruptly north, extends 
at first nearly north in slightly advancing order, to Far- 
mington ( Rattlesnake) mountain, where it bears more 
N. N. Easterly, in continued order, to the Connecticut, 
at the north point of Mount Tom. It there recedes ab- 
ruptly to the east in the same manner as the preceding 
curve at the passage of the Mattabesick, and is then 
continued nearly east, in the ridge of Mount Holyoke, to 
within a short distance of the western border of the 



GEOLOGY. 41 

eastern primary. This range presents at the S. W. and 
N. W. points, the two most elevated summits connected 
with the larger secondary formation ; namely, the Hang- 
ing Hills and Mount Tom. 

The high range east of Wallingford and Meriden pre- 
sents a series of ridges with a curvature more strongly 
marked toward the south, and slightly so toward the 
north, separated from each other by transverse depress- 
ions or valleys, more deeply intersecting the range to- 
ward the south. The range near the middle point is 
crossed by a valley, cleft quite to its base, at the road 
from Wallingford to Middletown. The rock of the sum- 
mit near the Wallingford and Middletown road, is very 
coarse-grained decomposable trap, in large square blocks, 
not a little resembling syenite. In front of the more 
northern ridge, a large column of trap stands quite de- 
tached, in advance of the mural front of the ridge, visible 
as such however, only from a point nearly in the line of 
the front of the mountain. The section near the Meri- 
den and Middletown turnpike, consists of a long ridge 
of nearly uniform elevation, and of greater length than 
any other section of the range, with a distinctly marked 
curvature, thus forming a basin occupied by Black Pond. 
It is bordered on the east by an uninterrupted valley, 
distinctly exhibiting its curvature. The section extend- 
ing from the pass at Black Pond north, forms the highest 
point, next to Mount Tom and the Hanging Hills, in the 
trap system of the larger secondary formation. 

The range commencing at a low point west of the 
south point of Lamentation mountain, and rising sud- 
denly into the high abrupt range of the Hanging Hills, 
advances west a short distance, to the south-west and 
highest point of that range, and then bends abruptly 



42 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

north, in which direction it proceeds, in advancing order, 
to Cook's Gap, south of Farmington. It then bears 
more N. N. Easterly,, in a long continuous range, of vari- 
able outline, to the Connecticut, at the north point of 
Mount Tom, when it bends rather abruptly east, in the 
range of Mount Holyoke, and continues in that direc- 
tion to within a short distance of Belchertown, Mass. 

The southern section of this range presents at its 
south-east point, a long, low range closely connected with 
the higher part of the main range, being separated from 
it only by the narrow pass (or ravine) of Cat- Hole, but 
extending N. N. E. to a point farther north than the 
north point of Lamentation mountain ; not, however, in 
a direction exactly parallel to the latter range, but more 
inclined to the west. It is separated from the third main 
range, by the long valley, through which the line of the 
Hartford and New Haven railroad is extended, the sum- 
mit of which is at a lower level than that of any similar 
pass through the eastern line of elevation. 

This valley is occupied by the basin of Beaver Pond, 
extending south to a point W. N. W. of the south point 
of Lamentation mountain, and opening north into the 
basin of the Mattabesick in Berlin. On the east side of 
the basin, the sandstone of Meriden extends north along 
the base of the anterior range of Lamentation mountain, 
nearly to the old toll-gate south of Berlin. The present 
range consists of two lines of elevation, separated by a 
narrow, continuous valley ; namely, a higher anterior line, 
extending along the east side of Cat-Hole, commencing 
further south, but terminating sooner toward the north ; 
and a lower posterior line, commencing in a group of 
detached elevations of fragmentary trap and amygda- 
loid, south-west of Beaver Pond, and continued north in 



GEOLOGY. 43 

a long, nearly uniform ridge, to a point nearly west of 
the north point of Lamentation mountain, where it is 
succeeded, in advancing order, by a wide, short range, 
consisting of several parallel ridges of trap. 

West of the pass at Cat-Hole, the higher part of the 
fourth main range commences, in a short, detached 
elevation, separated from the range further west by a 
deep cross valley (the Notch), opening nearly north. 
This ridge presents a high mural front to the south-east 
and south, and also to the west, toward the Notch, and 
on the north, sends off two lower spurs from its eastern 
and western extremities, indicating a strong, marked 
curvature. These spurs terminate in low points, about 
half a mile north of the main range. The trap of this 
southern section of the main range generally consists of 
the compact crystalline variety ; amygdaloid rarely 
occurring, except in low points or hummocks, near the 
termination of the different ridges. 

By the terms Diluvium and Alluvium, are considered 
all the unconsolidated materials accumulated on the sur- 
face. These are either accumulated loosely and irregu- 
larly, or arranged in distinct beds or strata. The former 
were apparently deposited by currents, sweeping over 
the general surface, or more confined in their operation ; 
or have been derived from the decomposition of the rocks 
on which they immediately rest. The stratified ma- 
terials were apparently deposited from water, in a state of 
comparative repose, as in lakes and estuaries, and are 
generally found in valleys or basins. The greater part 
of the diluvium was apparently deposited by a general 
current, traversing from N. N. W. to S. S. E. This is 
satisfactorily indicated, both by the bowlders, scattered 
over the surface, or imbedded in the diluvial earth, and 



44 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

by smaller fragments included in the latter, as well as 
by its general character. 

Blocks are found scattered through Meriden and 
Wallingford, which originally came from the northern 
parts of the State and perhaps within the limits of Mas- 
sachusetts, N. N. W. from the points where they are now 
met with. They consist chiefly of the coarse white 
granite, accompanying the mica slate, the granitic gneiss 
of the included basins, and a light bluish compact mica 
slate with transverse scales of mica, such as abound in the 
vicinity of Conway, Mass. Where the current has been 
rapid, and the country rocky or stony, the alluvions 
are gravelly or cobbly, and of little agricultural value. 
Where the current was slow, and the country of a differ- 
ent character from the preceding, the alluvions consist 
of a clayey or sandy loam, of greater or less fertility. 
In the north part of Meriden, there are extensive beds 
of peat, which may, perhaps, at some future period 
prove to be a resource of no little importance.' 

The mineral that is found in the largest quantities in 
Meriden is the datholite. This is found in large quanti- 
ties in the ancient volcanic rock, the trap. The very 
rare and costly salt, borax, has not yet been detected 
in the United States ; nor has been discovered the 
elementary acid of this salt in an insulated state, with 
which as it exists in Europe, borax is so easily made. 
Yet in the datholite, boracic acid is present in the 
proportion of from twenty-one to thirty-five per cent. 
Its other ingredients are silica and lime. This is 
decomposed by means of sulphuric acid ; and the borax 



I A vertebra of a mammoth was found, several years since, in excavat- 
ing a peat swamp, at New Britain; tlie only instance of the kind tliat has 
yet occurred in the State. 



MINERALOGY. 45 

may be formed by adding carbonate of soda, and with- 
drawn from the siUca and sulphate of hme, by crys- 
talHzation. 

Adjoining the Meriden and Waterbury turnpike, a 
large red porphyritic rock occurs, with dark sub-por- 
phyritic, and dark micaceous hornblendic alternations. 
Farther north, at the termination of the formation, the 
prevalent rock is lighter grey, more granitic, sub-porphy- 
ritic, and more rarely small porphyritic, with large beds 
of a nearly white very feldspathic granitic gneiss. A 
similar white granitic gneiss, with ferruginous micaceous 
alternations occupies a narrow band- between the red 
porphyritic rock just noticed, and the formation on the 
west. Native copper has frequently been met with in 
the secondary region of the State, both in diluvium and 
attached to greenstone trap. A mass was found in 
Wallingford, half a mile west of the Hartford turnpike, 
weighing six pounds.' 

It has been said that all the minerals and metals 
known to man could be found in Connecticut in just 
sufficient quantities not to pay the cost of getting them. 
It is not perhaps a matter of wise regret that gold and 
silver do not find a place among the metallic produc- 
tions of the State. Should these metals be detected 
within our territory, their pursuit would neither operate 
favorably upon our agricultural interests, nor tend to the 
more successful working of the more useful metals that 
are to be found in the State. That gold is not likely to 



I W^e are indebted for many important facts concerning the Geology of 
this part of the State, to Dr. J. G. Percival's valuable " Report on the 
Geology of the State of Connecticut," New Haven, 1842 ; and Dr. Charles 
U. Shepherd's " Report on the Geological Survey of Connecticut," 
New Haven, 1837. 



46 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

occur to any extent, may be inferred from the limited 
developments of the gold-formation. 

In the Secretary of State's office there is a document 
dated May, 171 2, saying that 

" Whereas, the opening and the manufacturing of the Ore, 
will probably be of great Public benefit and advantage both 
to such towns wherein the mines are found, and to this Her 
Majesty's Colony in General. And whereas, Wm. Partridge 
of Newbury and Jonathan Belcher of Boston, Merchant, both 
of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, have entered into 
Articles of Agreem' with the Town of Wallingford for the 
opening of Mines in the Sd Town." 

This document goes on to state that all the miners, 
artificers and laborers connected with the mines should 
be exempted from all civil and military duties and from 
all taxes. Messrs. Belcher and Partridge were to have 
the exclusive right of working all mines in Wallingford 
with the exception of iron mines, and they petitioned 
the Governor to have recorded the articles of agreement. 
They were, 

" To hold, use and improve the mines for, by and during 
the space of eight years certain from the date of said Lease, 
and for such further and longer time and term of years from 
and after the exjjiration of the said eight years as the said 
Grantees their Execu"'*, admin"'^, or assignes, shall think fit 
and be pleased to use and Improve the same, not exceeding 
Five hundred years in the whole, for and under the Consider- 
ations, Payments and Reservations therein mentioned and 
expressed.'" 

I In October, 1722, Matthew Bellamy petitioned the General Assembly, 
"that as your petitioner is living within the township of Wallingford and 
living very near the place where the miners are at work where there is 
many of them and especyally will be many now and there being no other 
person within six or seven miles that can well find them entertainment ex- 



MINES. 47 

Very soon after the settlement of Wallingford, it was 
thought by many that in some of the hills, mineral 
wealth was abundant. They conceived that the moun- 
tains and hills abounded with precious metals and 
minerals ; and however rich the soil might be, yet that 
the bowels of the earth would afford them much greater 
wealth. About the year 171 2, two mines were found in 
Connecticut. One in the town of Simsbury, and the 
other in Wallingford. They were called copper mines, 
but it was thought that the copper contained a mixture 
of a more precious kind. The mine at Wallingford was 
supposed to be the richest, but the miners were pre- 
vented from digging there on account of the great 
quantity of water which, after they had proceeded some 
depth, constantly flowed in upon them.' 

As early as 17(2 the legislature enacted laws for the 
encouragement of the proprietors of the mines at Wall- 
ingford and Simsbury, and from the phraseology of the 
acts, it is quite evident that the mining business was 
then not a new thing, but had been carried on for some- 
time previous to that date. On the petition of the 
original proprietors of the lands in Wallingford, in May, 
1712J it was enacted that the heirs of the original pro- 



cept your petitioner whereupon your petitioner with the next owners oi 
the mines prayeth your petitioner may have a Hcense by an act of this 
assembly to keep a hous of entertainment that so your petitioner may 
without danger provide for and entertain the miners and others as need 
shall require and your petitioner to be under the same penalty as other 
persons that are licensed by the assembly court." 

I The mine at Simsbury was dug until the veins of copper ceased. A 
prodigious cavity was made, which in after years became the famous 
prison, called Newgate. This has been of much greater advantage to the 
State than all the copper dug out of it. 



48 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

prietors should have an equal share in the mine already 
discovered, and in all other mines which should here- 
after be discovered in said lands. 

In October, 1718, John Hamblin, James Wallsworth, 
Esquire, and Captain John Hall, were appointed com- 
missioners for the mining company at Wallingford for 
the term of two years ; at the expiration of the two 
years. May 11, 1 72 1 , Matthew Allyn, Col. William 
Whiting, Aaron Cooke and Captain Samuel Mather 
were appointed commissioners, with power to close up 
the concern, if found necessary. The legislature and 
the public expected great benefit IVom the profits that 
would accrue from these mines, but it is believed that 
neither the undertakers, proprietors, nor the colony were 
ever very greatly benefited by them. Within a few 
years Mr. A. Bellamy, a descendant of the old Bellamy 
family, went to Cheshire and re-opened the old shaft near 
the residence of the late Mr. Elias Gaylord, expecting 
to find copper ; but was unsuccessful, as had been all of 
his predecessors who had made attempts to work the 
mines. 

In 1737, a company was formed for the purpose of 
working the abandoned mines ; and of this attempt we 
have an authentic account, as some of the papers relative 
to it have been preserved by the descendants of Ben- 
jamin Royce, one of the partners of the company. 
These mines were on " Milking-yard hill," and the shafts 
may still be seen there. Although it is now generally 
supposed that these excavations were made solely for 
copper mines, yet these papers indicate an expectation 
of finding gold. Indeed it is probable that the hope of 
obtaining this more precious metal was the main induce- 
ment for re-opening the abandoned works. A very 



MINES. 49 

considerable quantity of the ore was once shipped to 
England, as the means of smelting it were not to be 
found in America ; but the ship was lost at sea. Tra- 
dition asserts that the foreigners who worked in the 
mines, concealed, and appropriated to themselves, what- 
ever gold they found. For these reasons or for other 
causes of failure, the works were once more abandoned, 
and have never been resumed. 

A company was formed called the " Golden Parlour 
Mining Company," and the following articles of co-part- 
nership were drawn up : 

" Articles of Agreement made and Concluded upon this 
twenty-seventh day of April Anno Domini, 1737, Between 
Edward Higbee of Middletovvn, and Walter Henderson of 
Hartford, both of y County of Hartford, and Thomas 
Thomas of New York, Arthur Rexford, Sam'Il Androus, 
Benj. Royse, all of Wallingford, in y'' County of Hartford, 
afores'd and Josiah Griswold, Thomas Goodwin, Benjamin 
Stillman, John Pierce, all of Wethersfield in y"' County afore- 
said. Proprietors and Joint owners of a certain peice of land, 
or Mines in said Wallingford as lesed out to them by Timothy 
Royce, of s'd Wallingford, as will appear to said Lease, 
reference thereunto being had to carry on the work in said 
Mines, witnesseth that we the s'd partys do covenant and 
agree to, and with each other, and do hereby oblidge and 
bind our Selves to stand to, and perform the following articles, 
viz : I. That the Name of S'd Mine, Shall be the Golden 
Parlour. 2. That the Work to be done in said Mines, shall 
be ordered by a vote of y' Majority of y'' owners, and y'' 
Costs and Charges arising on y-' work of y*^ said Mines, shall 
be paid according to y'^' proportions in each owners part. 
3. That each owner's vote shall be in proportion to what part 
he owns. 4. That if any owner or owners cannot attend y*" 
meeting or meetings, appointed by y'^ Majority of y'' owners 
in order to manage y'' affairs of said mine, they shall have 

E 



50 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

liberty to appoint any of y*^ owners to vote or act in his or 
their behalf and said owner so appointed shall vote or act 
there an shall be esteemed as good and valid as if the 
owner appointing was himself present. 5. That Mr. Benj. 
Royce be a Clerk to Enter and keep y" votes that may from 
time to time be passed by the owners or the majority of said 
owners until y° said owners shall chuse another in his room 
in which case y" said Royce is to deliver all y*^ votes he has 
Entered and kept in y'' Hands of said owners. 6. That the 
last Wednesday of July, October, January and April, be days, 
Stated for y^" Meeting of said owners at Meriden, to make up 
the acc'tts of said mine and also to pay what Charge or Cost 
may arise between each Meeting to y^' Satisfaction of y'^ 
undertaker, and if y'' majority of y*^ owners shall think fitt to 
order a meeting on any other time, or times besides those 
herein Stated, y'" meetings so ordered and y*^ affairs managed 
therein shall be good and valid. 7. That these articles be 
committed into y*^^ Hands of y" Clark for y- time being, and 
if any of y'' owners desire a Copy hereof y'^ said Clark shall 
give it him attested under his Hand, he or they satisfying him 
therefor. In conformation of y^' above mentioned articles, 
we the Subscribers, have hereunto Sett our Hands and Seals 
in Meriden, the Day and Date above mentioned. 

" Thos. Thomas, L. S. Edward Higbee, L. S. 

JosiAH Griswold, L. S. Thos. Goodwin, L. S. 

Arthur Rexford, L. S. Benjamin Roys, L. S. 

Samuel Andrus, L. S. B. Stilman, L. S. 

John Pierce, L. S. 

In presence of Amos Hall, Moses Parse, Jr., Wm. Hough." 

It appears, however, that previous to the formal 
organization of the company on paper, a partnership 
had actually existed, for a few months at least, as we 
find a paper dated the previous February. It is as 
follows : 

" A record kept by Benjamin Roys, Clark of proprietors of 



MINES. 51 

the mines in the land of Timothy Roys in Wallingford, P^eb- 
ruary y'' 1 1, 1736-7. Then the owners of the mines in the land 
of Timothy Roys in Wallingford, being Regularly met 
together at the hous of John Way in Wallingford, did then 
make up their Acounts of the Charg expended in the mines, 
from 8 of November 1736, which charg did amount to the 
Sum of 86^, 4^-, 2d. At a meeting of the proprietors of the 
mines in the land of Timothy Roys in Wallingford, February 
y'' II, 1736-7, The said owners did make A fair agreement 
with Arthur Rexford, one of the owners, to Dig ten foot in 
the north Shaft of said mines, keeping the Smoth wals east 
and west and about five foot wide finding himself Tools and 
materials for the Same, to be done in five months, for which 
work the said proprietor did unanimously agree to give Said 
Rexford the Sum of eighty-one pounds, 8i;i^ -o -o." 

We have also the record of two other meetings of the 
company, as here annexed : 

" At a meeting of the Proprietors of y" Mine in Meriden 
on ye 27th day of April, 1737, Voted, that Mr. Griswold 
Should be moderator for Said meeting. That Thomas 
Thomas be an undertaker to carry on the work in Said mine 
for y'^ Space of three months next ensuing. That y'' s'd 
Thom. Thomas be allowed at the rate of fifteen pounds per 
month, for so much time as he spends in said service, the 
time of pay to begin when the Hands begin to work in said 
mine. That Arthur Rexford having desired to be released 
from a bargain he made to sink a Shaft of ten feet deep in 
s'd mine, that he be released. At a meeting of y ' proprie- 
tors of y*^ mine in Meriden, on y'' 27th day of July, 1737. 
Voted that Mr. Griswold be Moderator for s'd meeting. 
Also, Voted, by a full Vote of the majority of y*^ owners, 
that y^' owners according to their proportionable parts, pay to 
Georg Bell the Sum of fourty pounds, upon his finishing a job 
of work he had undertaken to do in the Golden Parler, viz., 
to sink twelve feet in the deeper shaft nerest to docter houghs 



52 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

and to leave the bottom of the Shaft nere the wedth and 
length that it now is, to find himself with all materials, &c., 
necisary .and Sutable to cary on and finish Said work. And 
at s'd meeting, July y*^' 27, 1737, the s'd owners made up their 
accounts which did amount to the Sum of 132^, 13J' i^/." 

These documents contain all the information we now 
have relative to the mines on " Milking-yard hill." 
They were probably again abandoned after the unprofit- 
able labor of two or three years. Mining operations on 
a much smaller scale were commenced in another part 
of the town. The excavations are about fifty rods east 
of the turnpike road to Hartford, nearly two miles from 
the center of the town. Dr. Percival, in his " Geological 
Survey," speaks of them as excavations for copper ; but 
tradition says that small quantities of gold were found 
there. But there is no other information whatever as to 
the mine, its proprietors, products, or the time when it 
was worked. 

About 1750, Mr. Dan. Johnson bought of Mr. Yale, 
who was one of the first " planters" in Wallingford, a 
large tract of land lying south of the "Hanging Hills" 
and within the " Notch," so called, the picturesque pass 
or glen opening northerly from the old gate-house on 
the Southington road, toward Kensington. This land 
was purchased on account of its probable value for 
mining purposes, and has been retained in the family of 
Mr. Johnson ever since ; though the necessary expense 
of searching for ores has hitherto prevented them from 
undertaking mining operations. Within the Notch is 
an elevation called " Mining Hill," which is said by 
those acquainted with Geology to abound in indications 
of valuable minerals. 

About eighty years ago, one Mr. Parsons commenced 



Dana's description. 53 

an excavation a short distance west of the Hanging 
Hills, just over the line between Southington and Meri- 
den, and found gold in small quantities. It was taken 
to Hartford, assayed, and found to be pure gold. The 
search was not continued, probably on account of the 
cost ; for mining operations are usually so expensive 
that individual enterprise and wealth can rarely afford 
the cost and risk.' Since the above was written, we 
met the following very interesting sketch of a visit to 
Meriden, by Professor James Dana, of Yale College : 

PROF. JAMES D. DANA's EXCURSION TO THE HANGING 
HILLS OF MERIDEN. 

"The city of Meriden is situated eighteen miles to the 
north of New Haven on the railroad to Hartford, and is 45 
to 52 minutes distant in time. The villages passed on the 
way are North Haven, 7 miles ; Wallingford, 12 ; Yalesville, 
15. The Hanging Hills are trap mountains i 1-2 to 2 1-2 
miles north and northwest of Meriden, remarkable for their 
steep declivities and high precipitous brows — so bold and 
lofty in fact as to give to the observer beneath them an im- 
pression of overhanging, and hence the name. Those who 
visit them will appreciate the propriety of the name. 

" A mile and a half south of Meriden and three quarters of 
a mile west of the railroad, at South Meriden, the Quinnipiac 
river changes from its north and south to an east and west 
course, on its way from the more western and parallel Farm- 
ington vallev in which it rises. Since the throwing up of 
these trap elevations, the old hydrographic basins of Con- 
necticut have been greatly deranged. Instead of the simple 
north and south Connecticut estuary of Triassic times, ter- 
minating at New Haven, there is now a Connecticut river 
leaving the estuary valley in the latitude of these trap hills, 

I Perkins's Historical Sketches. 



54 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

and bending southeastward through a region of metamorphic 
rocks. Farmington river, which flowed into the estuary from 
the western heights of Massachusetts and northern Connecti- 
cut, still enters the Farmington region ; but near Farmington 
turns abruptly north, flows in that direction sixteen miles at 
the foot of Talcott mountain and other trap hills of the range, 
then makes a cut through the range into the Connecticut 
river valley and joins that river. The Quinnipiac, which 
starts in the Farmington valley just below the northward 
bend of the Farmington river, on approaching the region of 
the trap hills of Cheshire, bends eastward out of the valley 
in front of the Hanging Hills, into the valley where the Con- 
necticut river might have had its course but for the trap 
eruptions and disturbances ; and finally, the Farmington 
valley being thus deserted by the Quinnipiac, Mill river at 
this point commences its flow, taking its rise in the adjoining 
hills, and becomes the principal stream for the rest of the 
valley southward to New Haven bay. The bend eastward in 
the Connecticut was probably a direct consequence of the 
trap eruptions and the elevations of the sandstone accom- 
panying them, and originated when the old estuary first 
dwindled to the size of a river in consequence of the rise of 
the land. But there is less evidence that the other changes 
mentioned took place at the same time ; and it may be that 
one or more date from the last elevation in the Post-tertiary 
era. 

" The city of Meriden is situated on a small branch of the 
Quinnipiac, which is called Pilgrim's Harbor brook, in 
allusion to the fact that the Regicides stopped here for a while 
on its banks and named the spot PilgrMs Harbor. Old 
Meriden, now the eastern part of the city, occupies the sum- 
mit of a sandstone hill, a little to the eastward, and is often 
distinguished as East Meriden. The tall white spire of the 
Congregational church is seen against the sky in the north- 
ward view from the western slopes of the East Rock range. 
The three Meriden " Hills" stand together on a common line. 



Dana's description. 55 

facing with defiant fi-ont the south, and with the greatest alti- 
tude on the right or west. They are called West mountain, 
South mountain, and Cat-Hole Mountain ; the latter, or the 
eastern, taking its name fi-om the " Cat-Hole," a narrow 
valley adjoining it on the west. West mountain has three 
summits, an eastern, a middle, and a western, separated from 
one another by a cut down to the lower limit of the mural 
rocks. The western of the three peaks is the highest ; the 
recent barometric measurements of Prof Guyot make it 995 
feet above the sea. It is therefore one of the most elevated 
points in Connecticut, and excepting Mount Tom and Mount 
Holyoke, the highest trap mountain in the Connecticut valley. 
" This group of hills is the broad southern termination of 
several lines of trap dikes and ridges. The high western 
line continues through the State northward into Massachu- 
setts, and has a total length of about 55 miles ; it includes in 
its course, two ridges facing Southington: the second, called 
High Rock, nearly as high as West mountain ; three on the 
eastern borders of Farmington : the middle one. Rattlesnake 
mountain ; the long Talcott mountain between Hartford 
and Avon ; Newgate mountain in Granby ; Mount Tom, 
1,211 feet high, in Massachusetts; and Mount Holyoke, 
1,126 feet high. 

"The knotty complexity of this trap region was first un- 
ravelled by Percival, who found that remarkable system and 
order prevailed among the numerous dikes. We refer to the 
map in his Geological Report for the facts concerning them. 
It will be found wonderfully impressive by any one who can 
appreciate its revelations with regard to the stupendous 
e\-ents of this Fire-period in New England history. It shows 
that the area of Meriden and Berlin was a great center in 
the eruptions of the era ; that the deep fractures of the earth's 
crust from which the liquid rock gushed forth were here more 
numerous and extensive than in any other part of the Con- 
necticut valley, or of all New England ; and that they were 
opened not only along the half-dozen lines headed by the 



56 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Hanging Hills, but also farther to the eastward, Mount 
Lamentation and other heights between Meriden and the 
Connecticut river being parts of the system. The country 
now occupied by the townships of Berlin and Wethersfield 
was crossed by eight of the great rents, averaging one for 
every mile of breadth. Why these fissures stopped so ab- 
ruptly in Meriden on a common transverse line, and with a 
long eastward bend in the principal one, besides also an east 
and west line of eruptions in front, as indicated on Percival's 
map, is a question not easy to answer. It is a case somewhat 
like that of West Rock and the transverse range of Pine and 
Mill Rocks in the New Haven region, but on a far grander 
scale. 

" Of the several interesting excursions which may be made 
about Meriden, the most noted is that to the western peak of 
West mountain. To reach the mountain from Meriden, go 
westward along Main street, and its continuation, the Water- 
bury turnpike (passing Fenn's mill-pond, north of the road, 
two-thirds of a mile on, and, immediately afterward, crossing 
a road that leads northward to Cat-Hole gap and Kensing- 
ton) ; at the forking, i 1-4 miles out, keep to the right, taking 
what is called the Southington roatd, and continue on it about 
I 1-2 miles farther (passing half way a road going north to 
the " Notch" between South mountain and West mountain) ; 
and when seemingly a little beyond the sough t-for mountain 
and just after a descent begins in the road, a carriage-path 
will be seen on the right (north) entering the woods, showing 
by its stripes of green that it is not much used ; after half a 
mile or more upon this path, gradually ascending most of the 
way, an open spot is reached where the carriage way ends 
and the climb begins. 

" Along the road thus far, numerous fine views gladden the 
way. Here and there, glimpses are had of Meriden, and the 
eastern hills, of Mt. Carmel to the south, and finally of the 
Cheshire and Southington region and the heights to the west. 
A prettily wooded bank with a streamlet at its foot follows 



DANAS DESCRIPTION. 57 

the south side of the Southington road for part of the way ; 
and in other parts the road is bordered by the young growth 
of an old forest, which suggests the regret that some of the 
old trees were not left for shade. After passing two or three 
mill-ponds to the north of the road, another large enough to 
be called a lake, and none the less beautiful that it is 
artificial, is seen lying among the forests. Nearly all the way 
the Meriden mountains are in full sight, grand in all their 
varying aspects : first, the lofty South mountain, having its 
brow twice cleft near the middle, and rising on the west to a 
rounded top ; then the still higher West mountain, presenting 
to view, in succession, its long eastern line, the castellated 
middle peak, and, at last, the more elevated and broken 
western summit : the whole in appearance, and in reality, a 
mighty ruin, and old beyond all human reckoning. In many 
places along the mural fronts great columnar masses stand 
out, clinging only by a single side, owing to the fall of the 
rocks underneath, and appearing as if just ready to go crash- 
ing down the mountain. But they hold on firmly, for the 
work of destruction in these trappean structures is slow. 
The long slope which rises at a large angle to hundreds of 
feet, and bears far aloft the grand lines of battlements, is, to 
a great depth, made of the stones that have fallen from the 
heights 

" The ascending path commences along the south side of 
the middle of the two peaks, gradually bends around into the 
gorge that separates them, finally crosses this gorge over 
some of the immense fallen blocks that are strewn along its 
course, and thence turns southward toward the high western 
summit. The first part of the summit which comes in view 
is made up, at its lower portion in front, of small columns, 
hardly longer or larger than a man's leg, that are gradually 
falling apart and adding thus to the debris. This small- 
columnar structure characterizes many parts of the Meriden 
Hills, and, as a consequence, the long slopes of fallen frag- 
ments often consist of such pieces of rock — some flat, but 



58 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

generally of various irregular, pol3^gonal shapes. At the 
same time, there are no where about the Meriden heights any 
large regular columns. This seems very remarkable, con- 
sidering the vast extent of the trap eruptions. But while 
large columns do not occur, much of the rock of the mount- 
ains is free from any distinct columnar structures, and breaks 
with broad vertical surfaces. 

" Just above the point referred to, and further on along 
the gorge, the trap stands up in long perpendicular walls 
arising from vertical courses of fracture. The immense 
blocks of trap that roughly pave the bottom of the gorge 
remind one who is familiar with the New Haven region of the 
great trap boulders on its eastern hills. They have the same 
fine-grained texture, are often tabular in form, and laminated 
in structure. They look as if they had come from some hori- 
zontally stratified bed ; but, as just explained, and as becomes 
apparent before reaching the top, the lamination of the trap 
is vertical instead of horizontal, and precisely similar to that 
so distinct in Pine Rock and at the eastern of the West Rock 
quarries. It is hardly possible for one geologically informed 
to pass along the gorge without querying whether some of 
those New Haven travelers did not take passage aboard the 
glacier from these Meriden heights. But the same structure 
and texture probably characterize the trap ridges throughout 
their extent northward, so that a positive answer as to the 
precise place of departure cannot be given. That it was 
somewhere along this western range between Meriden and Mount 
To7n is very probable. The evidence that they came from the 
more western of the ranges lies in the fact that they are asso- 
ciated in the western part of the New Haven region ( and 
but sparingly in the eastern) with blocks of gneiss and quartz 
rock that must have come from the adjoining country on the 
west, and were derived from the northern part of the State, or 
from the region farther north in Massachusetts or Vermont. 

" The view from the top of West mountain is remarkable 
rather for its wide panoramic range than for grandeur of 



DANAS DESCRIPTION. 59 

detail. The same may be said generally of landscapes seen 
from the highest peak of any region, when this peak is much 
above the other summits in altitude : for the other mountains 
lose in elevation, and the lower hills are at times flattened 
out in seeming plains ; moreover the loftiest point is out of 
view, because the observer is upon it. Thus it is here ; but 
there is compensation as usual in the wider range of view, 
and the grander vistas over the plains and the receding hills. 

" In the landscape before the eye, a wide undulated surface, 
seemingly almost a level plain, stretches from Berlin and 
Meriden, soiithzaard over Wallingford and North Haven, 
westward over Cheshire, and thence northward over Southing- 
ton into Bristol ; and the villages of these townships lie 
among great patches of forests, meadows and variously cul- 
tivated fields. On the east stands a long range of bold trap 
mountains, from Mount Lamentation (which is seen over the 
more eastern Hanging Hills) through Middletown or Higby's 
mountain, (stated to be 899 feet high), Beseck or South 
Middletov>'n mountain, the Durham range with its Tremont 
peak (that with the three pointed top) to the Totoket moun- 
tain of North Branford and Saltonstall ridge in East Haven. 
The eye, glancing still southward, finally rests on the Sound, 
a strip of ocean dotted with sails, bounded by the low sea- 
barrier. Long Island. Mount Carmel, the " sleeping giant," 
lies recumbent just across the borders of Wallingford and 
Cheshire, the head of the giant bearing S. 18 degrees 
W. ; but it presents only its long back and slopes, looks 
heavy, and too heavily asleep to be aroused for the short 
move to the right that would open a view of New Haven. 
Over its flank, a part of the East Rock range may be seen, 
and more to the east and south a spire in Fair Haven, and 
the Light House on New Haven bay. 

" To the southwestward, as a counterpart to the trap 
mountains on the east there is the long West Rock Range. 
But a line of hills extending toward it from Mt. Carmel shuts 
out of \'iew its more southern extension. Northward, as 



6o HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

may be observed, it stretches on between Cheshire and Pros- 
pect, then bends a little eastward, and soon after loses itself 
in the open country west of the Meriden Heights ; for here 
the range terminates, about 17 miles from its commencement 
at Westville. Over and beyond these trap hills to the west 
and also to the northwest, lies the elevated Woodbridge 
plateau, a region of metamorphic rocks, attaining its greatest 
altitude in the towns of Prospect and Wolcott, and thence, 
declining toward Bristol. Still farther northwest, over Wol- 
cott and Bristol, there are the heights beyond the Naugatuck, 
and the yet more remote and but faintly discerned Taconic 
mountains of the Green mountain range. Among the sum- 
mits on the western horizon, one quite prominent, called 
Great Mountain, belongs to the country beyond the Housa- 
tonic in the vicinity of New Milford, not far from the State 
boundary. 

" Turning now to the northward, other trap hills come into 
view in a long range, terminating in Mt. Tom and Mt. Holy- 
oke. The nearer, with rampart western front, are the hills 
overlooking Southington and Farmington ; farther on is 
Talcott mountain, on the western border of the town of 
Hartford. The ridges of Simsbury and Granby rise beyond, 
but they are not separately distinguishable, as they are seen 
only in profile. Mt. Tom shows itself, over what appears to 
be a low western extension of Talcott mountain, as a round- 
topped peak, steepest on its western side. To the right is 
Mt. Holyoke (on the other side of the Connecticut); and 
still farther east are other summits of the Holyoke ridge. 
It is of interest here to remember what has already been 
stated, that these trap hills make one grand curving range, 
nearly 60 miles long, from West Mountain in Meriden to 
Mount Tom, and thence, bending easterly, to Mount Holyoke. 
" Many villages give life to the landscape. North of Meriden 
there are Berlin bearing northeast, New Britain, north-north- 
east, Kensington, Percival's birth-place, south of New Britain, 
N. 30 deg. E. ; south of Meriden, Hanover or South Meri- 



Dana's description. 6i 

den, near a large pond at the bend in the Quinnipiac bearing 
S. 15 deg. E., Yalesville more distant in nearly the same 
direction, and beyond Yalesville, the much larger village of 
Wallingford ; in the valley to the west, Bristol, bearing N. 
52 deg. W., Southington, N. 30 deg. W. ; Cheshire, S. 30 cleg. 
W. ; over the Woodbridge plateau, Wolcott, W. 32 deg. N., 
and Prospect, on the summit against the horizon, W. 30 deg. 
S. Lamentation mountain bears to the north of west ; and 
the ridge just south is properly a part of it ; Middletown or 
Higby's mountain lies a little to the south of east ; Tremont 
peak, the central peak of the Durham range, S. 30 deg. E. ; 
and just below begins the Totoket mountain. Pistapaug 
mountain is behind the southern part of the Durham range. 
A low north-and-south sand ridge connects the Meriden 
Hills and Mt. Carmel and Whitney Peak. 

" The rock of the summit is fine-grained trap, or crust rock^ 
as we have called it, while that of the front of the mountain, 
as may be observed on the way up, is coarse like the East 
Rock stone. (The crust rock is not so named because sepa- 
rable from that below, but from its being the original exterior 
of the ejected trap, as proved by its fine texture.) 71ie 
presence of the crust rock at the top shows that but little of 
the height of the ridge was worn away by the old glacier 
as it moved over these summits. In fact, nothing else could 
be expected ; for along this meridian there was probably a 
few stones in the ice at a level high enough to over-ride 
or abrade the summit. There are no peaks in the valley 
to the north as high as this Meriden mountain, either in 
Connecticut or Massachusetts, except Mount Tom and 
Mount Holyoke ; and stones taken from lower heights would 
not have risen in the glacier, against gravity, to a higher 
level except through a combination of circumstances in the 
slopes that should favor an up-hill push of the ice for a 
limited distance ; and the circumstances about this West 
mountain do not appear to have been favorable for an up- 
ward movement of this kind. The Mount Tom boulders 



62 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

would have made a narrow line, and would have had but 
little chance of leaving their mark or much of their freight, 
on this high Meriden Station. Whatever stones there were 
must have come from the higher mountains of Vermont or 
New Hampshire. The movement of the glacier over the 
central parts of the Connecticut valley was to the souths or 
a little west of south. The course of the scratches is south, 
according to Prof Hitchcock, on Monadnoc, N. H., on 
Holyoke, and Tom, and at Deerfield, and Greenfield, and 
other places in the valley in Massachusetts. According to 
Percival, it is S. S. W., just east of the Hanging Hills, 
and north of Meriden. It is south, in a gorge on Mount 
Carmel, and S. lo deg. W., to S. 14 deg. W., over the 
ledges of the sandstone, east of New Haven. 

" Over the bare trap surface of the summit, there are 
slightly raised lines dividing it into polygonal areas, which 
indicate that the rock beneath has a somewhat columnar 
structure. These lines are prominent because of the greater 
hardness of the rock along them, the intervening surface 
yielding most easily to the elements. This hardness is due 
to the filling of thin fissures with silica or some siliceous 
mineral ; and the fissures were a result of the contraction 
of the rock at the time of its original cooling. 

"The long lines of fracture or open seams which inter- 
sect the surface are the courses of the jointi, on which the 
laminated character of the rock (or its tendency to break 
into slabs and tabular masses) depends. 

THE NOTCH. 

"On the return to Meriden, an interesting excursion may 
be made by taking the road to "The Notch," between 
West mountain and South Mountain. For the purpose of 
supplying the city of Meriden with water, work is now 
going forward that will soon place a lake, a mile in length 
in this gorge. The reservoir will have an area of 77 1-2 
acres, and derives its waters fi'om the drainage of the various 
declivities. When the arrangements are completed, the quiet 



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Dana's description. 63 

lake, lying amid forests in this mountain defile, overlooked 
by and reflecting the grand old walls that crown the heights, 
will make a scene of beauty unsurpassed in this Meriden 
region. 

" Another excursion of great attractions may be taken over 
the Kensington road to the long, narrow Cat-Hole gap or 
pass, between South mountain and the Cat-Hole mountain. 
On the way toward the valley the high battlemented South 
mountain comes into view, almost in front, and makes a ma- 
jestic sweep around toward the entrance ; it thence continues 
as the western side of the valley with gradually decreased 
boldness and height. Soon after, there appears on the east 
a time-worn mural summit of Cat-Hole mountain, and just 
beyond, a second still bolder front, rising erect above the 
steep slopes ; fancy finds a profile of Washington in the out- 
line from one point of view. Farther on in the valley other 
vertical rocks are described, though mostly concealed by 
foliage. The mountain is cut obliquely by gorges, and hence 
its succession of summits. The slopes of fallen stones, that 
descend on either side from the heights far above through 
most of the valley, originally met at the bottom, where many 
of the large masses lay piled together ; and the pass, some- 
what difficult under nature's rough macadamizing, then 
merited its name. There is now an excellent road through it. 
Many crevices or breaks occur in the high walls of Cat Hole 
mountain, along some of which the heights may be scaled. 
The view from the more southern summit, over the Meriden 
region and the far-away plains and hills, the Sound, and Long 
Island, is exceedingly fine. 

" The Kensington road, before reaching Cat-Hole gap, 
passes a gateway on the left, which is the entrance to the 
Poor House grounds, and through these to the " Cold Spring 
gorge," another place of great interest, situated just under 
the lofty front of South mountain. The path along the gorge 
continues northward, and finally enters Cat-Hole pass. The 
bottom of the gorge is still in the condition which charac- 



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Dana's description. 65 

terized Cat-Hole gap before its civilizing improvements, but 
is probably beyond that in the grandeur of its mountain 
ruins. Enormous blocks of trap, like houses in magnitude* 
lie in confusion together, enclosing narrow passages, and 
numerous dark recesses which may well have been the dens 
of catamounts and panthers in aboriginal times. There are 
also shady ways and rock retreats, beautiful with their moss- 
covered walls, shelves of ferns or flowers, and overshadowing 
trees, which may give much enjoyment in the exploration.. 

"The grand pile of rocks "at the bottom derived from the 
heights above, the long steep slope of fallen fragments down 
which they made their descent, and the mural heights almost 
overhead seemingly ready for other a\'alanches, produce an 
impression of power and sublimity that is seldom an eftect of 
simply motionless rocks. But here every object in the 
scene suggests motion and violence, terrific in kind and 
degree. Yet the blocks, gray and green with the vegetation 
over them, look as if they had lain quietly in their places for 
ages. The work of destruction above is, however, going 
slowly forward, and though a long period may intervene, other 
descents are sure to occur. A long, one storied stone house 
stands just within the entrance of the gorge, which is made 
of sticks, or more properly, small columnar pieces, three to 
four feet long, of trap, and so laid that the ends project very 
unequally. The queer porcupine-structure, now a dwelling- 
house, was erected for a ten-pin alley, as an appendage to the 
" Cold Spring House" (a Water Cure establishment that 
formerly occupied what is now the Poor House). If it does 
not, in the meantime, go to pieces by natural decay, it may 
yet feel the weight of one of the descending 1000-ton masses. 
Should this happen, a strike would be made beyond any 
former experience of the ten-pin alley. 

" Cold Spring gorge has long been famous for its cold 

waters, as its name implies. In one of the dark cavities 

among the fallen masses of trap, ice usually keeps the year 

around, the shade and shelter making the spot a natural ice- 

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66 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

house. Professor Silliman gives one of the earliest published 
accounts of it in vol. iv, p. 17, of the American Journal of 
Science, after a visit on July 23, 182 1. He carried with him 
to New Haven, a mass of the ice weighing several pounds." 

The following is Prof. Silliman's article referred to 
above : 

NATURAL ICE HOUSES. 

BY BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, SR. 

[From the " American Journal of Science," Oct., 1821.] 

" That ice is perpetual in some climates is notorious. That 
it is so even in those of the torrid zone, upon mountains which 
rise to the height of three miles, is also well known. It is 
however a rare occurrence, even in cold climates, that ice is 
perennial on ground which possesses no more than the 
common elevation. 

" An instance of this kind has however recently come to our 
knowledge, and appears worthy of a brief notice. It exists in 
the state of Connecticut, in the township of Meriden — mid- 
way between Hartford and New Haven. This natural Ice- 
House' is situated in above 42 degrees of north latitude, 
nearly twenty miles from the sea and at the elevation of 
probably no more than two hundred feet above its level. 

" The country is a part of the secondary trap region of 
Connecticut,^ and is marked by numerous distinct ridges of 
green stone, which present lofty mural precipices, and from 



" I A convenient point of departure to visit this natural Ice House is 
from the Inn of Dr. Isaac Hough in Meriden. This Inn is the usual 
dining place between New Haven and Hartford, and the very intelligent 
and respectable man by whom it is kept, will cheerfully direct the enquir- 
ing traveller, or furnish him with a guide. The distance is not over two 
miles from Meriden Meeting-house. There is also, near the same place a 
wild, romantic pass through the Gorge of the mountain which is well 
worth seeing ; it is known in the vicinity by the ludicrous name of the 
Cat Hole." 

"2 A sketch of which is given in the Tour between Hartford and 
Quebec, page 27." 



silliman's description. 6y 

their number, contiguity, and parallelism, they often form 
narrow precipitous defiles, filled more or less with fragments 
of rocks of various sizes, from that of a hand-stone to that of 
a cottage. The fragments are the detritus or debris of these 
mountains, and every one in the least acquainted with such 
countries, knows how much they always abound with similar 
ruins. 

" In such a defile the natural Ice House in question is 
situated. On the south-western side, there is a trap ridge of 
naked perpendicular rock, which, with the sloping ruins at the 
base, appears to be four hundred feet high ; the parallel ridge 
which forms the other side of the defile, is probably not over 
forty feet high, but it rises abruptly on the eastern side, and 
is covered by other wood, which occupies the narrow valley 
also. This valley is moreover choked, in an astonishing 
degree, with the ruins of the contiguous mountain ridge, and 
exhibits many fragments of rock which would fill a large 
room. As the defile is very narrow, these fragments have, in 
their fall, been arrested here by the low parallel ridge, and 
are piled on one another in vast confusion, forming a series 
of cavities which are situated among and under the rocks. 
Many of them have reposed there for ages, as appears from 
the fact that small trees (the largest that the scanty soil, 
accumulated by revolving centuries can support), are now 
growing on some of the fragments of rock. Leaves also and 
other vegetable ruins have accumulated among the rocks and 
trees, and choked the mouths of many of the cavities among 
the ruins. This defile, thus narrow, and thus occupied by 
forest, and by rocky ruins, runs nearly N. and S., and is 
completely impervious to the sun's rays except when he is 
near the meridian. Then indeed for an hour, he looks into 
this secluded valley, but the trees and the rocks and the thick 
beds of leaves scarcely permit his beams to make the slight- 
est impression. 

" It is in the cavities beneath the masses of rocks already 
described, that the ice is formed. The ground descends a 



68 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

little to the south, and a small brook appears to have formed 
a channel among the rocks. The ice is thick and well con- 
solidated, and its gradual melting, in the warm season, causes 
a stream of ice-cold water to issue from this defile. This 
fact has been known to the people of the vicinity for several 
generations, and the youth have, since the middle of the last 
century, been accustomed to resort to this place, in parties, 
for recreation, and to drink the waters of the cold-flowing 
brook. 

"It was on the 23d of last July, in the afternoon of a very 
hot day, when the thermometer was probably as high as 85 
deg. of Farh., that under the guidance of Dr. Hough, we 
entered this valley. After arriving among the trees, and in 
the immediate vicinity of the ice, there v;as an evident chilli- 
ness in the air, and very near the ice ; it was (compared 
with the hot atmosphere which we had just left), rather 
uncomfortably cold. The ice was only partially visible, being 
covered by leaves, and screened from view, by the rocks ; but 
a boy, descending with a hatchet, soon brought up large firm 
masses. One of these, weighing several pounds, we carried 
twenty miles to New Haven, where it was exhibited to vari- 
ous persons, and some of it remained unmelted during two 
succeeding nights ; for it was in being on the morning of the 
third day. 

" The local circmstances which have been detailed will 
probably account for this remarkable locality of ice, and 
scarcely need any illustration or comment. 

" This is not the only instance of the kind existing among 
the trap rocks of Connecticut. There is a similar place seven 
miles from New Haven, near the Middletown road, in the 
parish of Northford, and township of Branford. The ice 
here also (as we are assured) endures the year round. This 
place we have not visited, but we are informed that it is at 
the bottom, or on the declivity of a trap ridge. Several years 
ago, we had the ice of this place brought to us, into New 
Haven, in the hotter weather of mid-summer. Like that of 



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silliman's description. 69 

Meriden, it is very solid ; but like that also it is soiled with 
leaves and dirt, and although it is unfit to be put into liquids 
which are to be swallowed, it is as any ice for mere cooling. 

" These instances naturally induce the impression that 
other natural ice houses may exist in various parts of the 
trap region of Connecticut, and of Massachusetts, and very 
possibly in other districts, abounding with precipitous, rocky 
and woody defiles, although the geological formation may not 
be the same. We should be obliged by any information 
respecting similar facts existing elsewhere. 

" It is perhaps worthy of being mentioned in this connection 
that an artificial ice house within the knowledge of the writer, 
is situated on the top of a ridge of trap in Connecticut. The 
excavation was made, simply by removing the loose pieces of 
trap rock which are here piled in enormous quantities, but 
composed of fragments of very small size. These loose 
pieces of stone with the air in the cavities are better non- 
conductors of heat than the ground which usually surrounds 
ice houses, for the ice keeps remarkably well in this elevated 
ice house. Perhaps this will aid us in explaining the phe- 
nomena of the natural ice houses that have been mentioned." 



70 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER III. 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 



In the year 1669, the question was first agitated of 
making a settlement at WaUingford,' and measures were 
adopted towards effecting it ; but on account of the 
Indians, the undertaking was of great peril, and was 
deferred until 1670. At that time Hartford and New 
Haven had been settled about thirty-five years, and the 
whole population within the territory now called Con- 
necticut was about ten thousand. Making a new 
settlement was quite a formidable undertaking. The 
Indians, though kind, were kind only from motives of 
interest or fear. How long they would remain so, was a 
question asked doubtingly, and answered by an appre- 
hensive glance of the eye. Wolves, in thousands, 
infested the new settlements. They killed the cattle, 



I It is evident that as early as 1667, some of the inhabitants of New 
Haven had become acquainted with the comitry in and about Wallingford, 
and no doubt settlements by some adventurers had been made within the 
bounds of the town ; but it was not until 1669, that the people of New 
Haven took hold of the matter. It appears that Abraham Doolittle and 
John Peck were on the ground in 1668, and John Moss and John Brockett 
In the aHfumn of 1669, which fact was undoubtedly the cause of their being 
selected as a committee to superintend and manage the affairs of the new 
village ; but it was not until the month of April, 1670, that the first per- 
manent settlement at Wallingford was made. 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 7 1 

they stole and carried off the sheep, and did what they 
could by their unearthly hovvlings at night, to add to the 
horrors that thickened on the skirts of the wilderness. 
The moose, the deer and the bear, roamed at will 
through the unbroken wilderness. 

It was absolutely necessary that the settlers should 
turn the wilderness into gardens and fields ; that they 
should plant and cultivate the earth, to keep them from 
starvation. It was necessary to erect and fortify houses, 
and to make preparations for the feeding and covering 
of their cattle. It was of equal importance to the 
planters, not only to make roads for their particular 
convenience, but from town to town ; that, in any emer- 
gency, they might fly immediately to each other's relief. 
But they were willing to work ; they had abandoned 
their estates, their families, and their country, for the 
obtainment of peace and freedom ; and they themselves 
were ready to traverse the vast wilderness of an unex- 
plored continent, rather than submit to that moral 
degradation which can alone satisfy the capriciousness 
of despotism. When once they had put their shoulders 
to the wheel they never looked back. The grim present 
was lowering upon them with all its sharp and angular 
realities. Indians, wild beasts, famine, cold, the diseases 
that lurk along the borders of new settlements, " the 
French, the Dutch, the devil," and all other calamities, 
actual and imaginary, that kept their faculties constantly 
stretched to the highest tension, gave them no time to 
look backward. Other men retreated from the world to 
avoid its cares ; they fled to the solitude of nature to 
begin life anew. 

It has already been stated that the original settlers of 
New Haven in their corporate capacity, owaied the whole 



72 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

tract of land from the Sound up to West Meriden, which 
tract was about twenty miles long and ten broad. But 
when the increase of population seemed to render it 
necessary to push settlements farther into the interior 
upon the unoccupied lands, they did not sell out farms 
to such individuals as chose to buy, and allow matters of 
this kind to take what we should perhaps call the natural 
course. They proceeded in a much more orderly man- 
ner. . The people of New Haven, in their corporate 
capacity and in public meeting, voted to set off a certain 
portion of their territory to constitute a " village " or 
plantation. And the General Assembly held at Hart- 
ford, October lo, 1667, passed the following resolution: 

" Vpon the motion of the deputies of New Haven, this 
Court grants the towne of New Haven liberty to make a vil- 
lage on the east River, if they see it capable for such a thing, 
provided they setle a village there within fower yeares from 
May next." 

At a Court of Election held at Hartford, May 12, 1670, 
the following confirmation or grant was made by the 
State to the town of Wallingford, of that territory pre- 
viously assigned and set oif to them by the action of 
the town of New Haven : 

" This Court haveing been moved to state the bownds of 
the New Village that is settled upon the playne as you goe to 
New Haven, doe grant that their bownds shall com from the 
Brook at the south end of the great playne, to the northward 
tenn miles, and from the said [Brook] sowthward to Brand- 
ford bownds, and on each side the river five miles, that is five 
miles on the east side and five miles on the west side the 
Ri\'er, provided that the sayd village be carryed on and made 
a plantation w^'^out any relation or subordination to any 
other towne, and provided the bownds hereby granted to the 
sayd village doe not prejudice any bownds formerly granted 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 73 

to any plantation or perticuler person, or doe not extend to 
the north any further than wh[ere] the old road to New 
Haven goeth over Pilgrimes Harbour.'' 

At the same meeting the " Court ordered that the 
plantation on the playne in the road to New Haven, 
be called Wallingford.'" Permission having been granted 
by the general Court to lay out a village upon the plain, 
it was necessary to lay out the boundary lines, which 
seemed to occasion considerable trouble. On the 28th 
of the 1st month, 1673, it was agreed, 

" I. by the committee for NewHaven underwritt that Wall- 
ingford Bownds on the east side of the east River shall be 
from Brandford line North erlie to whortons brooke where it 
crosseth the north Branch, of the S'd Brooke and thence at 
the brooke Runne into the east River. 2. that New Haven 
shall runn two miles and a halfe Northward from the Foot of 
the blew Hills on the milk River upon that River, and the 
line from a Stake there to the foote of the blew Hills on the 
east River and from the Sayd Two mile and halfe Stake 
along our reare west and by north to the ends of their 
Bownds, which issue they the committee for wallingford con- 
sented too and accepted, and this to be a issue in love and 
peace, memorandum that the committee for New Haven doe 
consent that the Meadow between the mill River and east 
river northward above the blue Hills shall be Wallingford, as 
to the Bulk of it and Liberty of draweing it as they shall see 
cause an though the line agreed too should cutt through it. 

Subscribed by the Sd parties. 
John Morse, Wm. Joanes, 

John Brockett, James Bishop, 

Abraham Dowlittle, Sam'll Whitehead, 

I The town was incorporated eight years after the State received its 
charter, and five years after the union of Connecticut with New Haven 
Colony. There are only fifteen towns in the State older than Wallingford. 



74 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Nath'll Merriam, Matthew Gilbert, 

Sam'll Andrews, John Winston, 

Abram Dickerman, Moses Mansfield. 

"The mark of John |Q Cowper Sen., to the agreament 

excepting the memorandum aded about y' meadow wherein 

he objects." 

The next year a committee of two were appointed 
from New Haven to lay out the bounds of the new vil- 
lage, as we learn from the following entry on the Wall- 
ingford town records : 

" We whose names are under written being appointed to 
lay out the bounds of Wallingford According to the generall 
courts grant we did Runn from the East River comonly called 
new Haven River upon an east and by South line five miles ; 
very nere pishatipague ponds, and from there upon a North 
and by east line untill it 'meets with Middletowne South 
bownds ; and on East and by South line till it meets with 
middletowne west bownds ; and on the west side Newhaven 
river upon a west and by north line seven miles, as witness 
our hands this Sixth day of November 1674. 

"John Wilford, 
Nathaniel White.'" 

The town of New Haven next appointed a committee, 
vested with power to manage the affairs of the settle- 
ment. This committee held the land in trust, and acted 
as trustees in all the affairs of the town ; they not only 
attended to the temporal, but the spiritual affairs of the 
people ; and the undertakers and all the succeeding 
planters were obliged to subscribe to the following en- 
gagement : 

I In 1 701 the boundary line was run between the town of Wallingford 
and the town of Durham, or Coginchaug. The Wallingford committee 
were Thomas Holt and John Merriman. 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 75 

"He or they shall not by any means disturb the church, 
when settled there, in the choice of minister or ministers, or 
other church officers, or in any of their other church rights, 
liberties or administrations, nor shall withdraw due mainte- 
nance from such ministry."' 

" This shows" says Trumbull, " how strongly the 
churches in this part of the colony were, at that time, 
opposed to towns and parishes having any thing to do in 
the choice of a minister, or in church affairs." It was 
voted in January, 1672, 

" That in due time there shall bee some care taken to 
submitt every planter what quantity of land he shall have 
propriety in and pay Rates for, and that the limitation be 
made by the major part of the town and the committee 
appoynted for the receaving of Blanters and that the planters 
that shall hereafter be receaved shall be accommodated as the 
major part of the town and the committee shall see cause." 

In May, 1782, the trustees resigned their trust to the 
town . 

The town of Wallingford having been thus inaugu- 
rated, several families removed from New Haven to the 
new plantation. We also find new settlers whose names 
are not on the New Haven records : persons who came 
from adjoining settlements. The next year a number of 
families came from Boston, probably new emigrants 
from England, as their names are not mentioned as free- 
men or land holders in the early Massachusetts records. 
The committee received applications from such as chose 
to commence a. new settlement, and selected those who 
in their opinion were best qualified for the work. The 
persons thus selected, mutually covenanted with each 
other and with the said committee to observe certain 



1^ HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

rules and conditions in the following written agreement, 
to which their signatures were affixed : 

31st 1 1 til month, 1669. 

"i. The Committee do consent to put the said village de- 
signe into y'' hands of a competent number of persons fitly 
qualified for that work, provided, they reasonably appear and 
engage to undertake y" same upon theire articles and further 
shall appoint some fit persons of y'-' said number to be a com- 
mittee with full power to manage their plantation affairs, until 
the place come to be an orderly establishment within itself 

" 2. For y'' safety and well being of church affairs, for y'' 
Ministry and maintainance, the committee do order y* y"^ s'd 
undertakers and successors, before (they are) admitted shall 
subscribe to the following engagement. Vide He, or they, as 
afs'd shall not by any means Disturb y"^^ church when settled 
there, in their choice of Minister or Ministers, or other ch'h 
officers — or in any of their Ch'h Rights, Liberties, or admin- 
istrations, nor shall refuse nor withdraw due maintainance from 
such Ministry and until such Ch'h be settled, shall submit to 
such order as y^ said committee shall make, for a Godly Min- 
ister to dispence y" word of God among them. 

"3. That the said Committee to be appointed and their 
successors, in receiving of Planters, shall have due respect 
to New Haven persons, being fit and offering themselves, so 
far as it can consist with the good of the place and capacity 
thereof 

'' 4. Lastly. These articles being accepted, the s'd com- 
pany and all others admitted planters among them, shall 
enjoy their accommodations and Lands, without payment of 
purchase money to New Haven : to themselves, their heirs, 
successors and assigns, forever, so far as concerns New Haven 
town's purchase within the village bounds, the said town of 
New Haven consenting there unto. And we do nominate, 
Mr. Samuel Street, John Moss, John Brockett and Abraham 
Doolittle to be a committee whom we hereby impower to 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 'J'J 

manage all plantation affairs in y said village according to, 
and in pursuance of the above written articles, and to see the 
same attended and performed by the planters, either, are or 
shall be by them the said committe, and also for to disposal 
and distribution of allotments in some such equal way as 
shall best suit the condition of the place and y*^ inhabitants 
thereof, and to use their best means, they can for procure- 
ment of some able and fit man to dispense the word of God 
among them, and lastly, we do impower them, the above- 
named committee to make choice of such other fit persons 
into the exercise of their power and trust with themselves, for 
their assistance, if any such shall appear among them, and 
the major part of the said committee, hereby appointed or 
intended, have full power to act in all the premises, as they 
shall see cause, in pursuance of the said articles and under- 
takings. In testimony whereof, and to all the said articles 
and premises, we, the committee appointed by New Haven, 
thereunto, have set to our hands. 

William Jones, John Harriman, 

Matthew Gilbert, John Humiston, 

William Broadley, Abraham Dickerjman, 
Jeremiah Osborn. 

The following is the covenant or original agreement 
of the first planters at Wallingford : 

" We whose names are underwritten, being accepted by the 
Committee of New Haven, for y'^ intended Village as planters, 
and desiring that the worship and ordinances of God may in 
due time, be set up, and encouraged among us, as the main 
concernment of a christian people, doe sincerely and in the 
fear of God, promise and engage ourselves that we shall not 
neither directly nor indirectly, do anything to hinder or 
obstruct any good means that shall be used by the said 
committee, or others intrusted by them, to promote the prem- 
ises, by securing a Godly and able ministry among us to 
dispense to us the word of God, and when such ministry, or 



78 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

a Church of Christ shall be settled among us, we engage by 
no means to disturb the same in their choice of a minister or 
ministers or other ch'h officers, or in, any other of their ch'h 
rights, liberties, or administrations, nor shall refuse or with- 
dvcLvv due maintenance from such , minister or ministry, and 
farther we doe engage ourselves peaceably to submit to such 
settlement, and Civil order as the said committee shall direct 
among us either by themselves, or some others as a committee 
by them appointed, upon the place, untill the said village 
come to be an orderly establishment within itself, and lastly 
we doe engage personally to settle upon the place, by May 
next, come twelve month, if God's providence inevitably hin- 
der not, and to observe and perform all ^nd every the other 
articles agreed upon. 



Samuel Street, John Mosse, John Brockett, 

Nath'l. Merriman, Jero How, Zac'h. How, 
Abraham Dowlittle, Daniel Hogge, John Milles, 

William Johnsok, Thomas Hall, Nath'l How, 

Benjamin Lewis, Thomas Curtis, Thomas Yale, ,.. 

Sam'l Whitehead, John Beech, John Ives, 

Eliasaph Preston, Jehiel Preston, John Hall, 

Eliazer Holt, Samuel Hall, Joseph Ives, 

Samuel Andrews, Eleazar Peck, Joseph Benham, 

Daniel Sherman, Samuel Potter, Simon Tuttell, 

Samuell Munson, John Peck, Samuel Browne, 

John Harriman, Frances Heaton, Sam'll Cook, 

Samuel Milles, Nathan Andrews. 

The committee then proceeded to select a site for the 
proposed village, which location is described as being 
" upon the hill, on the east side of the great plain com- 
monly called New Haven plain," which will be at once 
recognized as the spot on which the present borough of 
Wallingford stands. They then allotted to each planter 
a few acres of land for a building spot and a house lot, 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 79 

" beginning at the southeast of said hill." Having laid 
out the south part of the village, then 

" Next to the aforesaid house lots it is ordered that there 
shall be a highway crosse the hill, from east to west of six 
rods broade,' and from thence a long highway of six rods 
broade on the top of the hill to run northward'^ and on each 
side of itt to ranges of house lotts of six acres to a lott ; and 
these lotts to be distributed." 

The settlement was commenced at the south end of 
the present Main street, on the east side or slope of the 
hill. The main street having been laid out, at the north 
end a cross street was laid out from the old colony road 
over to Wharton's brook ; being the road now running 
past the house of Mrs. Harley Morse, and south of the 
residence of Mr. Peter Whittelsey. Afterwards the 
main street was continued to where the Congregational 
church now stands, when another cross street was laid 
out ; then the main street was continued north to the 
old Peck place, and a cross street laid out to Wharton's 
brook ; continuing the main street to the old Rice place, 
a cross street was laid out, and the main street was con- 
tinued to the top of the town hill, and another cross 
street was laid out to Wharton's brook. Probably about 
this time the street called the lower street was laid out. 
These several streets or highways were all laid out six 
rods wide, and on each side of the highway were the 
house lots of six acres each. 

After the planters had received their respective allot- 
ments, built their houses, and had assumed the form of a 
regular and settled community, then the committee who 

1 Being the road now leading from the railroad by the Congregational 
Church, to the main street. 

2 Being the north part of the present main street of Wallingford. 



80 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

had arranged all the preliminaries and incipient stages 
of the new plantation, surrendered all their power, and 
the title to the whole territory, into the hands of the 
planters, who thereby became a corporate body ; in 
other words, a town. The lands within the town limits 
became thus the property of the town as a corporate 
body ; to be by them disposed of in such ways and to 
such persons as they might deem fit. It was voted that 
those who held house lots in the town, and were not 
residents upon the place, and did not pay their rates 
within one month after demand, were to forfeit the lots. 
Also, 

" That not any man shall have power to sell by accommo- 
dation to another man and leave the town until hee have 
dwelt upon itt 3 years, and after 3 years he may sell or 
alienate itt to any such as the town shall approve of That 
every man shall have propriety in the timber or trees in each 
highway that lieth within 3 rodds of his house lott." 

One of their first acts was the allotment of certain 
portions of meadow and woodland to each planter at 
convenient distances from the village ; which appropria- 
tion constituted the farms and private property of such 
individuals respectively. I'he land lying on the river as 
best adapted to their purposes was first used, and de- 
scribed as" 

" lotts on the river called, New Haven east river, that are 
layed out to severall of the inhabitants as meddow land. 
They are to begin at the end of the hill called Blew hill, where 
it comes to the river, and so to run upward the river." 

At this first apportionment of land, thirty-eight lots 
were given out to as many individuals or families ; some 
receiving eight and some twelve acres.' 

I " The said lots are to run close ye river and taking in ye land on 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 51 

In these various transfers of the land, from the town 
of New Haven to the Committee, thence to the associ- 
ted planters, and ultimately to individual proprietors, no 
money or consideration of any kind was paid. The land 
was worth literally, nothing, until actually settled and 
cleared. From time to time as families became larger, 
and individuals became able to bring more land under 
cultivation, additional allotments were made by town 
vote, to each planter. At various times there were 
"divisions" in this manner made, until the whole terri- 
tory was occupied. In arranging these divisions, the 
whole population was classed into three ** ranks," as 
indicated in the following vote, according to their ability 
to pay taxes. In all assessments, the first rank paid 
double the amount of tax charged on the "loest rank," 
and one-third more than the middle rank ; and in the 



both sides and bounded according to the judgment of the surveyors, and 
bv order of the committee. 



John Miles, 


12 acres. 


Benjamin Lewis, 


8 


John Eives, 


8 " 


John Brockett, 


8 


Nathl. How, 


8 " 


John Brockett, senr., 


12 


Jeremiah How, 


12 


Nathan Andrews, 


8 


W^iLLiAM Johnson, 


12 

12 " 

8 " 


Zacharias How, 


8 

12 

8 


Samuel Potter, 


Thomas Yale, 


Joseph Eives, 


8 " 


Thos. Hall, 


8 


Simon Tuitle, 


8 " 


Samuel Miles, 


8 


Joseph Benham, 


8 " 


Samuel Cooke, 


8 


Sam'l Hall, 


8 " 


Samuel Munson, 


8 


Mr. John Harriman, 


12 " 


John Moss, 


12 


Eleazer Peck, 


8 " 


Thomas Curtice, 


8 


Mr. Sam'l Street, 


12 " 


Daniel Hopper, 


8 


James Eaton, 


12 " 


Saml. Brown, 


8 


James Andrews, 


12 " 


Daniel Shearman, 


12 


John Peck, 


8 " 


Mr. Nathl. Merriman, 


,12 


John Hall, 


8 » 


Abraham Doolittle, 


12 


David Tuttle, 
G 


8 " 


Saml. Thorp, 


8 



K 



82 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

divisions of land the allotments were made out in the 
same ratio, as appears by this and similar votes. In 
June, 1673, voted, 

" That there shall be alowed for the first division of lands 
to each planter taking in house lotts, river lotts, and all sorts 
of land, to the loest ranke 40 acres ; to the middle ranke, 60 
acres, and to the hiest ranke, 80 acres, and so to keep for the 
present." 

It would naturally occur that after the settlement was 
commenced, other individuals in addition to the original 
planters would desire to becorne residents in the town. 
Such an one was not expected, nor even allowed to buy 
any wild land. He was to make application to the 
town, both for permission to live in the town, and for a 
gratuitous allotment of land. The town in public meet- 
ing considered such a request and referred it to a com- 
mittee for consideration. That committee after examin- 
ing the testimonials which the applicant could produce 
touching his character, recommended a compliance with 
his request, if such testimonials were satisfactory. In 
the New Haven Colony Laws for 1656, we find 

"That none shall be admitted Freemen or free Burgesses 
within this Jurisdiction, or any part of it, but such Planters 
as are Members of some one, or other of the approved 
Churches of New England." 

Also, 

" It is ordered. That no single person of either Sex, do 
henceforward board, diet, or Sojourn, or be permitted so to 
do, or to have lodging, or house room within any of the 
Plantations of this Jurisdiction, but either in some allowed 
Relation, or in some approved Family licensed thereunto, by 
the court, or by a Magistrate, or some Officer or Officers 
in that Plantation, appointed thereunto, where there is no 
Magistrate !" 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED, 83 

Also that the head of the family should 

" Duly observe the course, carriage, and behaviour, of every 
such single person, whether he, or she, walk dilligently in a 
constant lawful imployment." 

We find in the records many votes similar to the 
following : 

" 12th Feb. 167 1. Agreed by y^ Comitee for y" Towne of 
Wallingford that Isack Rise, and Nehimiah Rise, shall have 
lotts granted y'" provided they procure sufficient testamony of 
theyr good conversation in the place whear they formerly 

lived None shall come to dwell as planters in this 

towne with out there concent and allowence, whether they 
come in by purchase or otherwise." 

So careful v^ere they in guarding the character of 
their new settlement, that even the land which was 
appropriated to individuals as their private property, was 
held under this condition, that no sale was to be made 
to any stranger, until the character of the proposed pur- 
chaser had also been examined and approved by the 
town, and leave granted by express vote of the town, 
for such transfer of land. Thus we find on the town 
records frequent entries like the following : 

"23d Feb. 1677. The towne gave liberty to Nath'l 
Hickock to sell his accommodation to any such men as y*^ 
towne shall approve of" "20th Oct. 1674, voted that Good" 
Foote shall have liberty to buy the lott, y* is Joseph Fives 
provided he procure sufficient testimony of his good conver- 
sation in y'' plase where he now pretendeth to remove." 

Next January, we find 

" The teastimony for Good" foote being sevesente and axep- 
ted, he was admitted a planter upon the lott that was Joseph 
eives." " Dec. 20, 1679. The towne Receaved Jo Brooks a 



84 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

planter ot y® loer Ranks provided he bring suficient testimony 
of his good Conversation in y" place wheare he formerly 
lived and come next spring to live heare if in suitable provi- 
dence hinder not." 

Not only were those who wished to become perma- 
nent residents, necessitated to make application to the 
town, before they could receive an allotment of the 
public land, or be allowed to buy out a previous settler, 
but even temporary residents must obtain permission to 
sojourn for a time within the town limits. For we find 
on the records votes similar to the one here copied : 
"Sep. 1678. The towne gave liberty to Isack Curtice 
to abide in the town as a sojourner." This Isaac Curtis 
was from Hartford, and was visiting his son, who was 
among the first planters of the town. In 1698, the con- 
stables of Wallingford were ordered to take and convey 
Isaac Johnson, ( Fenson .'') and his wife out of the town. 
It does not appear for what crime this summary act was 
to be enforced, nor does it appear that the order was 
carried into effect. In the month of December follow- 
ing, he was accepted by the town as an inhabitant. 
Notwithstanding their strictness, black sheep sometimes 
got into the flock, as we fi.nd from numerous entries in 
the town records. It is amusing at the present day to 
read their old records, and to see to what extent they 
carried things in those days. They not only interfered 
with private rights, but held an espionage over household 
matters, entirely different from the actions of the first 
emigrants who settled at New Haven. 

In fact, the planters who now began to settle in differ- 
ent parts of the State, were an entirely different class 
from the early Plymouth colony : no code of " blue laws" 
were ever enacted by the Pilgrims, but their legislation 



WALLINGFORD SETTLED. 85 

was Statesmanlike, just and liberal. Yet, without doubt 
many of the laws which have come down to us, and are 
familiarly known as " blue laws," are forgeries concocted 
by some person who wished to show the Puritans in as 
bad a light as possible. We can never forget the ex- 
ample and benefits they have conferred upon us. We 
are indebted to them for our laws and our liberties, and 
during all their trials and hardships, they never forgot 
their religion, which seemed to be the principal object 
for which they lived. How appropriately can we apply 
the language of Kingsley : " Standing upon the accumu- 
lated labours of years, we are apt to be ungrateful to 
those who, with weary labour, and often working through 
dark and weary nights, built up the platform which now 
supports us. We complain impatiently of the blindness 
of many a man's doctrine, who was only incomplete, 
because he was still engaged in searching for some truth 
which, when found, he handed on as a precious heir- 
loom to us who know him not.'" 

The following are the names of the original proprie- 
tors of Wallingford : 

Samuel Street, Edward Peck, 

Samuel Whittlesey, John Parker, Sen., 
Thomas Yale, Joshua Culver, 

John Moss, John Hitchcock, 

John Brockett, Roger Tyler, 

Nathaniel Merriman, Samuel Cook, — . 
Samuel Thorp, Henry Cook, -- 

Jeremiah How, Daniel Mix, 

Isaac Curtis, Samuel 'Brockett, 

John Atwater, Mercy Moss, 

I Preface to the Sermons of Taulerus. 



i 



86 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



John Hall, 
Eliasaph Preston, 
Jehiel Preston, 
John Merriman, 
John Beach, 
Samuel Munson, 
Joseph Thompson, 
Benjamin Holt, 
John Peck, 
John Lathrop, 
Thomas Curtis, 
Nathaniel Royce, 
Doctor Hall, 

Abraham 



David Hall, 

John Austen, 
Zachariah How, 
Nathaniel How, 
Joseph Benham, Sen., 
Robert Roice, 
William Ebenatha, 
Ebenezer Clark, 
Samuel Hough, 
Joseph Benham, Jun., 
John Doolittle, 
Joseph Andrus, 
Thomas Beach, 
Doolittle.' 



I Of the original purchasers of Wallingford, John Brockett died March 
12, 1690, X. 80 years ; Abraham Doolittle died August 11, 1690, x. 70 
years; Nathaniel Merriman died February 13, 1694, s. 80 years ; John 
Moss died 1770, x. 103 years. These with Mr. Street, £e. 82 (the five 
purchasers of the town), computing their ages together, make 415 years, 
or 83 years for each. 



87 



CHAPTER IV. 



EARLIEST TOWN ACTS. 



In the spring of 1670, when the emigrants commenced 
their settlement on the land now occupied by the town 
of Wallingford, the whole population of the State was 
about 10,000, and settlements had been commenced in 
Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Farmington, Saybrook, 
Middletown, Lyme, Milford, Guilford, Fairfield, Nor- 
walk, Stamford, New Haven, New London, Norwich, 
Branford, Greenwich, and Haddam. The rest of the 
State was a wilderness inhabited by Indians. But fifty 
years had elapsed since the little band of pilgrims had 
landed from the Mayflower on the rock at Plymouth, 
which has since been so celebrated in song and story. 

In England the past sixty years had been teeming 
with events of the most momentous consideration in 
their bearing upon the future destinies of mankind. 
The first quarter of the century had been occupied by 
the bigot king, James Stuart. On the day of his acces- 
sion then did the great British monarchy descend from 
the rank which it had hitherto held, and during many 
years under four successive princes of the house of Stu- 
art, was scarcely a more important member of the Euro- 
pean system than the little kingdom of Scotland had 
previously been. Cromwell was no more ; and those 
who had fled before him were forced to content themselves 



00 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

with the miserable satisfaction of digging up, hanging, 
quartering, and burning the remains of the greatest 
prince that has ever ruled England. Then after the 
imbecile protectorate of Richard, came the long desired 
restoration. No wonder, that amid such convulsions at 
home, the English government should have lost sight of 
that handful of men who, under the shade of the mighty 
forest trees, stole away from the provincial government 
at Boston, and set up a new jurisdiction for themselves 
in the wilds of Connecticut. But the restoration of 
1660, which brought tranquility to England, enabled the 
king to look abroad, and reflect upon the growing impor- 
tance of Connecticut. 

In the midst of dangers, with the Dutch on one side, 
the Indians on the other, and the powerful colony of 
Massachusetts not far off, the General Court of Con- 
necticut determined to make a formal avowal of their 
allegiance to the crown, and apply for a charter. It is 
not likely that the framers of the constitution of 1639 
ever entertained the idea of maintaining a government 
independent of the crown, but they had wisely kept 
themselves in abeyance for the time when England, 
bowed down by her calamities, could no longer stretch 
her shortened sceptre across three thousand miles of 
ocean. 

On the 23d of April, 1662, letters patent under the 
great seal received the royal signature, giving to the 
petitioners the most ample privileges. By this patent, 
the patentees,' together with all the other freemen of 

I The names of the patentees in the charter were John Winthrop, 
John Mason, Samuel Wyllys, Henry Clarke, Mathew Allen, John Tap- 
ping, Nathan Gold, Richard Treat, Richard Lord, Henry W^olcott, John 
Talcott, Daniel Clarke, John Ogden, -Thomas Wells, Obadiah Bruen, 
John Clarke, Anthony Hawkins, John Deming and Matthew Canfield. 



EARLIEST TOWN ACTS. 89 

Connecticut then existing, or who might afterwards be 
admitted electors or freemen to the end of time, were 
given the irrevocable privileges of being " one body cor- 
porate and politic in fact and name, by the name of the 
governor and company of the English colony of Connec- 
ticut in New England in America, and that by the same 
name they and their successors, should have perpetual 
succession." By these letters patent they are made 
persons in law, may plead and be impleaded, defend and 
be defended, in all suits whatsoever ; may purchase, 
possess, lease, grant, demise and sell, lands, tenements 
and goods in the same unrestricted manner as any of the 
king's subjects or corporations in England. They are 
annually to hold two general assemblies — one on the 
second Thursday in May, and the other on the sec- 
ond Thursday in October — to consist of the governor, 
deputy governor and twelve assistants, with the more 
popular element of two deputies from every town or 
city. 

Of course, the territory embraced in the charter, in- 
cluded the entire colony of New Haven. Accordingly 
a committee were appointed who repaired to New Haven 
with becoming dispatch, and held a long and earnest 
conference with the authorities and principal gentlemen 
there. But the freemen of the colony were highly 
indignant, and looked with disfavor upon this strange 
patent that had thus suddenly disposed of their govern- 
ment and political existence, without giving them a pre- 
monition of the fate that awaited them. Meetings were 
called in the towns of the colony, protesting against the 
union of the colonies, and delegates were appointed to 
attend the session of the General Court held on the 6th 
of May, 1663, and a remonstrance against the doings of 



go HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the encroaching colony was drawn up and sent to the 
General Assembly of Connecticut. Numerous sessions 
of the General Court were called. Discussions in- 
numerable, and protests without number, kept the colony 
in a constant state of excitement, confusion and enmity ; 
but the doom of this little republic was impending. 
What could she do against a powerful colony clad in the 
impenetrable panoply of the royal charter. 

On the 13th of December, 1664, the freemen of New 
Haven held their last General Court, and passed a series 
of resolutions declaring themselves " now put under 
Connecticut patent ;" and the colony " having drawn the 
folds of her mantle about her, as if to prepare herself to 
die with the dignity that became her, found, with a 
pleased surprise, that union was not annihilation, and 
in the arms of her elder sister, whom she learned at last 
both to forgive and to love, ' lay down to pleasant 
dreams.' " 

Six years after the union of the colonies, about one 
hundred persons, men, women and children, commenced 
the settlement at Wallingford. Instead of scattering 
themselves on farms, as is now usual in new settlements, 
they erected their humble dwellings in a compact village. 
This arrangement, though inconvenient for an agricultu- 
ral population, was necessary for defence and safety in 
these perilous times, when savage wars, and the irregu- 
lar incursions of the Indians were so frequent. On the 
6th of April, 1671, the first town meeting was held in 
Wallingford. How many of the first undertakers had 
families when they came to Wallingford to reside, we 
cannot now ascertain. In the spring of 1671, there were 
probably one hundred inhabitants. 

The first birth in the town was Samuel, son of Samuel 



EARLIEST TOWN ACTS. 9 1 

Potter, born September 19, 1671. The first marriage 
was on the 5th of June, 1673, when one of the first 
planters, Thomas Hall, and one of Wallingford's fair 
daughters were joined in the union of heart and hand in 
bonds indissoluble. In those days it was understood by 
both parties that the wife was to be " a help-meet for her 
husband." On this point the minister who joined them 
was wont to be very emphatic.' 

The first death in Wallingford, was Samuel, son of 
Eleazer Peck, who died March 12, 1673. A death in 
that small community was a great event. The magis- 
trate, the minister, and the fathers of the town, came to 
the bed of the dying to witness his testament and gather 
up his last words. It was soon known to every indi- 
vidual of the plantation that one of their number had 
been cut down. All were eager once more to gaze upon 
the face they had known so well ; they flocked to the 
funeral ; the near neighbors and coevals of the dead bore 
him on their shoulders to the grave ; the whole commu- 
nity with solemn step and downcast eyes, followed him 
to his long home. Almost from the beginning, the 
town had the following civil officers, chosen by its own 
freemen : namely, a board of selectmen, varying in 
number from three to nine ; a clerk, a treasurer, a sealer 
of weights and measures, one or more surveyors of high- 
ways, a constable, and one or more tithing men. In 
October, 1644, the admirable system of recording all 
conveyances of land was instituted, and the following 
law was passed : 

" The towns shall each of them provide a ledger book with 
an index or alphabet unto the same : also shall choose one 

I See Dr. Bushnell's Discourse. 



92 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

who shall be a town clerk or register, who shall before the 
General Court in April, next, record every man's house and 
land already granted." 

The owners of land, under heavy penalties, were re- 
quired to present to the town clerk a description of 
their real estate for record. 

" The like to be done for all lands hereafter granted and 
measured to any ; and all bargains or mortgages of lands 
whatsoever shall be accounted as of no value until they be re- 
corded." 

There is nothing in which our nation is more peculiar, 
than that it records its own origin. There is no other 
nation that does this, the Jews excepted. No one of 
the present nations of Europe can tell in a word of their 
earliest ancestors, or even specify the century in which 
their territory was first taken possession of by them ; 
but all is involved in obscurity, as are the years before 
the flood. But it is far different with our early history 
as a nation. We know the men who said they would be 
free, and who laid the foundation of this mighty republic. 
We know whence they came, the object for which they 
came, the spot to which they came, and the year, the 
month, and the day they took possession. Our nation 
owes a lasting debt of gratitude to our ancestors for their 
fidelity in recording the incipient steps taken by them 
in settling this new world. 

With the true spirit of New Englanders, the inhabit- 
ants of Wallingford at once secured for themselves 
religious institutions and public worship. Though 
necessarily pressed with the excessive labor of erecting 
their own houses, and clearing away a heavy forest, to 
procure some land for cultivation, and the great expense 



EARLIEST TOWN ACTS. 93 

involved therein, yet this Httle band had from the first, 
the stated preaching of the gospel. For two years, one 
Mr. Harriman preached on the Sabbath. He was not 
a regularly ordained pastor, but was probably an "elder," 
or church officer of that day, who was appointed to dis- 
charge certain duties in the church, and was authorized 
to preach, in case of the sickness or absence of the pas- 
tor. But they designed to secure the services of an 
ordained minister as soon as one could be found, and the 
first tax ever imposed in the town was for this purpose. 
The vote stands thus : 

"April 2 1, 167 1. It was voated for the incouragement 
of any fitt person whose hart god may stire up to be 
helpfull in the ministry, that what some soever shall be 
Reqisitt to the attaining such a man shall be raysed for 
this present yeare according to every man's proportion of 
land allotted to him on the river ; the twelve acre lotts to 
pay 30 s, and the eight acre lotts to pay 20 j"." 

This tax was not only a heavy one in itself to persons 
in their circumstances, but pressed still heavier from a 
fact, the nature of which we at this day can hardly 
appreciate ; the almost entire destitution of money, or 
circulating medium. So scanty was the amount of gold 
and silver, that even as late as 1 706, the whole circulat- 
ing cash in the State was not more than ^"2,000. In 
1670, there must of course have been still less ; and all 
taxes and debts must have pressed therefore with almost 
intolerable weight, except when payable in something 
else than gold and silver. Banks, then, had no existence. 
We find on the early records accordingly, very many 
votes, authorizing payments to be made in various kinds 
of produce. As the New Haven people traded some 
with the West Indies, one common mode of raising 



94 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

funds was from hoops and staves, materials for which 
abounded in our woods and swamps, and for which there 
was then as now, a great demand in the islands. They 
were taken to New Haven and sold to the merchants. 
Thus we find in relation to the first tax, it was voted 
that " John Mosse and three others, ingage to provide 
and deliver 1500 good Marchantable pipe staves and 
deliver them at the place called logmine wharfe," and 
" others to pay their proportion in the like manner, in 
some other good pay." 



95 



CHAPTER V. 

FORMATION OF CHURCH. 

From the first formation of these Puritan colonies, all 
were compelled to support the Congregational order, 
which was the order of religion established by the civil 
government. And not only that ; none had any liberty 
to worship publicly in any other way. The rigor of this 
rule began to be abated in 1708, when the General 
Assembly of the State passed the Act of Toleration, as 
it was called, by which all persons who soberly dis- 
sented from the worship and ministry by law established 
(i. e., the Congregational), were permitted to enjoy the 
same liberty of conscience with the Dissenters in Eng- 
land, under the act of William and Mary ; i. e., they were 
exempt from punishment for not conforming to the 
established religion, but not exempt from taxation for its 
support. There could be no ministry or church admin- 
istration entertained, or attended by the inhabitants of 
any town or plantation, upon penalty of the forfeiture 
of five pounds for every breach of this act. 

Against some species of dissent, the laws were very 
stringent. " Quakers, Ranters, or such like " were to be 
committed to prison, or sent out of the colony. No in- 
dividual could "unnecessarily entertain or speak more or 
less with them," on penalty of five pounds ; and the town 



96 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

that allowed entertainment to be given them must also 
pay five pounds per week. Quaker books were ordered 
to be seized by the constable, and the persons in whose 
possession they were found, were to be fined ten shil- 
lings each. By appearing before the County Court, and 
there in legal form declaring their "sober dissent," they 
could obtain permission to have public worship in their 
own way, but were still obliged to pay for the support 
of the Congregational churches in the place of their resi- 
dence. There was a further relaxation, as it regards 
Episcopalians, in 1727, and as it regards Quakers and 
Baptists, in 1729. They were then exempt from taxation 
by the established churches, provided they attended the 
worship of God in a tolerated society of their own de- 
nomination. But Congregationalists and Presbyterians 
had no such exemption. If, for any reason, any of them 
wished to secede from churches or societies, and worship 
by themselves, they were still obliged to pay their taxes 
for the support of the churches from which they had 
seceded. Every person absenting himself from public 
worship on the Sabbath without sufficient excuse was 
liable to five shillings fine. In October, 1696, at the 
General Court at Hartford, it was ordered and enacted, 

" That in every town, plantation or societ}^e within this 
Colonie where the maj'' part of the householders of the said 
town, plantation or societ3''e, who in or by lavve are an allowed 
societye, are aggreing in the calling and settling of a min- 
ister, such minister so called and settled, shall be and 
accounted the lawful! minister, of such town, plantation or 
societye, and that all aggreements respecting the maintenance 
and settlm' of such minister made by the maj'' part of the 
householders of such town, plantation or society as afore- 
said shall be binding and obliging to the whole, and all of 



FORMATION OF CHURCH. 9/ 

such town, plantation or societye, and to their successors, 
according to all the true intents and purposes thereof." 

The " Capitall Lawes" of 1642, ordered that "if any 
man after legall conviction, shall have, or worship any 
other God but the Lord God, he shall bee put to death." 

Although from the first week of their settlement, regu- 
lar worship had been maintained in Wallingford, and a 
regular pastor had been supported by the people, yet 
no church was organized. In this transaction they 
proceeded with all the deliberation which the reader of 
our early histories will remember was characteristic of 
the original settlers of New Haven and vicinity. In the 
year 1675, February 3, after there had been ample time 
for the inhabitants to become acquainted with each 
other's religious views and feelings, a day of fasting and 
prayer was observed, with reference to the organization 
of a church. On the fifteenth of the same month, the 
inhabitants again met; designating thirteen of their 
number, to " lay the foundation," that is, to constitute by 
the due mode of organization, the church. These thir- 
teen, thus constituting the church, were then to admit 
others, by the ordinary course of examination and 
profession. 

" At a lawful meeting the inhabitants of the town of 
Wallingford and upon the 15th day of the 2nd month, 1675, 
it was ordered and enacted by the town, that as there had 
been conference about establishing a Church of Christ, in 
the aforesaid town, and also a solemn fast set apart and 
celebrated by the town unanimously to seek God's guidance 
in so great a work, they have now also freely and unani- 
mously concluded if it be the will of God, that there shall 
be a Church of Christ gathered to walk according to the 
Congregational way, and have also all freely and unanimously 
H 



98 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

left the management of the same in the hands of the per- 
sons whose names are underwritten, that if it be the will 
of God to incline their hearts, so many of them as may be 
a competent number for that work, may in his time lay 
the foundation. 

"Thomas Yale, Nehemiah Royce, 

Eliasaph Preston, John Hall, Sen'r., 

Mr. Moss, Lieut. Merriam, (7i-'i-^'^ 

Mr. Sam'l Street, Serj't. Doolittle, 

Nathan Andrews, John Hall, Jr., 

Mr. Brockett, John Beach, 

Benj. Lewls." 

At the Court of Election, held at Hartford, May 
I3> 1675, 

" Sundry of the Inhabitants of Wallingford Moveing the 
court that they might have Liberty to gather themselves into 
church Fellowship according to the order of the gospel there 
request being considered. This court grants them their desire 
they attending the same with the approbation of the Neigh- 
bour churches and desire the lords gracious presence and 
blessing may crown their endeavoures with such success as 
may advance the glory of God & their Spirituall Good and 
edification." 

They had as yet no house of worship. They hardly 
needed one, for their numbers were so small that they 
could without much inconvenience assemble in a private 
house. For ten years they met on the Sabbath at the 
house of Lieutenant Nathaniel Merriman and Ensign 
Munson, for religious worship. We find on the records, 
September loth, 1677, the following entry : "voted that 
ensign Munson shall have fourty shillings allowed him 
for meeting in his house this yeare." One reason how- 
ever of this delay in erecting a " meeting house" must 
probably be found in the danger, alarm, and the impover- 



FORMATION OF CHURCH. 99 

ishing effect of the famous Indian war of that period, 
usually called " King Phillip's war." The derangement 
of business, and the heavy taxation consequent on the 
expenses of the war, impoverished the population, and 
pressed heavily on the new settlement at Wallingford. 
Having recovered somewhat from the depression and 
impoverishment consequent on the war, we find them 
with true New England conscientiousness and public 
spirit, at work upon their church and school. At the 
Town-meeting, October 2, 1676, 

" The town agreed to have a meeting house built 34 fee t 
long, and 30 feet wide, and desired the townsmen together 
with Mr. Moss, St. Doohttle and the constable to consider 
itt, treate with some workmen about y*^ price, and make Re- 
port to y'' towne in order to farther proceeding about the 
matter." 




FIRST CHURCH. 

After considering the matter, the committee appeared 
to have come to the conclusion that a smaller and less 
expensive house would answer their purpose until the 
colony grew larger ; and at a Town-meeting, November 
27, 1678, 

" The town notwithstanding theyr former order about A 
meeting house : upon furdr consideration doe now for y'' pres- 
ent conclude to build a house to meete in on y-' saboth, of 28 
foot in Length, and 24 foot in breadth, & ten foot in stud be- 
tweene y'' growndsill and wall plate, to be comfortably and 
comleyly fitted up with doers and windowes & flower or florrs 
and other things nedeful in order to the end propounded." 



lOO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The erection of the meeting-house seems to have pro- 
gressed very slowly, either from the want of means, or 
owing to the troubles which they were having at that 
time with the Indians. In 1681 a further rate was laid 
to finish the house, and it was voted to "go on and finish 
the house." Great must have been their poverty, when 
with all their high estimate of the value of religious 
institutions, and when we know that nothing but abso- 
lute inability could have prevented the most ample 
accommodations for their church, we find their whole 
united means inadequate to build and finish a house, 
which now almost any single journeyman could build 
out of his own resources. 

But as their population and wealth increased, we find 
the house of worship grew also. In 1690, an addition 
of sixteen feet was made to the breadth of it. There 
were now seventy-three families in the town. On the 
22nd of June, 1 69 1, 

" The Town agreed to Scale y® meeting house all round 
from y'* Sill up to y*-' plate and to Remove y'' pulpit to y'^ west 
end of y® meeting house, and to make a comly cover and set 
over y® pulpit." The town also "voted y* the meeting house 
shall be seated in A comly manner and y* there shall be an 
alley from y'^ East door to y*-' pulpit, and an alley from y" 
South door, to y*^ midle alley, and y*^ Short seats on each side 
of y^ pulpit shall be made faceing to y'^ pulpit and this worke 
to be done as soon as may be." 

This same year, the town voted that " two pews should 
be built ;" an indication of growth, and even of luxury ; for 
hitherto, the whole area of the house had been occupied 
with long seats, where all persons sat indiscriminately, 
except that the men and boys were on one side of the 
house, while the females sat on the other side. Feb. 15, 



FORMATION OF CHURCH. 



lOI 



1698,1! was voted to build an addition to the east side of the 
meeting house, fifty by twenty feet, making the form of 
a cross. This house stood until 171 7, when it was taken 
down to make room for the three story meeting house. 




SECOND CHURCH, WITH GROUND PLAN. 

It is quite likely that some of the good people of that 
day were shocked at the extravagance, pride and degen- 
eracy developed by the innovation of pews. But growth 
and change kept on their course ; for under date of 
April 30, 1706, we find, 

" The town chose Deken Hall, Samuel Roys, and goodman 
Culvert, a commettee to procure workmen to come and build 
gallers for the In largment of the meeting house.'" 

The Rev. Mr. Davenport was present and assisted in 
laying the foundation of this church ; and standing at the 
foot of the eminence where the village looks off so pleas- 
antly upon the then fair range of woods and streams, 
preached a characteristic discourse from the words of 
Isaiah, " My beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful 
hill."^ 



1 The first meeting house was erected on the open space north of the 
present Congregational church, and almost in front of the open space 
between the Carrington house and the residence of the late Aimer Hall. 

2 So says Lambert, 83 ; Barber's Hist. Coll., 253 ; and Hollister, i, 
256 ; but it may be a mistake, as Davenport removed to Boston in 1667. 



102 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

At a town meeting, June 4, 1677, 

"The Towne desired Eliazur Peck to looke to y'^ boyes on 
y^ sabbath that tliey keep good order at meeting." 

At a town meeting, February 26, 1689, 

" The town agreed and votted to build a fort Round y*^ 
meeting house." 

July 19, 1693-4, Joshua Culver was hired to sweep 
and take care of the meeting house, "and 18 s. were 
allowed him for his pains." By another vote, 

" James Westwood was chosen to look after the boys who 
sit in the uper end of the meeting house, Sabath days, and 
Samuel Munson to look after the young folks who sat at the 
lower end of the meeting house. April 25, 17 10, The 
Townsmen were directed to contract with some person to 
sweep the meeting house from year to year."' 

Their churches, or, more properly speaking, meeting 
houses,^ were devoid of all beauty and elegance, and con- 
sisted generally of rough, unhewn logs put together in 
such a manner as to be hardly sufficient to keep out 
wind and rain. The interior was furnished very plainly. 
Immediately before the pulpit, and facing the congrega- 
tion, was an elevated seat for the ruling elder ; and 
before that, somewhat lower, was a seat for the deacons., 
behind the communion table. On the floor of the house 
there were neither pews nor slips, but plain seats ; men 
and women were seated separately, on opposite sides of 

1 The meeting house was built of logs, with a square roof running up 
to a point in the center, with a turret. The windows were small, with 
shutters, and without glass. 

2 " There is no just ground iVom Scripture to apply such a trope as 
chiircli to a house for a public assembly." Mather's Ratio Disciplens. 



FORMATION OF CHURCH. IO3 

the house, and every one according to his office, age, or 
rank in society, had his place assigned by a committee 
appointed for that purpose ; seats were placed on each 
side of the front door for soldiers, and generally a senti- 
nel was stationed in the turret. Of six pieces of 
artillery belonging to the town of New Haven, three 
were always stationed by the water side, and three by 
the meeting house : no fires were allowed, even in the 
coldest day in winter. Mr. Davenport required all of 
his congregation to stand up whilst the text was nam- 
ing ; the reason which was given for it being, that it was 
the word of God, and deserved peculiar honor.' 

The ministers of religion were the especial favorites 
of the colonial government. Their polls and estates 
were exempted from taxation, and stringent laws were 
made to secure them the advantages of their position 
and the respect of their flocks. It was provided that if 
any Christian so called, should contemptuously behave 
himself " towards the word preached or the messenger 
thereof," he should, for the first offence, be reproved 
openly, in some public assembly, by the magistrate ; and 
for the second, should pay a fine of five pounds, 

" Or else stand two hours openly upon a block or stool 
four feet high, on a public meeting day, with a paper fixed 
on his breast written with capital letters : — An open and 

OBSTINATE CONTEMNER OF God's HOLY ORDINANCES : that 

others may fear and be ashamed." 

On Sundays the minister was treated with special 
reverence. When he passed from the threshold to the 

I " At Quinniapyock [ New Haven], Mr. Davenport preached in the 
forenoon that men must be uncovered and stand up at the reading the 
text, and in the afternoon the assembly jointly practised it." Mr. Hooker 
to Shepard, March 20, 1640. 



I04 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

pulpit, the people rose ; and if he formally addressed 
them in any part of the sermon, those in the galleries, in 
obedience to parental injunction and usage, in many 
places, stood and continued standing till the address 
was concluded. 

Every church had its pastor, teacher, ruling elder, 
and deacons. The pastor, teacher and elder were all 
ordained with equal solemnity. It devolved on the 
pastor to inculcate the duties and present the consola- 
tions of religion. The teacher was the private expounder 
of the law ; the counselor whose learning, deep piety, 
calm judgment and refined experience could be depen- 
ded upon in doubtful matters. The duty of the ruling 
elder was to assist the pastor in the government of the 
church, particularly to keep strict watch over all the 
brethren and sisters, and see that they demeaned them- 
selves in an orderly and godly manner ; to prepare and 
bring forward all cases of discipline, to visit and pray 
with the sick ; to warn the careless, admonish the way- 
ward, and to present the incorrigible before the proper 
tribunal for discipline, and, in the absence of the pastor 
and teacher, to pray with the congregation and ex- 
pound the Scriptures. The office of the deacons was to 
provide for the Lord's table and care for the sick, and 
to attend to the secular affairs of the church. The early 
clergy 

" Reasoned high 
Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, 
Fixed fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute, 
And found no end in wondering mazes lost. 
Of good and evil much they argued then, 
Of happiness, and final misery, 
Passion, and apathy, glory, and shame." 



FORMATION OF CHURCH. IO5 

Their life-long eftbrt was still to climb higher, ever 
exclaiming, 

" Paula majora canamus." 

The planters had now after much labor and trouble 
erected a house for public worship ; but it was one of 
the many calamities of the colonists, that the meeting- 
house, through the unfaithfulness or incompetency of 
some of the workmen, had to undergo very frequent 
repairs. But this building, and those who worshiped 
there, have alike mouldered to dust ; but the ground is 
holy, and should be cherished. 

"Like spots of earth where angel feet have trod." 

The record of eternity doubtless contains the names of 
many to whom the portals of this modest church were 
the gateways of Heaven. In this little edifice — meaner 
and more rude in its construction than any building now 
in the valley — the fathers of the town held their solemn 
assemblies, offered up their united prayers, and put 
forth their stern views of doctrine. 6\t the appointed 
hour, the drum having been beaten, both the first time 
and the second, the whole population, from the dwel- 
lings of the town and the outlying farms, came together 
in the place of prayer. ^') In plain and carefully kept 
clothes, the saintly heads of families, with their closely 
trained and solemn faced children, came, after the toils 
of the week, to observe holy day. The sentinel is placed 
in the turret ; those who are to keep ward, go forth, 
pacing, two by two, the still green lanes. 

The imagination cannot but revert to those occasions, 
with an admiration toned down almost to holy reverence. 
There, in the midst of a silent wilderness, the hardy, 
toil-worn settlers and their wives and daughters are 



I06 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

gathered, gazing with moistened eyes at their venerable 
pastor as he discourses to them from the first verse of 
the third chapter of Matthew, and warns them "of the 
temptations of the wilderness ; " or listening with 
bowed heads to the fervent prayer that the God of 
Israel will endue his servant, as heretofore, with courage 
and counsel to lead them in the days of their future 
peril. The curious Indian paused at the door, and was 
filled with awe as the white man addressed the Great 
Spirit. In this rude, unfinished structure, is devotion 
true and pure, — worship, more solemn for the lack of 
outward pomp. Far away from the busy haunts of 
men, they seemed, and felt nearer God — more alone with 
God — than ever before. With reverent joy they rejoiced 
in that blessed intimacy of communion, and drew from 
it the strength they needed for the trials and duties- 
that formed the staple of their daily lives. In the 
eloquent words of Dr. Bacon,' through a long course of 
exercises, which would weary out the men of our degen- 
erate days, (these hearers sit or stand with the most 
exemplary attention/) They love the word that comes 
from the lips of their pastor. They love the order of 
this house. For the privilege of uniting in these forms 
of worship, of hearing the gospel thus preached, of 
living under this religious constitution, and of thus 
extending in the world the kingdom which is righteous- 
ness and peace and joy, they undertook the work of 
planting this wilderness. To them each sermon, every 
prayer, every tranquil Sabbath is the more precious for 
all that it has cost them. It is not strange, then, that 
their attention is awake through these long services, till, 

I Historical Discourses, 51. 



FORMATION OF CHURCH, lO/ 

as the day declines, they retire to their dwelHngs, and 
close the Sabbath with family worship and the catechis- 
ing of their children. We seem to hear the utterance 
of their piety in that old stave of Sternhold and 
Hopkins : 

" Go walke about all Syon hill, yea round about her go ; 
And tell the towers that thereupon are builded on a roe ; 
And mark you well her bulwarks all, behold her towers there, 
That ye may tell thereof to them that after shall be here. 
For this God is our God, forevermore is hee ; 
Yea and unto the death also, our guider shall hee be." 



I08 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER VI. 

MR. HARRIMAN, MR. STREET, MR. WHITTELSEY. 

For the first two years of the settlement of the town, 
Mr. John Harriman, although not at that time an 
ordained minister, preached to them on the Sabbath. 
Mr. Harriman was a native of New Haven. His father 
was for many years a respected member of the church, 
and was long the keeper of the ordinary, or house of 
public entertainment in that time. The son, having 
been fitted for college in the grammar school at New 
Haven, under the eye of Mr. Davenport, was educated 
at Harvard College, where he graduated in 1667. For 
about twenty years he resided at New Haven, preaching 
as a candidate there, also at East Haven and Walling- 
ford. In 1682, he removed to Ehzabethtown, New 
Jersey. 

In the year 1672, Rev. Samuel Street, son of Rev. 
Nicholas Street, pastor of the church at New Haven,' 



I Nicholas Street was born in England, and received his education at 
one of the universities there ; and about the year 1638 he was settled at 
Taunton, in the Plymouth Colony, as colleague with Mr. Hooker, at the 
first organization of the church there. He removed to New Haven and 
was ordained, according to the church records, "the 26th of the 9th, 
1659." Of the character of Mr. Nicholas Street, as of his life, we know 
but little. He appears to have been a pious, judicious, modest man. 
His " Considerations upon the Seven Propositions concluded by the 
Synod," published as an appendix to Mr. Davenport's more elaborate 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. STREET. lOQ 

was invited to settle at Wallingford ; and in April, 1673, 
he removed his family there, and in 1674 was installed 
as pastor of the church. After Mr. Street had con- 
sented to become their minister, two committees were 
appointed : one was to see that Mr. Street's goods were 
brought from New Haven and landed at some convenient 
place, the other to see that they were thence carted up 
to Wallingford. To us this seems to indicate a curious 
mode of intercourse between the two towns. But then 
owing to the state of the roads, it was no doubt easier 
to send the goods from New Haven harbor, up the 
Quinnipiac river, as far perhaps as North Haven, and 
from thence by land to Wallingford. 

Mr. Street was graduated at Harvard College in 1664, 
and was forty years old when he came to Wallingford. 
He received an annual salary before any church was 
gathered there. It may serve to convey some idea of the 
character of the people, that in 1673, when their o\yn 
poor dwellings were hardly erected, and they were 
struggling with all the untold difficulties of a wilderness, 
and when their whole number, men, women and child- 
ren, hardly exceeded one hundred, they voted to build a 
house for their minister, and to pay him a salary of ^50. 
If our western settlements now had as much courage 
and energy, we should have small need of Home Mis- 
sionary Societies. February 24, 1673, " itt was ordered 
that Mr. Street's house be Raised at the Townes charge." 
At a Court of Election held at Hartford, May 12, 1681, 

book on the same subject, shows great clearness of thought, and some 
pungency of style. That he was no inferior preacher, may be inferred 
from the fact that he was found worthy to succeed Mr. Hooker, and that 
he maintained his standing as the colleague of Mr. Davenport. The 
whole course of his ministry in New Haven was about sixteen years and 
a half. 



no HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

"The Court for the encouragement of Mr. Samuel Streete 
grant him two hundred acres of land, provided he take it up 
where it may not prejudice any former grant to any person or 
plantation." 

This was laid out April 24, 1682, in Wallingford, and 
by him conveyed, June 27, 1686, to Mr. John Hulls, of 
Derby. Jan. 12, 1685, there was granted to Mr. Street, 

" A house lott containing six acres as may appear by the 
act of the town in folio 5, also six acres of Land by exchange 
with the town in folio 30, being laid out by the town sur- 
veigher, and lying on the east side of the town being the sixth 
house lott in number, and bounded on the south by Abraham 
Dowlittle, Jun'', on the North side and on the west and east 
end by the town street being fourty eight Rods long and 40 
rods wide and so they lye for twelve acres more or less."' 

At a town meeting held in Wallingford, April 28, 1696, 

" The Town voted to allow Mr. Sam' Street as A recom- 
pense of his labour in y*^ worke of y® ministry in y® year 1696 
y** full & just sum of one hundred pounds in provision pay, only 
y*^ s*^ Mr. Street is to find himself firewood & he will set A 
week in y'' forepart of y*^ sumer & A week in y'^ latter part of 
y*^ sumer y*^ each man may bring A load of wood or two if y*^ 
s"^ Mr. Street se Cause & y* Mr. Street will allow 2 & 6^^ P 
load to each man." 

During Mr. Street's residence in Wallingford, he 
exerted a great influence in all the affairs of the town, 
and was much respected by all the inhabitants. He 
answered to a letter, Cowper's description of a preacher, 
such as Paul, were he on earth, would hear, approve and 
own : 



I On the town records there are seven other grants of land to Mr. 
Street, amounting in all to one hundred and twenty acres. 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. STREET. 1 I I 

" Simple, grave, sincere ; 
In doctrine uncorrupt, in language plain. 
And plain in manner, decent, solemn, chaste, 
And natural in gesture ; much impressed 
Himself, as conscious of his awful charge. 
And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds 
May feel it too; affectionate in looks. 
And tender in address, as well becomes 
A messenger of grace to guilty men." 

Mr. Street died January i6, 171 7, aged eighty-two 
years ; a venerable man, to whom age had come "frostly 
but kindly," and whose last days were like those of an 
Indian summer, serene and beautiful, even till the stars 
appeared in heaven. He was pastor of the church for 
forty-two years.' Time was when the location of a 
minister in any particular place, as pastor of a church, 
was regarded as a permanent establishment. Until near 
the close of the last century, the dismission of a pastor 
was an event of uncommon occurrence ; a thing which 
gave occasion for much remark; and the cause of dismis- 
sion was the subject of earnest inquiry. Councils, when 
called to act on the question of dissolving the connec- 
tion between a pastor and his church, long hesitated 
before coming to a decision. It was long the custom in 
Connecticut, for the young men and women of a parish 
to celebrate the occasion of the settlement of a new 
minister by a ball on the evening following the day of 
his ordination or installation. This was termed the 
"ordination ball," and was sometimes conducted with 

I His youngest son, Nicholas, was settled in Groton ; the eldest, Samuel, 
had three sons, Captain Elnathan, Samuel, and John. The eldest daugh- 
ter was married to Deacon John Peck, and died before her father. One 
was married to Theophilus Yale, and another to Joshua Culver. The 
widow of Mr. Street died July 12, 1730. 



112 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

such propriety and decorum that church members and 
even the new pastor would honor the ball with their 
presence. 'I'hey ultimately came to be regarded as a 
scandal, and were at last suppressed by public sentiment.' 
As Mr. Street became unable to perform the duties 
of his office, it became necessary to provide a colleague 
and successor. The forethought and action of the 
people in the matter are set forth in the following votes : 

"July 26, 1708. The town voted that they apprehended it 
was their duty to take care and Look out to geat another 

I The following are the items for the "laying out for ye Ordination of 
Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey of Durham." Mr. Chauncey's sister was the 
wife of Rev. Mr. Whittelsey of Wallingford. He was ordained February 
17, 1711. 





s. d. 


"From Joel Pamerly 15 lbs Pork and 1-2 Bushel Mault. 


4 4 


By Beef from Mr. Wadsworth 


16 


By 20 lb. Butter 10 


ID 


By 20 lb. Sugar 10 


ID 


By 4 Bushel Wheat 


17 


By Cheese 4 2 


4 2 


By Hens, Goose, Turkie 


16 6 


By a Sheep and fetching from Town, 


9 


By 3 Bushel apples 


36 


By 2 Quarters of Mutton 


3 


Mault for Beer 


4 


Barrel of Cyder 


8 


Chocolate, Pepper ; Spice, Currant, Nutmeg 


6 


Metheglin and Rum. 


12 6 


Two Piggs, fresh Pork, Salt Pork and Beef 


6 6 


Hireing 5 Horses 


2 


Labor and trouble of my Family 


ID 


Four Neats' Tongues 


2 8 


To ye Camps' girl 5 6 


5 6 


Good wife Taylor 


6 


Good wife Seward 


3 


Good wife Hecox 


3 


Good wife Squire 


3 



^85 8 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. WHITTELSEY. 1 1 3 

minister The town voted that they would chouse a 

commetie to Seeke out and to take the advice for the pro- 
curing and bring in a minister to seatle in the place." 

Five men were chosen as a committee, who invited 
Mr. Whittelsey to preach ; and on the 20th of Sep- 
tember, 

" The town by a unanimous vot did confiearme the com- 
mities agreement with m''. Sam'. Whittelsey in order to his 
Seatelment in the work of the minestry in our town." 

After preaching some time, the people being satisfied 
with his labors, invited him to become their pastor. 
The following is the letter in which the call was commu- 
nicated : 

" Mr. Whittelsey, Sur : — The subscribers hereof being 
a committe appointed and empowered by the town of 
Wallingford as may appear by their record bearing date 
April 4, 17^9 ; to treat with yourself in order to a settelment 
with us in the ministry, and for your incouragement to com- 
ply with us therein, doe propose to make such grants of 
Lands and other incouragements following — first we doe 
give and grant to you the said Mr. Samuel Whittelsey, a six 
acar lott of land lying neare the meting house ; and one acar 
and a half of the west end Deaken John Hall's home lott 
for a building lott, to be bought for you : also a peace of 
Land at south ward side the Leatel quarter on the hill on 
which the town stands fifteen acars ; and seaven acars of 
pasture land on the north side of Nath'l Ives home lott : also 
a meadow lott of land in the common field on the west side 
of the river of twenty acars and known by the name of 
the parsonage ; and fore acars of plaine in the same field 
called the town lott, also a farm of one hundred and fifty 
acars of Land att Pilgrim's Harbor called the town farm 
with all the un laid outt land adjoining, and one hundred 
pound right in common-age and in all undivided land, all 



114 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

which shall be to the said Mr. Sam'l Whittlesey, his heirs, 
executors and administrators and assigns for ever, as an 
estate of inheritance in fee simple : Likewise the said 
committee do agree to build a house for the s'd Mr Sam'll 
Whittlesey of forty-two feets in Length and twenty feets in 
breadth, tow stories hye, with a porch and a back kitching 
and finish it deasantly the said Mr. Samuel Whittlesey to 
provide glass and nales : which house is to be soe built 
within tow years : the s'd committee doth farther agree that 
the said Mr. Whittlesey shall have a Sallery of Seaventy 
pound a year for the tow first years and the thurd yeare 
eighty pound and One hundred pound a yeare ever after, 
soe long as he carrieth on the work of the ministry : which 
Sallery shall be paid in wheat at five shillings par bushel, 
rye at three shillings sixpence par bushel, Indian corne at two 
shillings sixpence par bushel, pork at threepence farding par 
povnd, and if it soe fall out that there doth not come a 
supply of fire wood yearly to the s'd Mr. Whittlesey by 
parsons appearing to do it gratis, then the town are obliged 
to take the care, and find him his wood in some other way 
— but if the providence of God should so order that the 
said Mr. Sam'll Whittlesey dye leaving no male Hare that 
is a natural issue of his bodye, then the six acar lott 
by the meeting house, and the meadow lott called the 
parsonage to returne to the town againe, to the true and 
honest intent and parformans of the preameses we the before 
named committee have sett our names. 

"Thomas Yale, John Hall, sr., 

Samuel Hall, John Meariman, . 

Thomas Curtis, John Hall, 

John Parker." 

Mr. Whittelsey accepted this call, and in September, 
1709, "The town voted and Laid a Rait of eight pence 
upon the pound for the caring on of the work mr. 
Sam'll Whittelsey hous fore pence upon the pound to be 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. WHITTELSEY. I I 5 

paid upon this year's List and fore pence to be paid upon 
the next year's List." He was installed May, 1710. 

Rev. Samuel Whittelsey was born at Saybrook, Conn., 
in 1686. He was the youngest son of John Whittelsey, 
who was the emigrant ancestor of all who bear the name, 
and Ruth (Dudley Whittelsey). He was graduated at 
Yale College in 1705, and five years afterwards was in- 
stalled as colleague with Mr. Street. Here he continued 
until his death, which took place on the 15th of August, 
1752, just as he was entering his sixty-seventh year. 
He was a fellow of Yale College from 1732 to 1752. 
Mr. Whittelsey married July i, 171 2, Sarah, the young- 
est daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey of H-atfield, 
Mass., and granddaughter of President Chauncey of 
Harvard College. She was born in 1683. She was a 
woman of active mind and energy of character. For 
the accomodation of the parish, which at that time in- 
cluded all the inhabitants of the town, she kept a store 
of goods. Her house was the abode of hospitality, even 
after the death of her husband. The Governor of the 
State had been in the habit of taking dinner at Mr. 
Whittelsey's, when on the way to meet the legislature at 
New Haven. After the death of Mr. Whittelsey, he pass- 
ed on one occasion without stopping, very much to her 
dissatisfaction. "To think," said she, "that he should 
come to see us so often that his horse refused to go by 
without stopping until he was whipped ; and now that 
he should refuse to stop and see me in my affliction !" 
She died October 20, or 23, 1767, aged eighty-four years. 

President Stiles, in an obituary of Mr. Whittelsey, 
published shortly after his death, in the Boston " Post 
Boy'' speaks of him as follows : " He was a gentleman 
of penetrating genius, solid judgment and extensive 



Il6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

understanding ; indefatigable and unwearied in his appli- 
cation to study and liberal inquiry, by which his 
acquaintance with the sciences became extensive, his 
knowledge universal, and in moral wisdom he had few 
equals. Under the influence of Christian principles, 
his soul flowed to diffusive benevolence ; he lived the 
religion he inculcated, and recommended it by the pow- 
erful charms of a virtuous example. His talents as a 
preacher were singular, being master of an engaging 
elocution and address, and in composition judicious and 
instructive. He ministered intellectual food, and 
entertained his audience with the beaten oil of the sanc- 
tuary. He labored with delight in word and doctrine. 
The services and devotions of the sanctuary were his 
supreme pleasure. In many ways, by his extensive 
influence, he served the church of Christ, and the public 
glory of his kingdom. Happy in offspring and a well 
educated family, his sons under the advantage of a 
liberal education, survived him in his genius, improve- 
ments and Christian character. As a private Christian, 
he was exemplary, virtuous and pious ; had a natural 
reservedness of mind which rendered him singular in 
bearing injuries which the best can't escape ; and when 
reviled, he reviled not again, but retaliated in gratitude 
with that meekness and goodness which extorted vener- 
ation from the partial, as well as obtained a cheerful 
tribute from the candid judge of merit. Not less 
eminent was his patience, especially in the lengthened 
illness which finished his life. The supports of religion 
and a well regulated life, sho^ie in the steady calmness 
and composure of his temper during his illness ; while 
a mortification in his legs and feet, arising from an ill 
state of blood and disorder of body, preyed upon him. 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. WHITTELSEY. II/ 

and in a gradual decline extinguished his life. Thus died 
Samuel the prophet, full of days and the Holy Ghost ; 
after he had long and faithfully served his generation, he 
* fell on sleep, was gathered to his fathers, and all Israel 
lamented him.'" 

Dr. Chauncey of Boston said of him, that he was one 
of the greatest men in Connecticut. He had not only 
a clear, strong head, but the clearest way of expressing 
his thoughts upon any difficult subject, of any one he 
was acquainted with. " I have heard him say, that when 
he had clear ideas of any subject he could communicate 
with the same clearness, and do it with ease.'" He was 
one of the most eminent preachers in the colony in his 
day, a laborious, faithful minister of Christ, applying 
his whole time to his work, and shone with distinction 
in intellectual and moral attainments. One of the old 
writers says : " He was esteemed an heavenly man."'" 

\ I Chauncey Memorials, p. 203. Mr. Whittelsey published an Election 
Sermon, 1730; a Sermon on the death of John Hall, 1730; a Sermon 
on the woful condition of impenitent souls in their separate state, 1731 ; a 
Sermon on the ordination of his son, 1737. 

2 Samuel, the eldest son of Rev. Samuel Whittelsey, was born Novem- 
ber, 1 7 14, was graduated in 1729, and held the office of tutor in Yale 
College from 1732 till 1738. It was during the period of his tutorship 
that he was invited by the church in Milford to settle as colleague pastor 
with the Rev. Samuel Andrews. He accepted the call, but a large minor- 
ity in the parish remonstrated against his ordination, on the alleged 
ground that he was an Arminian in his theology, and that his preaching 
savored too little of Christian experience. The council called to ordain 
him were divided in their judgment of the case ; and his ordination was 
finally the result of a compromise, which resulted, after all, in the forma- 
tion ot a second society. He was ordained Noyember 8, 1738, and con- 
tinued in the discharge of his ofiicial duties till his death, which took 
place October 22, 1768. His widow, who was a lady of high intellectual 
and moral qualities, afterwards became the wife of the Hon. Jabez Ham- 
lin, of Middletown, who was, for many years, distinguished in civil life. 



Il8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The old house with its " two pues" and " gallers," 
could not well contain the growing population, for some 
of the hearers had to put up with rather inconvenient 
church accommodations. But of these they were cut 
short by the following peremptory and rather uncour- 
1 teous vote of the town in 1716 : " ordered that the alleys 
/ in the meeting house be cleared of chairs and stools, 
and the constable see that it be done." Where the 
occupants of these " chairs and stools" bestowed them- 
selves after this unceremonious ejectment we do not 
know ; but it is quite probable that they agitated effect- 
ually the project of a new and better house ; for in a few 
months we find a new church edifice in progress. In 
September 23, 171 7, 

" The town by their voat signified that they thought it was 
there Duty to begin about a new meeting house & chose 
capt. John Hall, en curtis, ser. Hart, Gideon ives, william 
ward, Joseph parker, Robert Hall, & Sa" Hall a committee 
to manage the affairs & carri on the work about the new meet- 
ing house And the forms of the house to be Hke 

gilford meeting house and be left to y*^ committee to make 
sum little alteration if they see cause ; And layed a rate of 
eight pence on the pounde for the careing on the metting 
hous." 

A question arose as to the place where the meeting- 
house should stand ; whereupon it was decided that it 
should stand where " the timbers for the same now lies," 
which was almost in front of the present Congregational 
church, the steeple being at the north end of the house, 
which fronted east. Preparations were going forward 
during the whole of the year, and in 1718, the house was 
raised. The committee for raising the frame work of 
the house divided the inhabitants of the town into three 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. WHITTELSEY. I IQ 

parts. Each division of the inhabitants was faithfully 
to attend to the raising of the house when called upon ; 
and should this arrangement fail, then the committee 
were empowered to hire them. It was 

" Voted that the metting hous floure shall be layed with 

good single Boards well Rabbited The towne 

voated that the metting hous shall have pues maid all round ) 
it and y*" rest of y'" hous shall be long seats.'' 

This last vote indicates the further increase of lux- 
urious habits, inasmuch as the " two pews" of the old 
house were multiplied into a whole range of " pues," 
built all around the sides of the new house. The next 
vote was to raise funds for the building. 

"April 28, 17 19, the Town voated y' they would git so 
many staves as will load vessell and they chose Capt. Hall 
to make a bargain for y'^ town in y*^ Disposall of y*^ staves, 
they obliged themselves to git : — in buying glass' and nales 
and promise to indemnifie hall from any damages thereby if 
he shall need to stand or give bonds." 

The house was completed and occupied in 1720. It 
was a large house, three stories high, with two tiers of 
galleries, one above the other, somewhat in the manner 

I In January, 17 19, Mr. John Riissel proposed to furnish the glass for 
the new house, and his offer was accepted. The contract was as follows : 

" Wallingford, January 5, 1 7 19. 

" John Russel of Wethersfield, Glazier, will oblige himself to make all 
the Glass for the New Meeting house workman like and to do it as cheap 
as ye Market price for such Glass, and will begin about May next ; and 
take his pay in good Barrel staves by the last of June at current Market 
price. Only his necessary charge whilst he is about the work to be 
borne, he allowing it out of the price of the glass. 

. ( Ebenezer Brown, John Russel, ) 

" In presence of < r tt ( 

( John Winston, . Jo"-'^ I^^ll, > 

Sam'l. Hull." ' 



I20 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



of a theater, and of the "old South" church in Boston ; a 
mode of building churches quite common during the 
last century. The upper gallery was of course very 
high, and as its occupants were almost entirely out of 
sight, it furnished an admirable place for boys to cluster 
together and play. Even in the old house it had been 
found necessary in 1677, to 

" Vote that Eliazur Peck be desired to looke to y'' boyes 
on y"' saboth that they keep good order at meeting ;" and 
again in 1713, "the town chos Serg" Daniel Hall to look 
after boys on y'' saboth day." 




THIRD CHURCH. 



In the new house they found it necessary to deny the 
boys admission altogether into so tempting a place as 
the upper gallery, for in 

"April 25, 172 1, voated that no young man shall go up 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. WHITTELSEY. 121 

into the upper gallery to sett there on the Saboth day under 
eighteen yeare old. 

"September i6, 1716, the town voated and gave liberty 
that particular men may build a steeple to our meeting house." 

But it was not until January 9, 1728, that a " belfree" 
was btiilt, the top of which was crowned by a large 
brass rooster. 

The present custom of renting the seats in churches 
was then unknown : and in the new house there would 
be quite a choice between the " pues" and the " long 
seats." In order to arrange or prevent all disputes for 
precedence in the matter, a committee was appointed 
" to dignify and seat the meeting-house." In assigning 
seats to the respective individuals and families, the 
committee were enjoined by vote " to respect the aged 
who had been serviceable to the town," and also " to have 
respect to those who had borne commissions." After 
giving the best seats to these dignitaries, they were in- 
structed to have " this general rule for seating the meet- 
ing, viz. : the lists, on which the charges are raised." If 
a plan had been devised for creating and perpetuating 
envy, jealousy and pride, no more ingenious scheme 
could have been invented for that purpose, than this 
attempt to arrange people in the house of God, every 
Sabbath day, according to their wealth and supposed 
rank. Many an individual would probably form quite a 
different estimate of his "dignity," from the committee. 
What feelings were engendered have been forgotten, ex- 
cept in one instance we learn that one man to whom was 
assigned a position on the "long seats," having made 
known his grievance, had redress as follows : 

" The town by their voat gave Capt. John Hall, liberty to 



122 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

make him self a pew in the new matting hous, near the east 
Dora, on men's side on his own charge Decem- 
ber i8, 17 16, the town voated that Robert Roys should sett 
in y^ fore seat in y® meeting hous, and that Capt Hall sen"" 
shall set in the Deacons seat and capt Hall jun'' to set in y'^ 
first pue & Capt. Doolittle to set in y*^ second pue. De- 
cember 20, 1720, the town gave M'''' Whittelsey liberty to 
choose her self a pew in the new metting hous. February 
8, 1732 ; voated the ancient comitee shall find some sutable 
seat for M'' Studley where he may sett on Saboth Days." 

The custom was maintained here until the occupation 
of the house which was built in 183 1. Tn September, 
1 718, it was voted that a steeple should be built for the 
meeting-house, but it was not until 1728, that anything 
was done in regard to it ; and in January of that year a 
belfry was built. This house was occupied until 1824, 
when it was taken down to make room for the fourth 
house of worship. 



123 



CHAPTER VII. 

MERIDEN, DOG'S MISERY, FALLS PLAIN. 

The north part of the town, though owned by WaWing- 
ford, was not a /(^r/ of Wallingford. The title or fee 
simple cf the land was in the town of Wallingford ; 
the right of government was in the State, but there 
was no town authority in it or over it ; it was neither a 
town, nor constituted a part of any town. The General 
Court, in anticipation of the loss of the charter by a 
judgment on the Quo \'Varra?ito, or of being compelled 
to surrender it to Andros, now took such measures as 
were in their power to secure the colony against the 
future exactions of an arbitrary governor. The charter 
was yet valid, and the governor and company were em- 
powered to dispose of all vacant lands, vesting them in 
the grantees by a tenure as liberal as that by which the 
colony now held them, and exempting the proprietors 
from the levy of quit-rents or any similar exaction. 
Patents had already been issued to the several towns, 
and to many individual proprietors. Debts due the 
colony were to be collected, and whatever surplus should 
remain in the treasury was to be distributed to the 
several towns. The grants were intended to put the 



124 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD, 

vacant lands beyond the reach of Andros or other sim- 
ilarly commissioned governors. At " A Speciall Gen'' 
Court held at Hartford January 26, 1686," it was voted 
that 

" This Court grants Weathersfeild, Midletown and Farm- 
ington all those vacant lands between Wallingford bownds 
and the bownds of those plantations, to make a village there- 
in." 

This grant comprised that part of the town called 
" Belcher's farm," on which was the place called Meriden. 
But no action was taken until May 9, 1728, when 
Bartholomew Foster, Ezekiel Roys, John Merriam, 
Robert Collins, Nathaniel Merriam, Timothy Foster, 
Thomas Andrews, Josiah Robinson, Joseph Merriam, 
John Merriam Jun. and William Merriam, petitioned the 
Governor and General Court, 

" That those lands lying between farmington and walling- 
ford with the north of walingford to be a village or parish 
societie, to reserve M' Belcher his farm att the stone house 
for the present. We doe therefore now cast o'selves on y" 
Clemency of this Honored affembly and pray that the stone 
house farm may be granted to them." 

The above petition was granted, and the village called 
Meriden. Ten years previous to this, some of the 
settlers living south of Belcher's farm sent the following 
petition to Wallingford : 

"We, the inhabitants bordering and adjacent to the town 
of Wallingford, do here entreat and request, that you would 
admit us the subscribers as wholesome and lawful inhabitants 
into the town of Wallingford. We the petitioners here re- 
quest that if it may please you the inhabitants of the town of 
Wallingford to admit us your humble petitioners as town 



MERIDEN. 125 

inhabitants, then your humble petitioners do promise and 
engage to be subject to your good and wholesome orders, laws 
and constitutions, as witness our hands. 

"Bartholomew Foster, John Merriam, 

John Hoisington, Solomon Goffe, 

Joseph Hills." 

The town voted to comply with the request of the 
petitioners. But for a time, not all the inhabitants re- 
siding in this north part of Meriden were considered 
citizens of WalHngford, subject to its laws, privileges 
and burthens, but merely those who had applied in 
form for citizenship. We find also on the records sev- 
eral special petitions from individuals residing in this 
same locality, to be allowed to attend public worship in 
the meeting house, and who were by special vote 
permitted to occupy a designated seat, on condition of 
paying a certain annual rent. The citizens of Walling- 
ford, being regularly taxed by town vote for the support 
of religious institutions, had a right as a matter of course 
to seats in the church without any price or rent what- 
ever. 

It would be tedious to trace out all the transfers of 
land in this neighborhood, after the Indian title was 
extinguished. It may be a matter of some interest how- 
ever, to know some of the principal proprietors and 
residents in the north part of Meriden about the year 
1 7 16. Northward and eastward of West Meriden, lay \/ 
the farm of John Merriam,' of Lynn, Mass., who was the 

I " Know all men by these presents, that I John Prout Sen'r, of New 
Haven, and Col. of Conn., Gent, for and in consideration of ye sum of 
Three Hundred and five pounds, current money, to me in hand well and 
truly paid by John Merriam of Wallingford, have sold, granted and C. a 
certain tract or parcel of I^and known by ye name of ye Country farme 



126 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ancestor of the numerous families of that name still 
residing here. He bought three hundred acres for 
£2)^S- More northerly lay the farm of Bartholomew 
Foster, of three hundred and fifty acres, which seems to 
have been west of the present old road, and northward 
as far as the Kensington road.' 

North of this was the land of Henry Coles, called the 
" Coles farm," extending east of Bartholomew Foster, so 
as to reach the land of John Merriam." North of the 
Coles farm was the land of Natheniel Roys ; and still 
farther northward was the Belcher farm, which, or on 
which was the place called Meriden. The documents 
give us some information as to the residents in this part 
of the town, at that period. We derive some additional 



formerly granted to James Bishop of New Haven, by the Governor and 
Company of ye said Colony of Conn, containing three hundred Acres 
Abutting south on ye old line of Wallingford Township, North on ye 
Coles farm, East on a brook, or land formerly Mr. William Jones Esq., 
west on commons or land of late years laid out to sundry persons of ye 
said town of Wallingford, situate lying and being the wilderness at a place, 
commonly called Pilgrim's Harbor northward of Wallingford old bounds 
and 5 1-2 Acres of hoop land, situated in Wallingford, aforesaid nere ye 
said farm be ye same more or less, formerly belonging to Robert and 
Isaac Roys, as witnesseth my hand at New Haven, this 3 day of Novem- 
ber in the year 171 6. John Prout. 

Mary Prout." 

1 "Sept. 19, 1710: Thomas Yale, John Merriam and Thomas Hall, 
committe of Wallingford, to sell Indian lands, grant to Bartholomew 
Foster, the Town right to a certain Tract of land of 360 Acres, situated 
between Pilgrim's Harbor and Merredan, bounded on ye N. E. corner by 
a Black Oak tree, thence by the road that goeth to Hartford 207 Rods to 
W Oak tree, thence westward 312 Rods to a Black oak tree, that side 
bounds by land of Mr. John Hudson, thence Northwardly iiatoaBl'k 
oak tree, thence 120 Rods to a Wahait tree, thence on a line to the first 
station 266 Rods." 

2 " At meriden farme, march the 12, 1708, the proprietors of goodman 
Cools farme met to decide about the boundaries." 



MERIDEN. 127 

knowledge of the inhabitants, as well as of their situa- 
tion, from the following paper copied from the original 
petition, now on file in the office of the Secretary of 
State, at Hartford: 

" To the Honorable the Governor and council and house 
of reprefentatives in General Cort affembled in his Majefties 
colony of Connefticut att New Haven, Oct. 8, 1724. The 
Humble petition of the Subscribers Humbly Sheweth, That 
we are under great disadvantages for want of a Pound nere 
y*^ Meriden or Stone House and are compelled to drive 
unruly cattell nere 6 or 9 miles to y*^ nearest pound, which if 
we had one nere it would save us a Great Deal of troble, and 
we would carry the marks and brands of those Cattell im- 
pounded where the law directs, to the next towns unless the 
Honorable Affembly, would pleafe to Conllitute a man 
among us to Depose of unruly Creatures as the law directs. 
Therefore your Humble Petitioners Pray that there may be 
order for a Pound nere y® Meriden, or Stone House, and an 
office to Despose of impounded Cattell, and j^our Petitioners 
as in duty bound will Ever Pray. 

" Signed, 

N. Merriam, J. Parsons, 

N. Merriam Jr., Eleazer Aspinwall, 

Wm. Merriam, J. Merriman, Jr., " -^,'a i-^VL-*^ 

Tim. Foster, B. Foster, 

J. Robinson, T. Andrews, 

T. Foster, D. Rich, 

T. Gerrum, J. Scofell." 

While the whole country was in alarm and peril 
from the Indians, during Phillip's war, no settlements 
were made beyond the bounds of the compact little 
village, where the planters had clustered together for 
mutual protection ; though some land which was " in the 
wilderness," was granted out at that time. But after 



128 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the termination of that war, we find the records fiall of 
grants of wild land in distant parts of Wallingford, to 
actual settlers, some of which were within the present 
southern limits of our town. At a General Court for 
the town of New Haven, April 23, 1660, 

" The governor desired that the bounds of a p'cell of land 
towards Connefticote might be sett out for the p' vention of 
future differences that might otherwise arise betwixt us, w*^'' 
motion was approved, and thereupon it was ordered y' Mr. 
Yale, W'" Andrews, John Cowper, John Brackett, Nathaniel 
Merriman, w*'' the help of Montowees, an Indian, y- late 
pprieto'' shall set out the bownds w"' lasting markes, w*^'' is 
to be done w^'' the first convenyence.'" 

The setting out of these bounds occasioned a letter, 
which, in the handwriting of Daniel Clarke, Secretary, 
is found among the State Records at Hartford,^ and 
which contains the first notice that is found recorded of 
"Pilgrim's Harbor." This letter complained of encroach- 
ments on the Connecticut Colony by those grants of 
lands at and above Pilgrim's Harbor, and that it was 
not a course 

" Furthering and strengthining y* friendly correspondency 
that we desire, and ought to be ppetuated twixt neighbours 
and confederates."^ 

1 New Haven Town Records, ii. 316. 

2 Foreign Correspondence, 11. Doc. 4. 

3 " Honor'd Gent : This Court haveing receaved information, not only by 
what appeares in one of yo'r Lawes respect : the purchase of land from ye 
Indians, wherin there is a seeminge challeng of very large intrests of lands, 
and likewise by what intelligence we have had of y'or strechting y'or 
bounds vp towards vs, by makeing trees on this side Pilgroomes Harbour, 
w'ch things, as ye intrench upon o'r intrest, soe they are not satisfying or 
contentful, nor do we appr'hend it a course furthering or strengthining yt 
friendly correspondency that we desire, and ought to be ppetuated twixt 



MERIDEN. 129 

At a General Assembly held at Hartford, October 
1 1 , 1 666, 

" This Court orders Edward Higby for making and main- 
teineing the way over Pilgrums Harbour passable for man & 
horse, shall have his estate & forme free of Countrey [rafcs] 
for this yeare and next, he mainteineing the way soe longe as 
aforesaid." .... 1684. "This Court being informed of a 
small tract of waste land, lying between a farme granted 
formerly to Mr. Wm. Joanes Esq'' of New Haven lying upon 
or near Pilgrim's Harbo'', and a farm granted to Mr. Samuel 
Street of Wallingford, the sayd waste land being about one 

neighbours and confederates ; espetially in that we conceave you cannot 
be ignorant of our real and true right to those parts of ye countrey where 
you are seated, both by conquest, purchase and possession ; and tho : 
hitherto we have bin silent, and altogether forborne to make any absolute 
challenge to or owne, as before, yet now we see a necessitie at least to re- 
vive ye memoriall of o'r rite and interes, and therefore doe desire that there 
may [be] a cessation of further proceed in this nature, vntil, vpon mature 
consideration, there may be a determinate settlement and mutuall concur- 
rence twtxt yo'rselves and this collonie, in reference to ye deviding bounds 
twixt the two colonies. It is further desired and requestd by vs, that if 
there [be] any thing extant on record w'th you yt may further ye [de]ciding 
this matter, that it may be produced, and that there may be a time and 
place appointed, where some deputed for yt end, furnished w'th full power, 
may meet, yt [so a] loving issue may be effect'd to prevent furth [er tro] 
ubles. And in case there be noe record of grant or allowance from this 
collony, respecting the surrend'r, not only of lands possessed by you and 
improved, but also such lands as it seemes to vs that you, vnd'r some 
pr'tended or assumed right, have induced by yo'r bounds w'thin yo'r liber- 
ties, that you would be pleased to consid'r on some speedy course, wherby 
a compliance and condescendency to what is necessary and convenient, for 
yo'r future comforte may be obtained from vs, the true proprietors of these 
parts of countrey. We desire yo'r returne to o'r gen'll Court, in reference 
to o'r proposit's, with what convenient speed may be, y't soe what is de- 
sired by vs in point of mutuall and neigbourly correspondenc, according to 
ye rules of justice and rightiousnes, may be stil maintained and continued." 
At a Court of Election, held May, 1661, the governor, deputy governor, 
the magistrates, with Messrs. John Davenport, George Hubbard, and Lieu- 
tenant John Nash were appointed a committee " for the treating with & is- 
sueing of any seeming differance betwixt them, and of some seeming right 
to this jurisdiction, which they pretend in a letter sent to this Gen'll Courtt." 
K 



130 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

hundred acres more or less, doe grant to the sayd Mr. Wm. 
Joanes as an addition to his sayd farm the sayd corner of 
land, to be layd out to him by Mr. Thomas Yale." 

Oct. 12, 171 5, six acres of land were granted to 
Jonathan Atwater at "pilgrims harbour." In May, 1742, 
some persons in Middletown petitioned for unappropri- 
ated lands near Pilgrim Harbor, which petition was 
refused.' Some of the earliest grants of land were in 
and around a swamp called " Dog's Misery." It had 
acquired the name from the fact that wild animals, when 
hunted, took refuge in this swamp, which was so thick, 
tangled and miry, that the dogs of the hunters were 
baffled or killed in their attempts to reach their prey hid- 
den in this jungle. This swamp is that tract of low 
land (now partly reclaimed), and swamp, lying south of 
the Middletown turnpike, and south of the house of Mr. 
Warren Parsons, extending nearly a mile in a southerly 
direction. In 1679, 

" The town granted to Nathaniel Royce, David Hall, Thomas 
Hall, Daniel Mix, Joseph Holt, each 3 acres lying on the east 
side of the meadow called dog's misery, by the southward 
branch of Pilgrim's harbor," 

that being the name of the whole stream from its mouth 
up to the pond whence it flows. At the next town 
meeting, Nov., 1679, "granted to Neh. Royce, Isaac Cur- 
tiss, each 3 acres, and Nathaniel How, and Isaac Royce, 
each 2 acres, and all at dog's misery." At still another 
meeting, 1679, there was still another grant of swamp, 
meadow and upland, "about dog's misery," to Yale, 
Curtiss, Royce and others. In 1685, granted to Walter 

I The petitioners were John Bacon, John Bartlett, Samuel Warner, 
Seth Wetmore, Nathaniel Hubbard, John Hubbard, John Dowd and 
others. 



DOG S MISERY. I 3 I 

Jonson 20 acres, "on long hill toward dog's misery." In 
1683, "granted to Daniel Hooper 12 acres at dog's mis- 
ery." In 1700, the daughter of Nathaniel Royce, had 
"three and a half acres, at dog's misery," as her portion. 
In 1713, was granted to Jeremiah Hull, a tract of land 
"lying at Dog's misery commonly so called." Another 
extract will indicate some quite curious facts, existing at 
that early period. September 16, 1707, 

" The towne chose Eliezer peeck, Joshua culver, David Hall, 
a commetie to see that [dogs] missery hiway may not be 
pinsht of the twenty rods in any place from the town to mis- 
serie whare it was not laid out before the graint was of s'' 
hiway." 

This enormous allowance for a road was not uncom- 
mon in those days, as there are several other notices in 
the records, of roads of the like width. Still oftener the 
records speak of highways six rods wide. It is quite 
evident too, that the special care of the town to preserve 
the prodigious width of " missery hiway," shows the 
importance and growth of the settlement in that quarter.' 
It had long been the custom of the early settlers to use 
the highways for raising tobacco, and it finally became 
a subject of complaint ; so that in 1693 — 4 the town of 
Wallingford forbade any person improving any part of the 
town streets or commons by fencing, raising tobacco, 
corn, or anything else. 

Whether these persons settled around Dog's Misery 
at the precise date of these grants, we do not know ; but 
there is evidence that they were there soon after. For 
as early as 1696, there was great contention about lands, 
among the owners of property at Dog's Misery, which 
plainly indicates that the lands about there were con- 
sidered valuable, and that the place was inhabited. The 



132 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

party spirit ran high, bad feeUngs were engendered, and 
recourse was had to the courts. It appears that the 
beginning of the trouble was owing to certain persons 
appropriating land which had already been granted to 
others. In 1677, ^^ ^ town meeting, it was voted to 
reserve a certain watering place for the use of cattle and 
neighbors adjacent, the watering place being near the 
property of Nathaniel Royce. After some years Mr. 
Royce claimed the land and watering place as his 
property. A committee were appointed to determine 
whether the land and watering place belonged to the 
town or to Ensign Royce. Nothing further was heard 
of this question until March 16, 1696, when the follow- 
ing petition was brought before the town : 

Wallingford, March 16*'', 1696. 
" We whose names are underwritten being in some mesure 
sencable of y^^ mezery of Contention & y^ there is too much 
of it in our Town & one part of it is about dogs mezery which 
may hazard Charg to y" Town if not timely prevented allso y'' 
watering-place so Called between Capt. yaile & Enn Royss 
has been A great part of our strife for A great while which 
for y'' preventing of both treble and Charg upon y' account 
or at least. to secure ourselves therefore declare as followeth 
y' for our parts wee enter our descents against any Charg at 
law about cloggs mezery, as for y*^ watering place so Called 
we are sattisfied y' Ens Roys Enjoy y'^' land y"^ y*^ Town has 
granted him & doe hereby declare our desent from any voat 
to y*^ Contrary or any vote y*^ may hereafter be gained by y* 
Town or any parties for y^' suing out y*^ Towns or any pertic- 
ular mans Rights declareing to y'' world y* we will be at no 
Charge for time to Come about doggs mezery nor y- 
watering place & y' such y' Cannot find no other way to 
raise their own spirits but to spend their Estates shall sjoend 
of their own Estates & not of ours. 



DOGS MISERY. 133 

"John Doolittle, John Peck, sen'. 

Nehemiah Royss, Nath'll How, sen''. 

Sam" Brockett, John Beach, 

Sam" Lothrop, Robert Roys, 

John Peck, jun'', Joseph Royss, 

John Hall, jun., Roger Tylar, 

Jabez Brockett, Micha Mitchell, 

Robert Royss, senr. Sam". Roys, 

John Tyler, James Westwood, 

Isaac Curtis, Tho. Hall, sen''. 

Sam" Roys, sen', John Parker, sen''. 

David Hall, John Moss, juneor." 

On the 28 th of April, 1696, the following was pre- 
sented to the town : 

" Whereas it has been often moved to y' town that Ensign 
Royce might have y*^ Watering place, at y" lower end of his 
home lot, or pasture, but hitherto has been opposed, y'' town 
do now sequester said watering place to lye open to the com- 
mon highway for ever, ne\'er to be desposed of any other way 
unless every inhabitant of y'' town do subscribe to the con- ■ 
trary, y'' which we underftand be y*-' true intent of y^ selectmen 
when they received it and y*^ mind of y*^ town, received it for 
the use of cattle and good of y'' neighbors adjacent against 
y* above said Watering place Should lye open for the above 
said use forever as may appear by their act in y"^^ town book 
April 24, 1677. The town do by their vote order and ap- 
poynt Eleazer Peck surveyor with one or too of y'' Townsmen 
to lay out said land and Watering place and cause a Record 
made of it in y'^' Leger Book, of y'' bounds of it and Capt. Yale, 
or Ens. Royce pay the cost out of it. They also voted that 
if the said Royce still neglects or detains record restitution of 
said Watering place y^ which y*^ said Roice solemnly promised 
to do, in y'' Leger Book of Wallingford, then the town do here- 
by appoint Capt. Yale to be our atturney, and Lawful Trustee 
to sue said Royce, at law for our right, to receive estimation 
of y*^ same." 



134 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Lieutenant Samuel Hall and William Ebenatha dis- 
sented from the above vote. Thus after a long contest 
Mr. Royce was compelled to surrender to the town all 
right to the watering place. 

At a General Court, held May, 1696, 

" M'' Rich''' Edwards as atturney for Isaac Curtis of Wal- 
lingford petitioned this Court to grant the said Curtis execution 
upon a verdict of jury given at the countie court at Newlraven 
the second Munday in Novemb'' one thousand six hundred 
and ninetie five in an action depending in the said Court 
between the s'^ Curtis and M'' John Hull of the said town of 
Wallingford, which action the said Curtis comenced against 
the said Hull for that the said Hull had illegally entred upon 
and made improvement of three ac''^ and 3 quarters of med- 
dow in a place called Dogs Miserie which is the proper 
estate of the plaintiff, to a surrendrie of the s'' meddow with 
ten pound damages and cost of Court, in which case the jury 
find for the plaintiff the case and cost of court. This Court 
doe see reason and order that there shall be execution 
granted upon the said verdict of the iurie. May 1697 it was 
voted and granted by this Court that Capt" Thomas Yale of 
Wallingford should have liberty to renew his former suit in 
which he was atturney for Doctor John Hull in a controversie 
between Isaac Curtis and the s'' John Hull about a piece of 
meddow at a place called Dogs Misery in the said town of 
Wallingford, notwithstanding any former act of the Gen" 
Court. Giving the said Curtis sufficient notice thereof" 

■From the time of the first settlement onward, popula- 
tion slowly increased around " Dog's Misery" and 
" Pilgrim's Harbor." In 1724, the whole number of 
families on and around these localities was thirty-five. 
Contemporaneous with the " plantations" around " Dog's 



I 5 J-, paid for the petition. Execution delivered to Isaac Curtis. Col. 
Rec. 4, 165. 



dog's misery. 135 

Misery," the settlements began to cieep up into the 
western and southwestern parts of the present Hmits of 
Meriden. As early as September, 1677, it was 

" Ordered allso that every planter now in hering shall have 
according to theyr Ranks 4 acrs, 3 acrs, and 2 acrs of the 
choyse Land upon the River hopp ground land, beginning att 
pillgrim's harbor, and what that plais doth not aford they are 
to please themselves ellswheare." 

February 11, 1684, there was granted to John 
Brockett, 

" Four acres of hopp Land upon pillgrim's harbor on both 
sides the river bounded on y*' north by y'' Common, on y*^ 
East by Samuell Brockett, on y^ south by y*^ Common, on ye 
west by John Moss senior." 

February 4, 1684, was granted to John Moss senior, 

" 4 acres of hopp Land Lying a Cros pillgrim's harbor 
brook bounded on y^ southward Side by me John Brockett 
his Land, on ye northward side by John Lothny his Land, 
on Both sides by towne Common." 

March 15, 1689, 

" Two acres of hopp Land lying around Pilgrim's 
Harbour." 

August 23, 1698, 

" 3 acres of hopp land on y^ west branch of pillgrim 
harber." 

In 1708, there was granted to 

" Daniel Messenger, wax drawer, fore acres of hop Land 
so called at a place commonly called pilgram's Harbor." 

This "hopp ground land" was that which produced 
the materials for making hoops. Such land, though 
swampy, was then the most valuable in the town. For 
in the great scarcity of a circulating medium, and of 



136 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

means for purchasing all foreign produce, these hoops 
and staves always found a great demand, and a ready sale 
in the West Indies. Of course our farmers in trading 
with the New Haven merchants, found these hoop-poles 
as useful as cash. Accordingly we find in the records 
of the town that these " hopp ground lands," were most 
carefully managed, were granted out in very small quan- 
tities, and in the various grants recorded each man was 
very careful that a piece of this precious land should 
be included in his farm. In the year 1676, a farm was 
granted to Levi Fowler, as part " compensation" for 
building a mill. This was at the place which we now 
call " the Farms." Sixty acres were granted to him, and 
are thus described : 

"The north stake to be pitched 10 rods to the north-ward 
of the brook, commonly called, Milking yard brook, as you 
go between Wallingford and Hartford,' and in the middle way 
between the mouth of said brook and the old path ; and so 
to run a straight line southward so as to cut the edge of the 
red bank by the east river so called'^ at the utmost part east- 
ward, and so from the northern stake westward 120 rods, and 
so to hold his depth on the south side." 

This land would be very nearly that which constitutes 
the farm of Mr. Wyllys Smith.' Near and around this 



1 This is the brook which the old road crosses at the lower end of 
the present district, and so called, because cattle were of old there 
driven into a pen to be milked. 

2 This red bank is the little spur or projection around which the rail- 
road sweeps, just before it passes the high stone viaduct or culvert over 
the turnpike. 

3 Yalesville, Sept. 27, 1686, Committee to locate mill on the river. 
Sept. 29, 1686, Voted to move the mill. Oct. 3, 1688, Land about the 
mill sequestered. Dec. 27, 1687, Committee to see the Miller and pro- 
cure a canoe to cross the river, at the mill. Jan. 21, 1689, Grinchng at 



FALLS PLAIN. I 37 

farm, other settlers soon located themselves. At a town 
meeting, December i6, 1679, 

" The Towne agreed & voated y' y"" land about y'' milking 
yard and on y'" north side y*^ Brooke at y'" head of y*^ little 
plaine which was formerly designed for that end be viewed 
and provision made for the settling planters as they shall 
appear." 

This "little plain" was the upper part of the present 
"farm district." It was called little plain, in distinction 
from "fall's plain," or "'the plain," which is the locality 
we now term Hanover. The same year, 

" The towne yielded to exchange with Sam'l Royce, the 3 
acrs of his land att y'" uper end of little plain, for 3 acrs 
of 3^" swamp, in y*-' middle of said plaine joining to Good" 
Lewes." 

In another grant to this Samuel Royce, this same 
spot is called " milkin yard farms," as bounded south by 
milking yard brook, and west by milking yard hill. 
Also in 1679, 

" The town granted to Good" Lewes 3 acres of y'^ swamp 
that lieth about middle of y^' little plains." 

At the same time, 

"The towne granted Tho. Yale 3 acres of swamp land, 
joining to his two acrs that was formerly granted for mend- 
ment of his river lott att the loer end of y'' little plaine." 

In the year 1677, there was a grant of land to Nehe- 
miah Royce and Samuel Royce, of some land "at the 
head of the plains," which is another phrase by which 
Hanover was then designated. A very natural phrase^ 
for at that point, the stretch of level land which extends 

mill regulated. July, 22, 1695, " If Samuel Lorthrop grinds every mans 
corn well he may keep the mill two months longer, but will be turned out 
on complaint of the committee forthwith." 



138 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

from New Haven, through North Haven and WalHng- 
ford, terminates. In 1680 a grant was made " to Sam'l 
Hough, to settle on the head of the plain near to 
Nehemiah Royces." In 1689 this "head of the plain," 
or "falls plain," was considered so beautiful a spot, that 
it was regularly laid out for a village. The main street 
was to be eighty rods long, and on each side of it were 
staked out building lots ; the western lots extending to 
the hill, and the eastern ones to the river. These lots 
were assigned by raffle, each planter in the town of Wall- 
ingford being allowed to draw one lot. The main street 
of this contemplated village must have been nearly if not 
quite coincident with the street now in existence, run- 
ning north and south. The street however, as then laid 
out, was continued northward to the river. 

"Att a lawful towne meetin 19 Febrary, 1689-90, the towne 
voted y* falls plaine shall be cast lots for & laid out accord- 
ing to the above written .... & mape. The Lotts being 
Cast each mans Lott is as foUoweth 



"Mr. Street, 


49> 


Lieut. Merriman, 


24, 


Mr. Mosse, 


12, 


Ens Yaile, 


II, 


Mr. Brock ett, 


44, 


Dr. Hulls, 


52, 


Ens Andrewys 


4, 


Seirant Doolittle, 


62, 


Preston, 


20, 


Nathaniell Royse, 


40, 


Sam'^ Royse, 


33^ 


Sam" Hull, 


03, 


John Ives, 


39, 


Sam" Doolittle, 


51, 


Daniel Mix, 


59, 


Joseph Doolittle, 


42, 


Eben Lewis, 


48, 


Joseph Houlte, 


61, 


John Doolittle, 


^ 37, 


Joseph Benham, jun. 


25, 


Eleazer Peck, 


19, 


John Merriman, 


58, 


John Parker, 


01, 


John Hall, senr. 


60, 


Sam" Cook, senr. 


,28, 


Tho Curtis, 


58, 


Tho Hall, 


30, 


David Hall, 


65, 



FALLS PLAIN. 



139 



Joshua Culver, 32, 
Sam" Brockett, 55, 
Sam" Thorp, 06, 
Sam" Merriman, 53, 
Sam" Browne, 29, 
Sam" Street, 07, 
Simon Tuttle, 14, 
Edward Fen, 08, 
Hennery Cook, 31, 
Sam" Street, 35, 
John Peck, 50, 

Sam" Cook, jun. 15, 
Hugh Chappel, 22, 
Wm. Cole, 23, 

Tho Beach, 54, 

Rush Lothrop, 43, 
Sam" Munson, 41, 
John atwater, 34, 

Nehemiah Roy 



Nathaniell How, 09, 

Roger Tyler, 38, 

John Hitchcok, 02, 

Abraham Doolittle, 13, 

Ebenezer Clark, 18, 

Sam" Andrews, jun. 57, 

Benjamin Houlte, 10, 

John Morse, 26, 

Joseph Beenham, sen. 63, 

Nathan Andrewes, 16, 

Jeremiah Howe, 17, 

Joseph Thomson, 21, 

James Westwood, 05, 

John Beach, 64, 

Joseph Royse, 47, 

William Ebernath, 46, 

Walter Johnson, 36, 

IsAK Beach, 45, 

SE, 27." 



In 1694, several grants of land were made to John 
Peck at " falls plains." The residents in the north part 
of the t(jwn found it very inconvenient to go to Walling- 
ford to attend church, also town and freeman's meet- 
ings ; and several petitions were sent to the General 
Assembly requesting permission to become a separate 
town, or be annexed to other towns nearer to them than 
Wallingford. At a town meeting held in Wallingford, 
May 17, 1773, the question was put whether the town 
would choose an agent or agents, to represent said town 
at the General Assembly to act on the memorial of the 
society of Worthington, by their agent Jedediah Norton, 
petitioning that the land called the Belcher farm, in the 
society of Meriden, and the inhabitants included thereon, 



140 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

might belong and be annexed to the county of Hartford 
and town of Farmington.' 

It was voted in the affirmative that they would ap- 
point an agent, and chose Macock Ward to represent 
the town in reference to the memorial. In May, 1786, 
the following petition was sent to the General Assembly : 

"The Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Meriden 
in the Town of Wallingford and County of New Haven, hum- 
bly sheweth : That from the Court House in New Haven, the 
Southern part of Said parish is Distant about Seventeen 
Miles, and the Northern part of it Twenty three ; and from 
the Court House in Middletown in the County of Middlesex, 
the eastern limmits of S'' parish is Distant but about five 
miles and its Western limmits about Eleven ; and from the 
Southern part of said Parish to the Town is four miles, and 
from the northern part about eleven. That the List of Said 
parish is about ^8000. And in attending upon the Ordinary 
Business of the Town, Proxys, Town Meetings, &c., and 
upon their Business at the County and Superior Courts, the 
Inhabitants of S'^ parish are subjected to great trouble, in- 
convenience & expence, from which they would be free'd, if 
constituted a Distinct Town, and annexed to the County of 
Middlesex. Wherefore your petitioners pray your Honors to 
take their case into your wise and equitable Consideration & 
enact, that S'' parish of Meriden be Constituted a Distinct 
Town by the name of the town of Meriden, and included in, 
and made part of the County of Middlesex, and that the S'' 
Inhabitants have all the rights and privileges usual apper- 
taining to Towns in this State, except the right of Sending 
two Representatives to the General Assembly, instead of 



I About 1640, some of the first and most enterprising citizens of Hart- 
ford purchased a tract of land from the Tunxis Indians, and commenced a 
settlement at a place about ten miles west of the city. This settlement 
was incorporated in 1645, when it was called Farmington. The town- 
ship was about fifteen miles square, and out of it have sprung the towns 
of Southington, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington and Avon. 



FALLS PLAIN. I4I 

which your petitioners request the privilege of but one, and 
your petitioners, as in Duty bound will ever pray &c. Dated 
at Meriden in the Town of Wallingford the 13''^ day of 
April, A. D. 1786. 

"John Couch, 1 

Sam" Whiting, [- Agents in behalf of the Society. 

Dan. Collins, 

At a special town meeting held in Wallingford, May 9, 
1786, it was voted that they would oppose the parish of 
Meriden being a town, and chose Col. Street Hall as 
agent to remonstrate against the petition at the General 
Assembly.' In 1794, the town was petitioned again 
that the parish of Meriden might be set off as a distinct 
town and annexed to Middlesex county ; and at a special 
town meeting the votes of the parish of Meriden ap- 
pointing Captain Dan. Collins, Capt. Ezekiel Rice, Col. 
Asa Bray, Brenton Hall and Samuel Whiting a commit- 
tee to transact said business being read, the meeting 
adjourned to October 12, 1795. Samuel Woodruff and 
Caleb Atwater were appointed agents to attend the 
General Assembly, and were intended to oppose the 
petition of the parish of Meriden ; and in order to satisfy 
the inhabitants of the parish, a committee were appoint- 
ed to consider the subject of holding town, selectmen's 
and freeman's meetings one third of the time at Meriden ; 
and who reported, 

I At a town meeting held in Wallingford, April 8, 1793, "Chose Street 
Hall, Dan. Collins, Ezekiel Rice a committee to agree with- the Town of 
Berlin in perambulating the line where the Belcher Farm, so called lies 
and exchange said farm or such part of it for an equivalent in Land 
belonging to said Berlin to be annexed to this town or make any other 
agreement as shall appear to said commi ttee most conclusive to the Inter- 
est of this Town." 



142 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



"That in our opinion it is highly reasonable and expedient 
and likely to unite the two Societies together and prevent a 
separation also taking into our consideration the disagreeable- 
ness that the said society of Meriden hath ever been under 
in attending Town and Freemans Meetings, we therefore 
think it reasonable that one third part of the Town and 
Selectmens meetings for the future and also one third part of 
the Freemans Meetings when liberty is obtained as above 
mentioned should be holden in said Society of Meriden." 
" Signed, 

Eliakim Hall, Samuel Whiting, 

EzEKiEL Rice, Brenton Hall, 

Abraham Stanley, Caleb Atwater." 

The report was accepted with the proviso that the ex- 
pense attending the application to the General Assembly 
for carrying this report into effect " be born and defrayed 
wholly by the Parish of Meriden. " But the inhabitants 
of the parish of Meriden were determined to be set 
apart as a separate town ; and again in 1803 a petition 
was sent to the town, and at a town meeting held in 
September of the same year, the question was put 
whether the inhabitants of the town of Wallingford 
exclusive of the Parish of Meriden would consent that 
the said parish of Meriden be separated from the said 
town of Wallingford, and constituted and incorporated 
a separate and distinct town; and on being submitted to 
the meeting, exclusive of the inhabitants of Meriden, it 
was voted in the negative. In 1804, another petition 
was sent to the town of Wallingford in regard to the 
separation and incorporation of Meriden as a distinct 
town ; and it was voted to choose a committee of equal 
numbers from the first society of the parish of Meriden 
to confer on the said petition. The Wallingford 
committee were Aaron Andrews, Caleb Atwater, Aaron 



FALLS PLAIN. I43 

Hall, and Hezekiah Hall. From Meriden were chosen 
John Pluymert, Benjamin A. Hall, Amasa Curtis, and 
Samuel Yale. On September 9, 1805, a joint committee 
from each society were appointed to confer on the 
subject, and at a town meeting held September 18, 1805, 
the report of the committee was read and duly con- 
sidered. 

" Thereupon it was \-oted that this Meeting do accept and 
approve of the same, and that said report be lodged in the 
Town Clerks Office." 

A petition signed by Phineas Lyman and other 
inhabitants of Wallingford was sent to the General 
Assembly which met at Hartford the second Thursday 
in May, 1806, showing that the parish of Meriden in 
said town constituted in extent, population and property 
more than one third part of the town of Wallingford, 
and that they did not in their present situation enjoy 
their just rights to which they were entitled in common 
with their fellow citizens, and praying that the parish 
might . be incorporated, with the ordinary rights,- 
privileges and immunities which were enjoyed by 
other towns in the State. The petitioners were heard, 
and the facts stated in the petition were fully proved 
to be true, and it was resolved by the Assembly that 

" The inhabitants living within the limits of the parish of 
Meriden be and they are hereby incorporated into and made 
a Town by the name of Meriden." 

The first town meeting was held in Meriden after its 
incorporation, on the third Monday in June, 1806, at 
one o'clock P. M., and the town officers elected. The 
following list of "North Farmers," is taken from the 
Wallingford records, and from records in the office of 
the Secretary of State at Hartford : 



144 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



Benjamin Ives, 
Benjamin Whiting, 
Samuel Ives, 
John Ives, 
Timothy Merriam, 
William Hough, 
John Merriam, 
Thomas Andrews, 
Isaac Roice, 
James Scovill, 
Nathaniel Merriam, 
Joseph Coles, 
Samuel Cutler, 
Joseph Merriam, 
Michael Mitchell, 

Leavitt, 

William Merriam, 
John Merriam, 
Robert Roice, 
William Andrews, 

Jonathan Sea 



Ebenezer Prindle, 
Israel Hall, 
Elick Roberts, 
Abell Roice, 
John Way, 
Jacob Parsons, 
Eliazer Peck, 
Bartholomew Foster 
JosiAH Roice, 
Thomas Yale, 
William Coles, 
Nathaniel Roice, 
Ezekiel Roice, 
Ebenezer Cooper, 
Nehemiah May, 
JosiAH Robeson, 
Samuel Andrews, 
Theophilus Mix,,— — 
Amos Camp, 
Timothy Foster, 

MOUR. 



It is difficult at the present day to imagine the im- 
mense difficulties our fathers had to undergo in traveling 
from one town to another. Over mountains, through 
swamps, across rivers, fording, or upon rafts, with the 
compass to point out their irregular way, now in the 
open space of the forest, where the sun looked in ; 
now under the shade of the old trees ; now struggling 
through the entanglement of bushes and vines, with 
perhaps a "bridle path" cut out through the trees. 
Wherever a road had been built it was little better than 
none at all. 



ROADS AND BRIDGES. I45 

" No line or compass traced its plan ; 
With frequent bends to left or right, 
In aimless, wayward curves it ran." 

From Hartford to New Haven it was a good two days' 
journey ; ttie old stone house on the Belcher farm, and 
Wallingford, being the usual stopping places. There 
being no mails' or newspapers, every traveler on his 
arrival was instantly besieged with townspeople, inquis- 
itive for the most recent intelligence. " He tells them 
perhaps that a letter was received in Hartford but a 

I The Post Office system was first established in Connecticut in 1693, 
by special authority from the king. The mail went through the Colony 
from Boston to New York, once every week. The postage from Boston 
to Hartford was grfl In December, 1672, Governor Lovelace of the col- 
ony of New York, issued a proclamation "for the more speedy Intelligence 
and Dispatch of Aifayres," that on the first of January following, a sworn 
messenger would start from New York for Boston, and accomplish the 
journey there and back, within the month. Persons who had letters or 
"small portable goods" for Hartford or Boston, must lodge them at the 
secretary's office by a given day. The post was to be paid before the 
"bagg bee seald up." In 1674, "the court being made sensible of the 
great damage that might accrue to the publique, by a liberty or boldness 
which some persons may take to themselves (when employed by order of 
authority for the conveyance of letters, post and other important occasions 
of this colony) by profuse and extravigent spending at the ordinaries and 
other places on the road upon the countryes account," ordered that the 
allowance of those persons employed, from the first of May to the middle 
of October, from New Haven to Hartford, the horse hire to be five 
shillings, and the man and expenses eight shillings sixpence. From 
Wallingford to Hartford, the horse hire four shillings, and the man and 
expenses six shillings. From the middle of October to last of April, to be 
eight pence more than the above, for every night they lie out. When 
post offices and post roads were first established in America, the great 
route from Boston to New York was through New London, which was 
then reckoned no miles from Boston, and 156 from New York. By act 
of Parliament in 17 10, New London was made the chief Post Office in 
Connecticut. ( This act can be found in the Mass. Hist. Coll., 3rd series, 
vol. 7, p. 71). The postage from New London to Wallingford was four- 
pence. 

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146 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

week before he left, which had been brought through 
from Boston in three days. In this letter was the latest 
intelligence from Europe. The ' Seabird,' after a quick 
passage of two months, had brought the news of the 
death of Charles the Second, artd the accession of 
James, four months ago. He gives them the latest 
account of the elections in Massachusetts and Pl3^mouth, 
which took place three weeks previous, and adds a few 
items about the state of the Indians, and the arrivals of 
emigrants." Contrast that journey with the railroad 
which connects nearly every town and village, and by 
which a daily exchange of their inhabitants takes place, 
by which, as it were, two huge rivers of living beings 
are flowing side by side in opposite directions. The 
rivers and lakes have been made navigable, harbors 
cleared, bordered by docks and quays, and indented by 
piers ; the inland districts are intersected by high roads 
and canals, and a net-work of railways ; which but a 
short time since was the lonely and scarcely traceable 
foot-path, the region of desolation, and the haunt of the 
wild beast and savage. If a survey be taken of the 
various nations of the earth, it will doubtless be found 
that the most prominent feature which distinguishes the 
regions of civilization from those of the savage, and in- 
dicates the march of improvement, is the general facility 
for communication. 

At a General Court held at Hartford in October, 1684, 
it was voted that 

"Whereas there is a great neglect found in mayntaining of 
the high wayes' between towne and towne, the wayes being 

I The various highways were laid out as follows : 1670, the roads in the 
village of Wallingford, and the " old Colony road ;" 1672, Highways con- 
sidered ; 1679, Highway over river ordered ; 1692, Highway over river j 



ROADS AND BRIDGES. 1 47 

incumbred with dirty slowes, bushes, trees and stones, &c., 
this Court doe therefore order that each plantation 
within this colony shall forthwith take sufficient care that the 
highwayes stated between townes be well amended from such 
defects and so kept from time to time, .... especilly the 
high wayes or road from Hartford to New Haven, etc." 

On the 15th day of December, 1693, the town em- 
powered Ensign Royce to call out some men to assist 
him in laying out a highway to Haddam. This is 
probably the road which passes through " Reed's gap," 
in the north-eastern part of the town. In May, 1766, 
Messrs. John Yale, John Basset, Timothy Foster, Yale 
Bishop, Samuel Andrews, Jr., Jonathan Foster, and 
Jonathan Collins, petitioned the General Assembly that 

committee appointed ; 1693, Twenty rod highway between Daniel Mix 
and Joshua Culver's land ; 1694, Highway at Broad Swamp; 1696, High- 
way to Saw-mill ; 1697, John Parker and John Hitchcock appointed to see 
what highways are needed to fhfe Fresh Meadows, and Mill River ; and 
Samuel Brockett and John Beach to see what are needed between Pond 
Hill and Muddy River. A twenty rod highway from Falls plain to Stoney 
River, also from Mathew Howe's to Stoney River, ten rods wide; A 
highway past Simpn Tuttle's to ye Saw Mill ; 1700, This year the road 
to Dog's Misery was made, twenty rods wide, also a highway to the saw 
mill ; also a two rod road between Isaac Curtis and Daniel Mix, between 
Dr. Hull's land ; 1702, two highways on the west side of the river, one by 
Benj. Hull's, and one to run westward to the south side of Broad Swamp, 
the other at the north side of said swamp ; A highway from the middle 
bridge, now near Humiston's, past Goodman Beacher's farm, to the east 
side of the west rocks, two rods wide for " footmen and horses saddled." 
This road ran to Cheshire, nearly a mile south of the village ; Highway to 
John Cook's and Joseph Mix's ; This is the old south road to the south 
part of Cheshire ; Two draft ways on the west side of the river, by Benj. 
Hull's, one on the south side, and one on the north side of Broad Swamp ; 
April 22, a highway adjoining New Haven line from the river, west- 
ward, five rods wide. This old highway is on the south side of the 
Blue Hills, and north of Quinnipiac factory. It runs past the late resi- 
dence of Eliasaph Munson to Cheshire, terminating at West Rock on 
the mountain near Bethany; 1707, highway from Long Hill to New 
Haven line. 



148 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the road from Hartford to New Haven where it passes 
through Meriden from the " upper Hne of Relchers old 
farm, as the most northerly part of S'd Town of Walling- 
ford, down as far in the Sd town as the plain so called" 
be widened, as it was so narrow in some places as to be 
very difficult of passage, the road being originally forty 
rods wide. The present Hartford and New Haven 
turnpike which passes through the center of the town, 
was completed in 1800. The inhabitants of Walling- 
ford strenuously opposed the laying out of the turnpike, 
but when it was completed it was considered a vast, 
wonderful and curious work ; and people came to see it, 
as they afterwards flocked to see the first railroad. 
Until the year 1802, there was not a single road in town 
that was made by being rounded from the center to the 
sides, in the manner of a turnpike, and as our roads are 
all now made. They were more frequently lower than 
the sides, by continual wear, and washing of the rains, 
rather than raised above them. There can be little 
doubt that we find in this fact, the reason for laying out 
roads of the enormous width of six and even twenty 
rods. For as one track became worn, full of ruts, and 
sunk below the surface, the traveler could find sufficient 
room to pick out for himself another and still another 
track, yet fresh and unworn, in the broad space of one 
hundred, or three hundred feet reserved for a highway. 
As there were few laborers and plenty of land, this mode 
of working the roads was cheaper than the modern 
process of laboriously constructing one good, rounded 
track. As to the comfort of the traveler there could 
not be much question. 

The ancient bridge at Humiston's mill was originally 
situated nearly seventy rods down the river, from where 



ROADS AND BRIDGES. I49 

it is now, and the road up the hill was a little to the 
north of the bridge, coming out near the house recently 
owned by Joel Camp ; the abutments of the bridge are 
visible to this day. The bridge now called " Horsford's 
bridge," was at first built several rods down the stream, 
from its present location, and was not changed until the 
present century. The bridge at Yalesville on the east 
and west road was originally built nearly where it now is, 
and those on the old turnpike were built by the turn- 
pike company about the year 1800. In 1672, it was 
voted in regard to the bridge at the " Pines," that Wal- 
lingford and New Haven agree jointly to maintain the 
said bridge. January 3 1 , voted that the making of the 
bridge over Wharton's brook, shall be paid by the town. 
December 24, voted that Samuel Andrews, Samuel 
Munson, Nathaniel Roice, Thomas Curtis, and Benjamin 
Lewis be a committee to view the place and decide 
where a bridge could be most conveniently built over 
the river. Where they located the bridge does not 
appear ; but the presumption is that it was in North 
Haven, just west of the centre of the village, at a place 
then called the Pines ; as that bridge was supported 
jointly by New Haven and Wallingford for many years. 
November 26, 1695, a bridge was ordered to be built at 
"Goats pains," or at Sergt. Doolittle's cart-way, or some 
place between them for carts. December 30, 1695, a 
bridge was built at the mill, by Eleazer Peck. This is 
at what is now Yalesville, east of the factory, near the 
residence of the late Charles Cook and Roswell Yale. 

The mode of traveling was usually by horseback ; and 
it was not until 1789 that the first wagon was brought 
into Meriden. It was owned by Mr. Ezra Rice. It was 
of a very rude construction, being simply a square 



150 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

framed box placed on four wheels, drawn by two horses, 
with ropes for traces, and cords for the guiding or 
driving lines. Yet it was then thought to be a very- 
elegant establishment. Previous to that time, there had 
never been owned in the town, but three two-wheel 
carriages, being very rude, awkward chaise bodies or 
uncovered seats hung on two wheels, in the manner of 
our modern chaise. The bridegroom who went to a 
neighboring town to be united with a partner whom he 
hoped to find through life a "help meet for him," 
whether he was gentlemen or yeoman, rode on horse- 
back, and carried her home on a pillion behind him. 

In 1835, a petition was presented to the legislature, 
asking for a charter to construct a railway from Hart- 
ford to New Haven. The petition was eventually 
granted. The most prominent persons in the matter 
were the Hon. James Brewster of New Haven, Maj. 
Elisha A. Cowles of Meriden, Richard Hubbard of 
Middletown and Seth J. North of New Britain. Mr. 
Hubbard wanted the line carried farther east, in order 
that Middletown might be on the direct route between 
New York and Boston. Mr. North was naturally de- 
sirous that the line should go farther west, that New 
Britain might profit by it. But Major Cowles, active 
and energetic in everything he took in hand, in con- 
junction with Mr. Brewster succeeded in getting the 
road located where it now is ; so that Meriden came in 
for all the advantages which would otherwise have 
accrued to Middletown or New Britain. The route of 
the Hartford and New Haven railroad had been pointed 
out by Dr. J. G. Percival ; having been determined by 
him during the progress of a geological exploration of 
the larger Secondary formation, previous to his general 



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ROADS AND BRIDGES. I5I 

survey of the State. The route throughout is deter- 
mined by the geological arrangement of the country, 
passing in the depression between the eastern and west- 
ern lines of elevation, in the Trap system, to Meriden, 
then in that between the third and fourth eastern main 
range to Berlin. The increase of the western part of 
the town may be dated from that event. 

The great increase of traveling since railways have 
been in use has produced great and material changes in 
society. Many who, but a few years since, scarcely 
penetrated beyond the country in which they happened 
to have been born, are now induced to visit places far 
more remote, from the facility and comfort afforded them 
by railway transit, which enables them to travel over 
thousands of miles with greater personal ease than they 
formerly could over fifty. The result of this mutual 
communication of facts and ideas must be an improved 
state of society. Great discoveries in science may be 
ranked among the greatest class of natural events, so 
great is their modifying influence on human destiny. 
When considered with respect to its scientific character, 
magnitude, utility, its harmony of arrangement, and me- 
chanical contrivance, what can equal that greatest of 
discoveries — the one which most influences human ac- 
tion and happiness — the practical applicability of the 
expansibility of water into steam as a motive power. 
Compared to it, how shabby a structure would be the 
celebrated Roman wall, or even the more extensive one 
of the Chinese ; as for the Egyptian pyramids, they, so 
far from being fit to be mentioned in comparison with 
the railway, are merely uncouth monuments of the 
ignorance and superstition of their founders ; woeful 
testimonials of the debasement to priestcraft of the 



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HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



wretched slaves who erected them, and are merely evi- 
dences of much physical force, having but little aid from 
science or taste. 




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CHAPTER VIII. 



NOMENCLATURE, 



WALLINGFORD. 



Probably the names of one hundred out of two hun- 
dred and fifty towns in Connecticut, were taken from 
England ; others were derived from some local peculiar- 
ity, or from the name of some prominent person, as 
Chesterfield, Cromwell, Putnam, Ellsworth, Franklin, 
Madison, etc. ; some still retain the old Indian names, 
Naugatuck, Mohegan, Pequonnock, etc., while others are 
taken from towns mentioned in the Bible, as Bethany, 
Bethel, Gilead, Bozrah, Hebron, Bethlehem, etc. The 
name of Wallingford is derived from the Anglo Saxon 
Gitall-Jicn, i. e., "old fortification"; and was anciently 
called Gallena. It is the name of an old town in Eng- 
land, which Leland thus quaintly describes : 

"The town of Wallingford hathbeene a verry notable thing 
and welle waulled. The diche of the town, and the crest 
whereon the wauUes stoode be yet manifestly perceyved, and 
begin from the castelle, going in compace, a good mile and 
more, and so cummith to Wallingford bridg, a large thing of 
stone over the Tamise. And by the patentes and donations 
of Edmunde Erie of Cornewaul, and Lord of the House of 
Wallingford, that ther wer 14 Parich Chirchis in Wallingford. 
And ther be men yet alyve that can shew the Places and 



154 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Cemiteries, wher yn the al stoode. At this tyme there be 
but 3 poore Parich Chiiches in the town.'" 

The town was formerly surrounded by a wall ; the 
castle stood by the river. Camden in his Britannia'^ 
says, the castle's size and magnificence used to strike 
me with astonishment. 

He believed it to have been built by the Romans, 
afterward destroyed by the Saxons and Danes, and 
rebuilt under William I. 

The name of Wallingford was given to the tract of 
land extending southward from the point where the "old 
road to New Haven goeth over Pilgrim's Harbor, ten 
miles, and to extend five miles each side of the Quinni- 
piock river," in 1670, by some of the planters from New 
Haven. 

The name of Pond Hill is frequently alluded to in 
the early records. This locality is said to derive its 
name from the fact that in the low ground nearly west 
of the old Barker place, exists a pond of water, just 
over the line in North Haven, and adjacent to the range 
of hills ; which fact was no doubt the cause of the name 
being given to that locality. 

Green Stvamp and FresJi Meadows, were situated in 
the western and south-western part of the town, and 
bear the names to this day. Hoppcn's Brook, is in 
Cheshire, and takes its rise a little to the southeast of 
the village. Mill River, takes its rise a little west of 
Cheshire, taking a southerly course through the town of 
Hamden, and finds its way into the Sound at New 

1 Itinerary, vol. 2, p. 11 ; Oxford, 1710. 

2 Vol. I, p. 165. 



NOMENCLATURE. 1 55 

Haven. Ridge Hill, is that high ground in the north 
part of Hamden and south eastern part of Cheshire. 
Smnerack Snuxuip, is in the eastern part of WalHngford, 
a httle south of the residence of the late Peter Hall. 
Muddy River, takes its rise in the eastern part of 
Meriden, and running south, empties into the Quinnipiac 
in North Haven. Sitgar Loaf Hill, is that eminence 
lying between the turnpike and river, just south of 
Humiston's Mills. Clapboard Hill, is that land lying 
east of the residence of Joseph Hough, and north of 
the late residence of Reuben Rice. Broad Sivainp, is 
in Cheshire, about two miles west of Yalesville. Long 
Hill, is that range of hills east of WalHngford, running 
south. Tank Hood Road, is the old highway that for- 
merly ran from the village of Wallingford to Clapboard 
hill, past the residence of the late Reuben Rice and 
Ephraim A. Humiston, to the North Farms road leading 
to Meriden ; this old road is now fenced up in many 
places, by consent of the town. Dr. Russell, an early 
settler, formerly lived on this road. Wharton s Brook, 
is the stream east of Wallingford village, running south 
to the river where it empties, just below Doolittle mill. 
This mill was built by a Mr. Munson, and was called 
originally Munson's mill. The first mill ever erected 
in the town was on this stream, just below the village. 
Scotch Rock, is in the south part of Cheshire, a little 
north of the residence of Alonzo Brooks ; and the high 
ground east of the rock was called Scotch hill. The 
rock is very large, running out of the ground nearly 
twenty feet. Whirkvind, is that high land east of the 
late residence of Luther Hall, and west from Pistapaug 
Pond. Totoket Mountains, are easterly from Walling- 
ford to Meriden. 



156 history of wallingford. 

pilgrim's harbor. 

The place on which our city now stands was called 
"Pilgrim's Harbor," in an Indian deed of 1664. In the 
year 1660, when monarchy was restored in England, 
many who had acted prominently in the revolution, were 
obliged to flee for their lives. Some fled to the conti- 
nent of Europe, some to the American settlements, and 
some were caught and executed as traitors ; and for no 
other crime than that they partook too deeply of the 
same maddening cup that turned even the philosophic 
brain of Milton ; and the remains of some of the princi- 
pal actors in that too fearful tragedy, were treated with 
profane indignities, such as have not since that day 
disgraced the name of English freedom.' 

Two of these, Edward Whalley and William Goffe, 
in consequence of the rank they had held in the armies 
of the Parliament, and in the commonwealth of England, 
were especially obnoxious to the restored king. They 
arrived at Boston on the 27th of July 1660; John Dix- 
well came afterwards. As it was not known at that time 
what disposition would be made of them, and as it was 
believed that they would be embraced in the general act 
of indemnity, they were treated by Governor Endicott 
and the other principal gentlemen of Boston, with all 
the marks of respect that were thought to belong to 
men who had filled high places in the government, 
and whose venerable features and soldierly bearing 
comported so well with their high reputation, as eminent 
civilians and military leaders. As soon, however, as it 
was made known in Boston in what light the king 
looked upon the official conduct of these men, and that 

I Camden's Imperial Hist, of England, p. 216. 



NOMENCLATURE. I 57 

they were regarded as traitors, a large share of those 
who had claimed to be their friends, avoided them as if 
they had been infected with some contagious disease/ 

Finding that Endicott had called a court of magis- 
trates to apprehend them and deliver them over to the 
executioner, they took advantage of the friendly dispo- 
sition manifested towards them by some of the Magis- 
trates and fled out of the jurisdiction of that colony, 
and sought a refuge in New Haven among the old and 
tried adherents of Oliver Cromwell. They passed 
through Wallingford on the 26th of March, 1661, and 
the next day arrived in New Haven. Meanwhile the 
royal mandate reached Massachusetts, requiring the 
governor to arrest the fugitives. As soon as the news 
of the king's proclamation reached New Haven, they 
were obliged to abscond ; and were concealed for a time 
in a cave on West Rock, near New Haven, and which 
still bears the name of " Judges' Cave." Their stay in 
this cave was short, however, on account of the wild 
animals who at that time infested the mountains. One 
night as the regicides lay in bed, they saw a panther or 
catamount thrust its head into the mouth of the cave. 
Its blazing eyeballs and unearthly cry so frightened the 
inmates that they fled from the cave. 

They were concealed in various places until October 
13, 1684, when they left Milford, where they had been 
for two years, for Hadley, Mass., then a frontier town, a 
hundred miles from Milford, and so remote from Boston, 
Hartford and New Haven, that it did not seem probable 
that their presence in such a place would be suspected. 
They traveled only by night, and laid still during the 

I Hollister, i, 236. 



158 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

day in some shady nook in the woods, or by the bank 
of a brook where the murmuring of the water invited 
them to repose. On their journey up this road, they 
encamped in what is now West Meriden, for several 
days ; it then being a swampy, tangled wilderness, well 
fitted for concealment. The place thenceforward as hav- 
ing afforded shelter or liarbor to these men, who though 
denounced at home as regicides, were honored by our 
fathers as noble patriots, was called "Pilgrim's Harbor.'" 
Now this is a very pretty story, and is quoted by 
Hollister and others ; but unfortunately for the truth of 
it, I have the copy of a letter in the hand-writing of 
Daniel Clarke, Secretary, written previous to 1661, in 
which we find mention of "Pilgroomes Harbour." The 
regicides passed through Meriden in October, 1664. 
This letter was written in consequence of some trouble 
in the settlement of boundary lines. 

MERIDEN. 

As early as 1664, another locality lying several miles 
north of the town, was called Merrideen, Meridan or 
Meridon. For as early as that, an Indian deed convey- 
ing a large tract of land, describes it, or the locality 
about it, as " entitled and known by the name of Meri- 
deen." Subsequent documents speak of land as lying 
between Pilgrim's Harbor and Merridan. From a deed 
in possession of Moses Gilbert of Berlin, who is now 
{1870) living on the same farm owned by Jonathan 
Gilbert, previous to 1644, we find that Captain Daniel 
Clark of Windsor deeded to Jonathan Gilbert, April 22, 
1672, 

I Hutchinson, i, 213 ; Mass. Hist. Coll. VH. 123 ; Stiles, Hist, of the 
three Judges of Chas. i ; Hartford, 1794. 



NOMENCLATURE. 1 59 

"300 Acres of land (forty of which was to be meadow, by 
Grant of the Colony to s'' Clark,) lying, situate, and laid out 
at a place called Moridam where Mr. Jonathan Gilbert's farm 
is, and bounded partly on the Mattabesick River where it may 
be allowed of the town of Farmington." 

Long before there were any settlements on this terri- 
tory, and as early as there was any house, we find the 
name Merrideen or Meriden. Mr. Perkins in his His- 
torical SkctcJics, says that there is a tradition that the 
name is compounded of two words, " merry" and " den ;" 
and that in an old stone house built in that locality, there 
were so many merry meetings of travelers, that the 
place acquired the nickname of Mcrry-dcii. At or before 
the union of the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven 
there was a grant made to Mr. Andrew Belcher of a 
tract of land containing nearly five hundred acres, on 
condition of his building a stone house or fort with port- 
holes, and keeping arms and ammunition. With the 
land, he was to have the right of keeping tavern forever. 
Mr. Belcher did not come himself, but it appears he sent 
some one to take his place. The house was erected 
between the years 1660 and 1667. This building prov- 
ing too small, another was erected about 1690. This 
remained and was occupied till after the close of the 
Revolutionary war, with the addition of a wooden build- 
ing ; and whoever lived there kept tavern if they pleased, 
until the turnpike was made in 1799. It was a noted place 
during the French and Revolutionary wars. The stone 
house stood not far from the late residence of Mr. John 
Yale, in the northern part of the town, and about twenty- 
five years ago the foundations of the old house were 
ploughed up. There can not be a shadow of doubt but that 
Mr. Belcher gave the name, and that it was taken from 



l6o HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Meriden, Warwickshire Co., England. In the parish 
church at Meriden, in England, are deposited the remains 
of the Belcher family for many generations ; one Mar- 
garet Belcher was a patron of the church in 1582. The 
resemblance of the valley in which our town is situated, 
with the stone house or inn, with the town in England, 
and other associations, doubtless suggested to him the 
propriety of giving the name to his tract. Camden' 
derives the name from the Anglo Saxon Mere, a pool or 
lake, and Dejt, a valley. Dugdale" thus describes the 
town, as it appeared in his day : 

" MiREDEN. This place situate upon London road, having 
some Inns and Alehouses, built for the receipt of Passengers, 
grown to late times to the credit of village, doth utterly 
eclipse the name of Alspath, by which, and none other, the 
Town itself was known ; even from Saxon times, till about 
the beginning of King Henry the sixth's reign ; I am of 
opinion, that the place where the greatest part of Myriden 
now stands, was very antiently so called ; for the latter syla- 
ble de)ie importeth no lene, being the old English word, that 
signifieth a valley, as this is ; which (I suppose) for the foul- 
nesse thereof, was at first called Mireden." 

West' thus describes the town : 

" Meriden, anciently called Alspath, or Ailespede, vmtil the 
reign of Henry VI, when it bore the name of Myreden, from 
its low and miry situation. One of the old seats of the Earl 
of Aylesford is now turned into an inn, (The Bull's Head,) 
and a noble one it is, commanding fine prospects, and having 
extensive gardens, pleasure grounds, a fine archery, and 
bowling green." 

1 Britannia, i, i6o. 

2 Antiquities of Warwickshire, 720; London, 1656. 

3 History of Warwickshire, 598; Birmingham, 1830. 



NOMENCLATURE. l6l 

Leland describes Meriden in his time, as a " Village 4 
Miles by enclosed Ground, having some Corne, Wood 
and Pasture. And at the End of this Village ranne 
downe a Broket on the left Hand, and thereby was a 
Parke."' Gorton (Topographical Dictionary, London, 
1833), gives the population in 1833 as 927, and says, 

" Meriden, a parish in the Solihull division of the hundred 
of Hemlingford, which derived its name from the anciently 
low and damp situation ; The church, dedicated to St. Lau- 
rence, has been recently enlarged ; patron, the Earl of Ayles- 
ford, who has a seat here, surrounded by a fine park, well 
stocked with deer. An old mansion, formerly a seat of the 
Earl's, is now converted into an inn, having very extensive 
pleasure grounds." 

Clarke's British Gazetteer for 1852, says, 

" Meriden, Warwick Co., 100 miles from London, 6 from 
Coventry, 12 from Birmingham. The village is very pleasing. 
One of the seats of the Earl of Aylesford, which had latterly 
been but little used, has been converted into an inn, to which 
extensive grounds and pleasure gardens are attached. The 
Meriden poor-law union comprises 18 parishes, with a popu- 
lation of 11,000 persons, spread over an area of seventy-two 
square miles." 

As Mr. Belcher built his stone house as early as 1664; 
as'we find the name Meriden applied to the locality on 
which the house stood, as early as the house was built ; 
as Meriden in England was distinguished for its beau- 
tiful tavern, and as Mr. Belcher's stone tavern was an 
unusually substantial and costly building for that period, 
there can be no reasonable doubt that he gave the name 
to the north part of the town ; which name was nat- 

I Itinerary, V. 96; Oxford, 1710. 
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1 62 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

urally transferred to the settlements which sprang up 
around it. 

BANGALL. 

Captain Benjamin Hall had a tavern at the Noah 
Pomeroy place, which in those days was a place of great 
resort by parties who came from Middletown, Durham 
and Wallingford. One night in particular, a large party 
came from Middletown, and kept up their frolics all 
night ; in the words of Captain Hall, " they banged all 
creation ;" from which circumstance came the name of 
Bangall. 

CROW HOLLOW. 

William Botsford, in the year 1830, gave the name of 
Crow Hollow to the locality near Julius Parker's shops, 
about two miles west of the city, there being such a 
great number of crows in that vicinity. 

HANOVER. 

A manufacturing company was formed in the fall of 
1826, consisting of Elisha A. Cowles, Julius Pratt, Fen- 
ner Bush, Nathaniel C. Sanford, Howell Merriman, 
Erastus C. Parmelee and Edward Sanford. All except 
the last were citizens of Meriden. Of this company, 
N. C. Sanford was the accredited agent, doing business 
under the name of N. C. Sanford and Co. The manu- 
facture of augers was commenced by this company in 
the summer of 1827, near the shop occupied by Bradley 
and Hubbard at West Meriden. But there not being 
sufficient water power, this company purchased the lands 
and water rights on both sides of the Ouinnipiac river, 
both above and below the Fall Plain bridge, so far as 
was then deemed necessary (and so far as the rights 
could then be secured), for building purposes and the 



NOMENCLATURE. 163 

control of the water power. They first broke ground in 
the prosecution of their work, April 23, 1832. Various 
names had been proposed for the village ; and to decide 
upon one a special meeting of the company was called 
at the house of their agents (then standing on the 
grounds now occupied by the Byxbee House). Four 
only of the members of the company were present at 
that meeting, viz. : Messrs. Cowles, N. C. Sanford, Mer- 
riman and Parmelee. Various names were proposed 
and were severally acted upon and rejected till the list 
had been reduced to three. Neither of these could be 
adopted or rejected by vote of the members present, and 
it was voted to come to a decision by casting lots, and 
the first drawn to be the name decided upon. One of 
the members present was blindfolded. Another then 
wrote the ballots and placed them in a hat. The blind- 
folded man then drew out one ballot and handed it to 
another member who read the name Hanover written 
upon it. Such was the origin of the name, a name 
which Dr. Hough at the request of the agent of the 
company, announced to the people who were assembled 
on the occasion of the raising of the boarding house, 
June 6, 1832. 



164 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER IX. 

DR. DANA AND THE WALLINGFORD CONTROVERSY. 

Mr. Whittelsey said before his death, that he observed 
the symptoms of a latent spirit of strife and division 
amongst liis people, which he expected would discover 
itself and run high after his decease. After the death 
of Mr. Whittelsey, the society were for a long time 
without a pastor, the people were so divided in their 
opinions and feelings ; above twenty candidates having 
been heard, and they had not been able to unite in the 
settlement of any candidate whom they had employed. 
At a Society Meeting, September 5, 1757, it was 

"Voted that they would Signify their minds, who they 
would have to proceed with, in order for Probation, in the 
Work of y^ Ministry, in said Society, by Passing Round arid 
Giving in the Name of y^ Gentleman, they would make 
Choice of, for that purpose, but those that Dont Vote for any. 
Signify their minds accordingly." 

The result of the ballotting was that Mr. Strong^ had 



I Nehemiah Strong was born at Northampton, Mass., in 1728; was 
graduated at Yale College in 1755; was chosen Tutor in the College in 
1757, and continued in the office three years; was soon after settled as a 
minister in the parish of Turkey Hills in Simsbury, now Granby ; was 
chosen to the Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in 
Yale College in 1770; resigned the office in 1781, and spent the remainder 
of his life in retirement. He died at Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 12, 1807, in 
the eightieth year of his age. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. 165 

thirty-eight votes ; Mr. Chauncey Whittelsey, son of Rev. 
Samuel Whittelsey, had forty-eight ; Mr. Holmes, ten ; 
and Mr. Hubbard four votes. Mr. Chauncey Whittelsey 
had preached among them, to more general satisfaction 
than any other candidate ; but there was such a number 
in opposition to him, that he refused to settle with them. 
The association had advised the committee of the 
church and society to call in three candidates, of whom 
Mr. Whittelsey should be one, and the other two to be 
named by the minor party, and to hear them preach six 
sabbaths each, and then to settle him who should have 
the major vote, and that the minority should then agree 
to his settlement. Provided, nevertheless, that if the 
minor party should refuse to nominate, that then the 
society might proceed in a regular manner to the 
settlement of Mr. Whittelsey. This advice, it seems, 
was not acceptable. There was no prospect that the 
majority, who were fixed in the choice of Mr. Whittelsey, 
would recede from their choice in favor of any other 
man. At a special society meeting at Wallingford, 
March 28, 1758, it was 

" Voted that Ensign Theophilus Doolittle, Lieut. Joseph 
Royce, Caleb Merriman, Esq., Major Elihu Hall, Mr. Charles 
Whittelsey, Lieut. Caleb Johnson, and Samuel Hall, Esq., be 
a Committee to use such Measures, as speedy as may be, in 
Behalf of said Society, as may be by them tho't proper, con- 
sidering the difficult Circumstances of said Society, to invite 
a Candidate or Candidates, to preach in said Society, with the 
Advice of some Rev'd Gentlemen, that are acquainted with 
the Circumstances of said Society, some convenient Time, 
and Report make at their next Society Meeting, of what they 
have done in the Affair, in order, &c. 

"A true Copy. Test. James Miles, Clerk." 



1 66 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

This committee applied to a number of neighboring 
ministers, who were convened together in the society, 
upon a day when that church and people were sanctify- 
ing a fast, who gave them the following advice, drawn up 
by Mr. Samuel Hall : 

" Wallingford, 26th April, 1758. 
" We the Subscribers, neighboring Ministers, being desired 
by Capt. Hall, Maj. Hall, E:nsi. Doolitde, Mr. Whittelsey, 
Lieut. Royce, Lieut. Merriman, and Lieut. Johnson, to give 
our Advice, what Steps to take under the difficult Circumstan- 
ces of the first Society in Wallingford, about the Settling a 
Minister among them, do advise to send to Mr. Holyoke 
President of Cambridge College, Mr. Appleton, Minister of 
Cambridge, and Dr. Chauncey of Boston, for their Direction 
to some suitable Candidate for the Ministry in said Walling- 
ford. 

"Samuel Whittelsey, 
Samuel Hall, 
Isaac Stiles, 
Theophilus Hall. " 

The committee upon this advice sent the following 
letter to Cambridge : 

"Wallingford, 28 April, 1758. 
" Reverend and Honoured Gentlemen : 

"The Committee of the first Society in Wallingford on 
Consideration of the bereaved and broken circumstances of 
said Society, by the Death of their late Reverend Pastor, 
having advised with the Reverend Elders in their Vicinity 
thereon, do in Comformity of their Advice, and in great 
Approbation thereof, hereby most earnestly beg your kind 
offices for this destitute Flock, to recommend some suitable 
and worthy Candidate, for the Ministry in this Place ; and 
that you would be pleased to use your great and good 
Influence with such Candidate, to accept the Invitation, &c. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I 6/ 

"Caleb Merriman, ^ 

Samuel Hall, | 

Elihu Hall, i- Committee." 

Joseph Royce, 

Caleb Johnson. J 

President Holyoke and Mr. Appleton,' Dr. Chauncey 
being absent, recommended Mr. James Dana of Cam- 
bridge, a graduate of Harvard of the class of 1753, and 
then in his twenty-third year. He was accordingly 
invited to visit Wallingford to preach as a candidate for 
settlement. He accepted the invitation, and after he 
had preached a few Sabbaths, both the church and so- 
ciety, with apparent harmony, extended to him a call to 
become their pastor. A committee of fifteen" were ap- 
pointed " to wait on said Mr. James Dana and Request 
his acceptance of said Invitation, and Confer with 
him on Terms and proposals in order to his settle- 
ment therein." 

He accepted the invitation in the following letter : 

1 Rev. Mr. Appleton sent the following letter to one of the Wallingford 
committee : 

"Dear Sir — I congratulate you upon the hopeful prospect &c. 
Mr. Dana is a young Gentleman of so good natural Powers, and these 
so well cultivated and enlarged by a close Application in his Studies ; and 
has preserved so clear and unspotted a Character, &c., as may serve very 
much to recommend him to the Esteem and Choice of a people ; and 
such are his Capacities, and Thirst after further Attainments, that I am 
persuaded, if God shall put him, and continue him, in the Ministry for 
some Years, he will distinguishingly shine among his Brethren, &c. 

"I am &c., Nathaniel Appleton. 

"Cambridge, Aug. 11, 1758." 

2 Samuel Hall, Elihu Hall, Ensign Theophilus Doolittle, Charles 
Whittelsey, John Hall, John Peck, Deacon John Hall, Caleb Merriman, 
Lieut. Joseph Royce, Lieut. Caleb Johnson, Capt. Nathaniel Eeadel, 
Capt. Peter Hall, Capt. Eliakim Hall, Abraham Stanley, John Moss. 



1 68 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

" Wallingford, Sept. 2'«i, 1758. 
" Beloved Brethren : 

" Your Invitation of me to settle among you in the Work 
of the Gospel Ministry, I received by your Committee 
chosen for that purpose ; and apprehend I have duly consid- 
ered the same, &c. In Answer to this your invitation, I 
would say, that having sought divine direction &c. I judge it 
my Duty to accept, and accordingly, do now declare my Ac- 
ceptance of the same. I embrace the present Opportunity to 
testify my grateful Sense, &c. I now stand ready to be intro- 
duced ' to the Work whereunto I am called,' as soon as 
convenient Opportunity therefor presents itself, &c. 

"James Dana." 

Mr. Dana agreed to come to Wallingford for ^200 
settlement, and ^80 the first year, £,go the second 
year, and ^100 "per year annually," as long as he con- 
tinued in the work of the ministry in their society. 
There appeared to be a good degree of unanimity in 
giving him a call to the work of the ministry in the 
society. None appeared in opposition, though some, 
and two or three of the committee were not in the vote. 
They were not satisfied with respect to his do.ctrines, 
and soundness in the faith ; and one of the committee 
made him a visit, with a view of obtaining satisfaction 
relative to his doctrines, designing, if he could obtain 
satisfaction relative to them, to act in favor of his 
ordination. He, in as mild and decent a manner as he 
knew how, introduced the matter, and asked him a few 
questions relating to his doctrines and preaching, ex- 
pecting that Mr. Dana would, at least, attempt to satisfy 
him with respect to his religious sentiments. But instead 
of this, to his grief and surprise, as he testified, Mr. Dana 
answered him very short, and in a loud and boisterous 
manner, and treated him with such apparent anger and 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. 1 69 

disdain, as he never met with from any gentleman 
before, declaring that he did not regard the opposition a 
farthing, or words to that effect ; that if there were any 
objections against what he had delivered in preaching, 
he would answer them before the ordaining council. 
Also, Mr. Dana said, he was too young to be examined. 
"Some other gentlemen waited on him between the 
meetings, to obtain satisfaction for themselves as to his 
religious sentiments ; and particularly desired him to let 
them know his sentiments with regard to original sin, 
the saints' perseverance, and with respect to free will 
and falling from grace. He made them very short an- 
swers, and said he should not tell. They asked him how 
he liked the platform. He said he had never seen it, but 
supposed, if he settled, he should settle upon it. They 
inquired if he had seen the doctrines of faith which Mr. 
Whittelsey had used ^ He told them he had. They in- 
quired how he liked them.-' In reply he asked them 
why they did not ask him how he liked John Bunyan's 
Pilgrim's Progress and /Esop's fables .^' This treatment, 
and his refusing to give an account of his doctrines, 
gave much dissatisfaction ; for though both the church 
and society, with apparent harmony, united in giving 
Mr. Dana a call, the voting of the call was immediately 
followed by the organization of a strong opposition, pro- 
moted, as was supposed, by some of the ministers of the 
neighborhood. The society, nevertheless, proceeded to 
vote him a settlement and salary, 140 voting in the 
affirmative, and 62 in the negative ; and Mr. Dana after 
consulting his friends, declared his acceptance of their 

I Some serious Remarks upon the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Todd's Faithful 
Narrative, &c., by Edward Eells, A. M., Pastor of the Second Church in 
Middletown, New Haven, 1760. 



170 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

invitation. A committee was appointed to " Mediate 
between the Rev'd Mr. James Dana and first Church 
in Wallingford, and the agrieved Brethren." Some of 
those who had voted in the affirmative now joined the 
other party, and insisted that Mr. Dana should be re- 
moved from his pastoral office. Some of the leading 
men in the opposition entered a complaint against Mr. 
Dana and the church. Against him as unsound in 
the faith, and against the church for calling him to the 
work of the ministry under such circumstances, against 
so large an opposition on account of his doctrines. 
The complaint was as follows : 

" To the Reverend Mr. Samuel Hall, moderator of the 
consociation, in New Haven county : 

" Reverend Sir — The petition of us whose names are 
imder written, humbly showeth, that whereas the first society 
and church in Wallingford have been in pursuit of Mr James 
Dana, of Cambridge, to settle in the ministry among us, and 
the said church and society have not taken the steps of the 
constitution of the government, set forth in the Saybrook 
platform, reference thereto being had. Furthermore, we the 
members of said church and society, beg leave to charge Mr. 
James Dana with declaring in public, some time in June last, 
that there was no sacrifice for wilful transgressions under the 
law or gospel. He also delivered, some, time in the same 
month, that to suppose a man's sins are necessary and una- 
voidable, is to excuse the man from guilt, and lay and cast 
the blame upon God. Aug. 20th, Mr. Dana took his text out 
of Chronicles, 28th chapter, 9th verse ; under which text he 
undertook to inform us what were the conditions of our 
acceptance with God ; and saith our obedience must be sin- 
cere, uniform, willing, universal and persevering ; that these 
were the conditions of our acceptance with God, and what 
would interest us in his favor ; and that it would be suspended 
until we had fulfilled the above conditions. Sometime in 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I/I 

July, said Mr. Dana delivered, in one of his sermons, that 
the gospel makes the practice of the duties of morality, the 
unchangeable condition of our future happiness. He 
declared sometime in August or September, that it was not 
strange if we had new things deli\'ered to us in religion, and 
supposed we should have further discoveries made to us in 
ever}' century, till we arrived at a perfect state ; which doc- 
trines we look upon as unfounded, not agreeable to the word 
of God, or the doctrines of the Saybrook platform, and the 
confession of faith therein set forth ; and he has preached 
twenty-one sermons in Wallingford, and has wholly omitted 
the doctrines of the new birth, and the safety of appearing in 
the righteousness of Christ ; and he compared the doctrine of 
faith that the Rev. Mr. Samuel Whittelsey taught, to ^sop's 
fables and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ; which we look 
upon as unbecoming. We do hereby desire the consociation 
to be called, to hear these, with other grievances, and deter- 
mine the whole matter ; and we will be at the cost ; and the 
house of Caleb Merriman, Esq., is appointed to meet at. He 
declares he cares nothing about the opposition. 

" Members of said church. 

" Caleb Merriman, Caleb Johnson, Daniel Clark, 
Street Hall, Levi Moss, of the society. 

" A true Copy. Test. Samuel Hall, Moderator. 

"Dated at Wallingford, September 251'^ 1758."! 

Thus was commenced the great controversy between 
the Old Lights and the New I^ights, which culminated 
in the " Wallingford Controversy ;" a case which more 
than all others became a matter of public concern, and 
opened a distinct era in New England theology and in 

I A Faithful Narrative of the Proceedings, of the First Society and 
Church in Wallingford, in tlie Calling and Settling of Rev. Mr. Dana, in 
the Pastoral Office over them ; and of the Doings of the several Councils 
relative thereto, with some Remarks inters])ersed. By Jonathan Todd, 
A. M., New Haven, 1759. 



1/2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the history of the "liberties of the churches." Mr. 
Dana was set apart to the ministry by an Old Li^^ht 
council, in the face of protest from a repectable minor- 
ity, and against the solemn edict of the " Consociation 
of New Haven County," which had met in Wallingford 
to forbid the ordination of a candidate charged with doc- 
trinal unsoundness, even with Socinian or Arminian 
proclivities. The bold procedure of ordaining in spite 
of the prohibition, was a triumph of the principle for 
which the New Lights had long contended ; and the pens 
of the time were alive in its censure or its defense. It 
was a triumph also over the power of the " ecclesiastical 
constitution of the dissenters ;" and Noah Hobart, aided 
by President Clap and other leading divines of the 
colony, proved to be a champion no more successful 
here for the Saybrook Platform than he had been in his 
addresses to the members of the Episcopal separation 
in New England. Those on the other side found support 
for their action in the popular voice, as well as in the voice 
of a body of ministers trained under the influence of 
Whitefield's teachings.' 

Mr. Hall, the moderator of the consociation, by the 
advice of a number of the neighboring elders, and after- 
wards by the advice of the association, before whom he 
laid the matter, called the consociation, to meet at 
Wallingford on the loth day of October, 1758; and 
he gave out citations under his hand, to Mr. Dana, and 
the church at Wallingford, notifying them of the meet- 
ing of the consociation, and requiring them to appear 
at time and place. 

Agreeably to the call, the consociation convened at 

I Beardsley's Hist, of Epis. Church in Conn., i, 195. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. 1 73 

Wallingford, and, whether it was by accident or design 
is not known ; but so it was, that the two councils, the 
one called by the church and society to ordain Mr. Dana, 
the other called by the minority to prevent his ordina- 
tion, met in Wallingford on the same day ; and a 
memorable day it was in the annals of congregational- 
ism, and in the ecclesiastical history of Connecticut. 
The council consisted of Rev. Messrs. Noyes, of 
New Haven, Hall, of Cheshire, Stiles, of North Haven, 
Ruggles, of Guilford, Hall, of Meriden, Whittelsey, of 
Milford, John Brown, of Hingham, Mass., and Mr. 
Whittelsey of New Haven, colleague with Mr. Noyes, 
and Mr. Fowler, of Guilford, colleague with Mr. Ruggles. 
They were all members of the association and con- 
sociation of New Haven county, except Mr. Brown 
of Hingham. 

The council met at Mr. Caleb Merriman's. The mod- 
erator, as soon as was convenient, proposed to form the 
body, by choosing a moderator and scribe. This brought 
on a dispute on the consociation's being called dc novo 
or as a new one ; and also on account of some of the 
members not being qualified according to the constitu- 
tion. This, however, was soon so far overruled that the 
council united in choosing a moderator and scribe ; and 
the consociation was opened with prayer. Upon this, 
Mr. Dana and the church committee, and the complain- 
ants, came in before the consociation, and the complaint 
was read. The church then declined to submit to the 
consociation. The church pleaded that, according to 
the constitution, it could have no jurisdiction in that 
case. But they said they were ready to hear and answer 
all objections made to their proceedings before the 
ordaining council. The consociation wishing to conduct 



174 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

an aft'air of such moment in the most amicable manner 
possible, chose a committee, of which one was of the 
ordaining council, to treat with the parties and attempt 
some mode of agreement. In this conference, the mi- 
nority made this proposal by their agents : 

"That in case Mr. Dana would submit to an examination 
by the consociation then met, and they should approve of 
him as orthodox, they would concur in his ordination ; for his 
principles were their chief difficulty."' 

But they insisted that this should be determined by 
the consociation, and not by the ordination council only. 
To this, Mr. Dana and the committee would not consent. 
The consociation adjourned to meet in the meeting house 
the next morning. In the meantime the gentlemen who 
had been invited to be of the ordaining council, met 
by themselves and formed, as was generally supposed, to 
keep the council alive, that they might act, when the 
way should be prepared by the consociation. It was 
not suspected even by some who formed with them, that 
it was with a design of separating from the consocia- 
tion. When the consociation met in the morning, 
according to adjournment, they met with it. 

On declaration being made that the council was 
opened, and that all parties concerned had liberty to be 
heard, Mr. Dana appeared and denied the jurisdiction of 
the council, and insisted that the complaint exhibited 
against him was not cognizable by that body, for he was 
not one of the associated pastors that might be com- 
plained of for heresy or scandal to the association ; nor, 
if he were, had there been any complaint of scandal or 

I Mr. Eell's Narrative. That this proposal was made, at this time, is 
attested by five of the principal men in the minority. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I75 

heresy made to the association against him ; nor had 
there been any careful examination of that matter by 
them. 

With respect to this part of his plea, that he was not 
one of the associated pastors, and that no complaint had 
been exhibited against him to the association, etc. ; it 
was observed, that Mr. Dana's preaching to, and accept- 
ing the call of a consociated church, to take the pastoral 
charge of it, brought him so far within the reach of the 
constitution, that he must be subject to the government 
of the consociated churches. That it was a maxim among 
all nations, and so founded in the reason of things that 
it will extend to all communities, civil and sacred, 
that whoever comes into a community, and reaps the 
benefits of that body, must be subject to the laws of it. 
That IVIr. Dana was reaping the benefits of a consociated 
church, and therefore was subject to the laws of the 
consociated churches, and that, therefore, a charge of 
scandal or heresy might be brought against him. That 
a cop)' of the charge in substance, was given him by 
those who opposed his ordination, and that they certified 
him that they were going to Northbury to the associa- 
tion, and that he refused to attend. That though the 
complaint was carried to the moderator of the last 
consociation, yet that it was by his direction laid before 
the association, and that they had the same opportunity 
to examine the matter, as if it had been directed to them 
at the first, and to give advice in the affair ; so that Mr. 
Dana was subject to the constitution. His cause had 
been so heard by the association, that they judged it to 
be the duty of the moderator to convene the consociation 
and advise him to the measure, that Mr. Dana might be 
heard on the charge exhibited against him. 



176 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Though Mr. Dana denied the jurisdiction of the coun- 
cil, he expressed his desire to give the pastors and 
delegates of the churches satisfaction by an open vindi- 
cation of himself ; but at the same time, he gave the 
consociation to understand that he would not be interro- 
gated by them on any point of doctrine, or upon the 
charge, or that he would not be " wire drawn."' 

When Mr. Dana had finished what he proposed, the 
committee of the church and society appeared before the 
consociation, denied its jurisdiction, and pleaded, first, 
that the present convention was not a regular consocia- 
tion. For all of the consociated churches were not in- 
vited to be present at this council ; and the first church 
in Wallingford had not been notified ; and that Mr. 
Robbins was not a pastor of one of the consociated 
churches. It was replied, that it never had been the 
custom of this consociation, to notify a church to send a 
messenger, when the consociation had been called to con- 
sider any matter relating to said church, or their pastor ; 
and that universal practice had shown that the article in 
the platform had never been understood in the sense of 
those who had made the objection.- With respect to 
Mr. Robbins it was alleged that he had been received as 
a member both of the association and consociation ; that 
he was one of the committee of the association and had 
before sat with the consociation. ^ 



1 Narratives of Messrs. Eells and Todd. 

2 It is believed, that there never has been an instance, since the form- 
ation of the platform to this time, in this county, of sending a letter to a 
church or pastor, to sit in a consociation, in which a cause of their own 
was depending. This would be like notifying a criminal to sit as judge iti 

the very court which was to try him. 

3 Trumbull, 2, 484. Dr. Trumbull has related the particulars with 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I'J'J 

Various other objections were brought up and an- 
swered, and the question was put, 

"Whether this consociation have a right to hear and 
determine, in relation to the complaint exhibited against the 
proceedings of the first church in Wallingford, with regard to 
the calling of Mr. James Dana, to settle in the gospel min- 
istry among them ?" 

and passed in the affirmative. Upon this, the gentle- 
men who were of the ordination council, who had, till 
this time, joined and acted with the consociation, with- 
drew themselves wholly from it, and entered into, and 
presented to the consociation the following protest : 

"To the Rev. Mr. Samuel Hall, and other elders and 
messengers of churches, of this county, convened at the house 
of Caleb Merriman, Esq., in Wallingford, and acting or pre- 
tending to act, as the consociation of this county. We, the 
subscribers, do hereby declare our dissent from, and protest 
against whatever resolves may become into, or determined 
upon by you, for the following reasons : i, Because, by the 
ecclesiastical constitution of this colony, a consociation may 
subsist by adjournment, for a year ; a new consociation was 
called, and met last May, and continued themselves by ad- 
journment, and must be therefore now in being ; yet the 
present convention was called together by a new consociation, 
2, Because one of the churches under the constitution, in 
this county, was not notified to attend the consociation by 
their delegates. 3, Because you have voted, or resolved by a 
prerogative act, that Mr. Robbins, of Branford, may sit and 
act as a member of the consociation, who, with his church, 
have voted out the constitution, and refused to be regulated 
by it ; and accordingly did not lead his church to choose any 
delegate. 4, Because the special matters which, by com- 
plaint, lie before you, relating to the first church and society 

great honesty of purpose, but not without some bias from his personal and 
party prejudices. 

N 



178 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

in Wallingford, and Mr. James Dana, are so brought, that, 
were you a regular consociation, they could not be taken 
cognizance of by you, consistent with the essential rights of 
congregational churches, and the plain directions of the con- 
stitution ; and the resolve you have already come into there- 
upon ( if reduced to a precedent) will effectually deprive the 
churches of their right to choose their own pastors, and to 
exercise church discipline. "' 

The consociation met the next morning, according to 
adjournment, and adopted the following resolutions, viz. : 

" Resolved by this consociation, that it shall be esteemed, 
and it is hereby judged disorderly, for any of the members of 
this consociation, or any other persons, to proceed to, or be 
assisting in the ordination of Mr. James Dana, to the gospel 
ministry, in the first church and society of Wallingford, while 
the matter is depending before this consociation. And also, 
it is judged disorderly for the church in Wallingford to pro- 
ceed in receiving Mr. Dana for their pastor, by ordination ; 
and for him to accept thereof, until the complaint against 
Mr. Dana, and the proceedings of said church, cognizable by 
this consociation, have been heard and determined. There- 
fore, this consociation earnestly beseech and desire the 
church to study the things which make for peace ; and all 
our members not to be assisting in the ordination of Mr. 
James Dana, and Mr. Dana not to accept thereof, till the 
matter is fully weighed and considered by this consociation, 
and full satisfaction given in the matters lying before this 
body. Voted. 

"Test. Warham Williams, Scribe." 

The consociation, at the same time, sent a resolve 
which they had previously passed, relative to the case of 
Mr. Dana, which was in the following words, viz. : 

" This consociation having duly weighed and considered the 

I Mr. Todd's Narrative, p. 40. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. 1/9 

reasons offered by Mr. James Dana, why he is not bound, &c., 
resolved, that this consociation have cognizance of the matter, 
and a right over all who present themselves as preachers and 
candidates for the ministry, in any of the consociated churches 
of this county ; so far at least, as to forbid, where there is 
occasion, any such candidates or preachers, to preach in any 
of the consociated churches, or be ordained in and over them, 
until such candidates or preachers give full satisfaction to this 
consociation, to such matters of complaint as are regularly 
brought against them, before this body. Above voted and 
resolved. Test. Warham Williams, Scribe. 

"To Mr. James Dana.'" 

In the morning, before they went to the meeting- 
house for a public hearing, the ordination council made 
a proposal for the dissolution of both councils, each 
leaving their advice to all parties to study the things 
which make for peace. The consociation declined an 
acceptance of this proposal, and insisted that they 
could not put the case out of their hands, and leave it in 
the power of the church to call another ordination coun- 
cil, and settle Mr. Dana, before the consociation could 
come together again. At the same time, they were very 
desirous that both councils should adjourn, and have 
further time for consideration. For this purpose, the 
Rev. Mr. Merrick and others, were appointed a com- 
mittee, to treat with the ordination council ; and they 
expostulated with them, in as tender and moving a 
manner as possible, that the matter might be deferred 
for some time ; that the heat which then appeared might 
in some measure, subside ; and they gave them as- 
surance, that the consociation would adjourn for a 
considerable time, if they would consent to a similar 

I Mr. Todd's Narrative, pp. 50, 51. 



l8o HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

adjournment. They urged that there was great danger 
of their breaking all in pieces, and of great and lasting 
divisions, if any thing was done suddenly.' But the 
ordination council could not be persuaded to postpone 
the affair. 

Several of the ordination council, when they per- 
ceived how matters were going, separated from them. 
The Rev. Mr. Fowler, colleague with Mr. Ruggles 
of Guilford, and Esq. Sacket of North Haven, Mr. 
Stiles, messenger, separated from them immediately, 
as soon as they perceived they were about to form 
themselves into a council, distinct and separate from 
the consociation. Mr. Ruggles also, though he was 
prevailed upon to sign the protest, yet he was so affected 
with the affair, that he withdrew from them in the 
morning, and did not assist in the examination or 
ordination of Mr. Dana. 

The gentlemen of the ordination council having 
separated themselves from the consociation, after some 
consultation upon the affair on which they had been 
convened at Wallingford, put the question, 

"Whether this council hath a right to proceed upon 
matters relative to the ordination of Mr. James Dana, to 
the pastoral office in the first society in Wallingford, and 
over the church in said society?" 

and the vote passed in the affirmative. Upon the 
desire of the committee of the church and of Mr. 
Dana, the ordaining council adjourned to the meeting- 
house, with a view to give the committee an oppor- 
tunity to publish their proceedings in calling Mr. 
Dana, and that he might also have an opportunity 

I Mr. Eells' Narrative, p. 36. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. l8l 

publicly to manifest his orthodoxy. After this public 
hearing in the meeting-house, the ordination council 
returned to Mr. Whittelsey's, the place of their meeting. 
The following question was then put: 

"Whether the church and society have proceeded reg- 
ularly in their application unto, and call of the said Mr. 
Dana, to the pastoral office among and over them ? " 

Voted in the affirmative. The question was also put, 
" Whether Mr. Dana hath vindicated himself, with respect 
to the charges and allegations against him, to the satisfaction 
of this council? " 

Voted in the affirmative. The ordination council then 
proceeded to an examination of the candidate, and after 
examination, the council voted their satisfaction, with 
respect to Mr. Dana's knowledge, orthodoxy, and min- 
isterial qualifications. Mr. Dana, at the same time, 
declared his willingness to settle and take the care and 
charge of the first church in Wallingford under the 
ecclesiastical constitution of this colony. 

The consociation, before the ordination council had 
determined to ordain Mr. Dana, certified them that there 
were ninety-five in opposition to Mr. Dana's ordination. 
They represented that they possessed half the rateable 
estate in the society.' The moderator intimated to the 
ordination council that he considered this as a strong 
objection to the ordination of Mr. Dana. Some of the 
opposition were men of high standing in the town, and 
the largest tax-payers. The ordination council, notwith- 
standing the prohibition and earnest entreaties of the 
consociation, proceeded to the important question, 

"Whether the council will proceed to the ordination of the 

I Eells' Narrative, pp. lo, ii, and 33. 



1 82 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

said Mr. James Dana, to the work of the gospel ministry, in 
said church and society in Walhngford?" 

Voted in the affirmative. The Rev. Mr. Todd, one of 
the council, says, 

"We looked upon it, that we were called of God to ordain 
Mr. Dana."' 

The council accordingly proceeded, in the face of the 
direct and peremptory prohibition of the consociation, 
to ordain Mr. Dana at Wallingford. The consociation, 
regarding the case as one of great difficulty, now- 
invited the neighboring consociation of Hartford county 
to meet with them, that they might have the benefit of 
their opinion and advice ; and such a meeting accord- 
ingly took place three weeks afterwards. The council 
met and formed in a regular manner, and was the most 
numerous and respectable ever convened before in the 
colony, consisting of the most learned and pious divines 
in the counties of Hartford and New Haven, and of the 
deacons and justice of the peace, the principal men in the 
respective churches in the two counties. The Rev. Mr. 
Russell of Middletown was chosen moderator of the 
consociation from the county of Hartford, a gentleman 
of great respectability for knowledge, experience, mod- 
eration, and for pacific measures, on all occasions. 
When the consociations had formed, united, and opened 
with prayer, the committee of the church in Wallingford 
appeared before them, and denied the regularity and 
jurisdiction of the council thus united. That the 
fullest proof might be given of its earnest desire, if 
possible, to accommodate the difficulties at Wallingford, 
a committee was appointed to confer with Mr. Dana, 

I Todd's Narrative, p. 50. 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I 83 

and the parties, concerning a reconciliation. The 
committee reported the following proposal of the minor- 
ity, viz. : 

"Whereas the Consociation of New Haven county, and 
the Consociation of Hartford county, south district, being 
convened at Wallingford, to hear and determine certain 
difficulties in the first church and society in Wallingford; 
and said consociation appointing a committee to reconcile 
the parties, we the subscribers, members of said church 
and society, and committee of the minor part, do offer 
at this time, to the church committee, and Mr. Dana, to 
have the consociation of the south district of Hartford county 
examine Mr. Dana's notes, referred to in the complaint ; and 
another sermon, preached the 8th day of October last ; and 
also examine Mr. Dana, according to their method of examin- 
ation, and if they find him sound in the faith of the gospel, 
(and also examine his moral conduct) and if they find him 
qualified for a gospel minister, we will consent to him, and re- 
ceive him as our minister : but if he is not qualified as set 
forth above, then to have him dismissed. 

"John Hall, 2^, Street Hall, 

Eliakim Hall, Caleb Merriman, 

Dan. Johnson, Daniel Clark, 

Abel Peck, Caleb Johnson, 

"Isaac Johnson. 
"Wallingford, Nov. 2, 1758." 

Afterwards, they declared to Mr. Dana and to the 
council they were willing to concede that which respected 
his moral character should not be regarded on trial. 
This proposal was rejected by Mr. Dana. He refused to 
be examined by the consociation,' but sent them a 
written Confession of Faith. Numerous other meetings 
were called, and various resolutions were passed. Mr. 

I Eells' Narrative, pp. 38, 39. 



184 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Dana denied the regularity and jurisdiction of the con- 
sociation, and refused to submit to their determinations. 
At an adjourned meeting at the house of Charles 
Sperry, in Wallingford, April 3, 1759, the following reso- 
lution was passed : 

" Whereas, this united council have judged Mr. James 
Dana guilty of scandalous contempt, as expressed in our 
result ; and have used proper measures, in order to bring him 
to a sense of his sinful conduct, and exercised due patience, 
he continuing obstinate ; we do therefore, according to that 
divine direction, 2 Thes. in. 6, and according to the rules of 
our ecclesiastical constitution, declare him to be unworthy of 
the communion of churches ; and that henceforth we will not 
hold communion with him in any acts of ecclesiastical 
discipline,' or special ordinances ; and according to our 
ecclesiastical constitution, the churches are to approve this 
sentence, by withdrawing communion with him, which we 
advise, and expect accordingly. " 

It was also voted in council, that 

" Whereas, the greater part of the first church of Christ in 
Wallingford, have promoted the ordination of Mr. James 
Dana, and received him as their pastor, contrary to the 
prohibition of the consociation of New Haven county, while 
a charge of heterodoxy lay against him, before said consocia- 
tion ; and chose Samuel Hall, Esq., and others, a committee, 
with instructions to appear before this council, and in the 
name of said church, to deny their jurisdiction, and refuse to 
submit to their determination ; and whereas, this council, (as 
appears in our result, in the session, Nov. 28th, last) have 
judged, with respect to Samuel Hall, Esq., and the rest of 
said committee, and all the other members of said church, 
who acted in choosing the said committee, and giving the 
instructions aforesaid, that, in case they continue to adhere 
to the said Mr. Dana, and acknowledge him as their pastor, 
until the third Tuesday of March next, they shall be judged 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I 85 

guilty of scandalous contempt, and the sentence of non- 
communion declared against them. And whereas, the above 
mentioned Samuel Hall, Esq., etc., have, notwithstanding, 
continued to adhere to the said Mr. James Dana, and ac- 
knowledged him as their pastor; we judge said Samuel Hall, 
Esq. and the rest of the committee, and all the members who 
acted in choosing said committee, and giving the instructions 
aforesaid, guilty of scandalous contempt, and proper meas- 
ures having been taken to bring them to a sense of their sin- 
ful conduct, and due patience used, they still continuing 
obstinate ; we do now, according to that divine direction, 2 
Thessalonians, in. 6, and the rules of our ecclesiastical con- 
stitution, declare them to be unworthy of the communion of 
churches ; and that, henceforth, we will not hold communion 
with them, in any acts of ecclesiastical discipline, or special 
ordinances ; and according to the rules of our ecclesiastical 
constitution, the churches are to approve this sentence, by 
withdrawing communion from them ; which we advise, and 
e.xpect accordingly. And while we declare those members 
who adhere to Mr. Dana, and are now under sentence of non- 
communion, to have fallen off from our ecclesiastical consti- 
tution ; we acknowledge the remaining members as the 
consociated church in the first society in Wallingford, and are 
determined to treat them accordingly. This council do ap- 
point the Rev. Messrs. Jonathan Merrick, John Trumbull, 
Mark Leavenworth and Benjamin Woodbridge, messengers ; 
deacons Ithiel Russell, Jonathan Guernsey, Mr. Stephen 
Hopkins, and deacon Theophilus Baldwin, a committee of 
this council, to stand in that capacity for the space of four 
months from this date, to whom any, or all the members of the 
first church in Wallingford, now under the sentence of non 
communion, may apply ; and upon their manifesting repent- 
ance, they are empowered, in the name of this council, to 
take off the sentence they are under, and restore them to the 
privileges of the consociated churches ; and if any member 
shall neglect to apply to the committee aforesaid, within four 



1 86 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

months, they may afterwards apply ( if they desire it ) to the 
moderator of the consociation of New Haven county, to call 
the consociation of New Haven county, to call the consocia- 
tion of said county, for the purpose aforesaid. 

"A complaint being exhibited to this council, dated March 
22, 1759, by several members of the first church of Christ 
in Wallingford, against the Rev. Messrs. Joseph Noyes, Isaac 
Stiles, Theophilus Hall, Samuel Whittelsey, Jonathan Todd 
and Chauncey Whittelsey, elders ; and Robert Treat, Na- 
thaniel Ruggles, Thomas Darling and Ezekiel Royse, messen- 
gers, and members of the consociation of New Haven county 
for breaking off from said consociation, and aiding and 
assisting in the ordination of Mr. James Dana, &c. ; the 
persons complained of were properly notified. Several of 
them appeared personally and others by letters, denying our 
jurisdiction, &c. The council not thinking it proper to act 
upon the above said complaint, the complainers withdrew it. 
This council having already, in our result, condemned the 
ordination of Mr. Dana, as contrary to the word of God, and 
the ecclesiastical constitution of the churches in this colony, 
have therein condemned the ordination council, or those who 
were active therein ; we think it our duty more explicitly to 
declare our judgment relating to them, which is, that they 
have so violated the good rules of our ecclesiastical constitu- 
tion, that they ought to be treated as disorderly persons, and 
not fit to sit in any of our ecclesiastical councils, until they 
shall clear up their conduct, to the satisfaction of the conso- 
ciation of New Haven county, for their disorderly breaking 
off from them, and aiding and assisting in Mr. Dana's ordi- 
nation. And we advise the moderator of said consociation, 
to call the consociation, upon application made to him by 
said gentlemen." 

"Voted in council. 

Warham Williams, , c, m r ^, -i 

'lest. _ T- V >- Scribes of the council. 

Edward Eells, 



THE DANA CONTROVERSY. I 8/ 

Though this council was composed of some of the 
most respectable gentlemen of the clergy and churches 
in the colony, for literature, age and candor; and though 
they took great pains to compromise the difficulties at 
Wallingford, and appeared to act with coolness and 
patience, yet their doings were cried out against by the 
gentlemen of the ordination council, and others who 
engaged in their cause, as unconstitutional and tyranni- 
cal, depriving the churches of their most essential rights. 
Many hard and severe things were said of them. The 
Rev. Mr. Todd, who was one of the ordination council, 
wrote a narrative of the transactions at Wallingford, 
even before the united council had finished their result. 
The Rev. Mr. Hart of Saybrook' wrote against it 
immediately. He wrote in a high and positive strain, 
condemning the council and insisting that their doings 
were wholly unconstitutional and inconsistent with the 
essential rights of the churches.' The Rev. Mr. Eells,^ 
who had been one of the scribes of the united council, 
wrote a narrative of the transactions of the council, 
supplying such facts and circumstances as Mr. Todd 

1 Mr. Hart was born at East Guilford, in 1713; graduated at Yale 
College in 1732; and was ordained pastor of the First church in Saybrook, 
Nov. 17, 1736. He had the reputation of being an Arminian ; was a 
vigorous controversal writer, and produced several pamphlets that were 
much read in their day. He 'engaged with great zeal in the Wallingford 
controversy, fully justifying the council that acted in the ordination of Mr. 
Dana. He had a strong aversion to Hopkinsianism, and is said to have 
been the first to give that name to the system of doctrine which it now 
represents. 

2 Trumbull, 11. 505. 

3 Mr. Eells was a son of Rev. Nathaniel Eells of Scituate, Mass. ; was 
graduated at Harvard College in 1733 ; was ordained pastor of a church 
in Middletown, Sept. 6, 1738, and died Oct. 12, 1776, se. 64. He published 
the Conn. Election Sermon, 1767. 



155 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

omitted, noticing some of those things in his narrative 
which he judged severe, uncharitable and calculated to 
render his brethren of the council odious and contempti- 
ble. He also made such general remarks as he supposed 
were necessary for the vindication of the council. The 
Rev. Mr. Hobart of Fairfield' replied in particular to 
Mr. Hart, in vindication of the council at Wallingford, 
showing that they had assumed no powers inconsistent 
with the rights of congregational churches at large, and 
consequently could not be inconsistent with the ecclesi- 
astical constitution of the colony, and no more than it 
was the original design of the Saybrook agreement to 
give them.- 

The separation that originated in this conflict, con- 
tinued a number of years. Mr. Dana and the ministers 
who had ordained him, being cut off from all ecclesiastical 
and ministerial intercourse with the other pastors of the 
county, 3 formed an association by themselves, which 

1 Noah Hobart was born at Hingham, January 12, 1706. He was a 
son of Daniel Hobart, and a grandson of the Rev. Peter Hobart, the first 
pastor of the church in that town. He was graduated at Harvard College 
in 1724, and was ordained pastor of the First Congregational church in 
Fairfield, Conn., Feb. 17, 1733. He died December 6, 1773, aged 68. He 
published in 1754, " Principles of the Congregational Churches," &c. ; 
and in 1761, a vindication of the piece entitled, The Principles of Congre- 
gational Churches, &c., applied to the case of the late ordination at Wal- 
lingford occasioned by remarks made thereon by Mr. Hart. 

2 There were also published, A letter to the Rev. Mr. Noah Hobart, 
by R. Walcott ; Some Remarks upon the claims and doings of the 
Consociation, &c., By Andrew Bartholomew, A. M., Pastor of the Church 
in Harwinton ; The Wallingford Case Stated, &c. 

3 Rev. Joseph Howe of Killingly, Conn., in a letter dated February 14, 
1771, says, " I have been preaching about a little now and then, at Guilford 
and Hartford (West Division) ; I was engaged to preach at the latter 
place, but got no farther than Wallingford, where I preached fOr that 
great heretic Dana. I don't know but some will call me as great a one 



DIVISION OF THE CHURCH. 1 89 

continued until the year 1772, or later, when the contro- 
versy was finally terminated, in consequence of pacific 
overtures made by the ministers then constituting the 
consociation.' 

The prejudice against Mr. Dana gradually wore away ; 
and even those of his brethren whose views of religious 
doctrine did not fully accord with his own, neverthe- 
less, had a high estimate of his talents and character, 
and did not hesitate to receive him into their pulpits. 
And when the revolutionary struggle came on, he ren- 
dered himself particularly popular by the very decided 
part which he took, both in public and in private, in 
favor of the American cause. Mr. Whittelsey of New 
Haven was accustomed to exchange with him at least 
once while the Legislature was in session ; and Mr. 
Dana, by some of his patriotic sermons preached on 
these occasions, did much to increase his popularity 
throughout the State. Many of the members who were 
predisposed to judge him unfavorably, from having heard 
his theological views called in question, were so well 
satisfied with his political orthodoxy, that they came to 
regard his supposed Arminianism as a very pardonable 
offense. - 

After Mr. Dana was disfellowshiped his party con- 
tinued in Wallingford, and the minor party applied to the 
New Haven association, who advised them to meet and 
carry on public worship among themselves, and to apply 
to the society committee for the use of the meeting- 
house, when not occupied, and some members of the 



for it. Be that as it will, I meant not to espouse his party, his cause, or 
his principles." 

1 Stiles' Lit. Diary. Bacon's Hist., Dis. 270. 

2 Sprague's Annals, i. 566. 



igO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

association would meet with them to carry on worship. 
Accordingly, July 22, 1759, Rev. Mr. Woodbridge' agreed 
to officiate for them after Mr. Dana's service in the fore- 
noon and in the evening, which he performed. But a 
grand-jurors' complaint was entered against him, before 
John Whiting, Esq., at New Haven, July 26, 1759, for 
holding a disorderly meeting ; and on a warrant, August 
14, 1756, he was arrested and brought up for trial; and 
being unadvised as to the proper course, pleaded not 
guilty, and begged delay to take advice ; and at the ad- 
journment, he asked leave to enter a special plea of 
guilty, so as to bring the case before the Superior Court, 
which was denied, and the court pronounced him guilty, 
and he was obliged to pay a fine or suffer imprisonment ; 
and he stood recorded a transgressor. He prayed the 
General Assembly, April 24, 1760, that said judgment 
might be reversed, and a restoration made. This was 
granted in the lower house, but negatived in the upper 
house. October 4th, he renewed his petition, and the 
Assembly considering his innocent intentions, and the 
veneration due the sacred office, ordered the penalty 
removed, and the amount of fine and costs refunded. 

After the trial of Mr. Dana was ended, the inhab- 
itants were greatly excited in regard to taxes, and the 
use of the meeting-house. In May, 1760, ninety-six^ 



1 Benjamin Woodbridge was son of Rev. John Woodbridge, the first 
minister of West Springfield, Mass. He was graduated at Yale College 
in 1740, and was settled at Amity, afterwards called Woodbridge, in re- 
membrance of him, — near New Haven. 

2 Names of the petitioners : John Hall, Caleb Merriman, Eliakim Hall, 
Israel Johnson, Elnathan Street, Stephen Hall, Street Hall, John Hall, 2d, 
Charles Sperry, Stephen Doolittle, Jennings Johnson, Joel Ives, James 
Royce, Gideon Ives, Jeremiah Hull, Charles Ives, Joseph Francis, Jacob 
Francis, Thomas Hall, Titus Hall, Ezekiel Hall, Bates Hall, Stephen 



DIVISION OF THE CHURCH. I9I 

persons petitioned the Assembly that they were opposed 
to the settlement of Mr. Dana, as they had doubts of his 
orthodoxy when preaching on probation. But the ma- 
jority, who were much attached to him, and fearing an 
investigation, did not take the advice of the association 
in calling and settling him, and before his ordination, 
articles of complaint against him were presented to the 
consociation, which he refused to answer. He and his 
friends denied the authority of the consociation over 
them, thus declaring their dissent from the church order 
before practiced by the church and society, and hence 
the memorialists ought to be acknowledged as the estab- 
lished church and society. The consociation had a 
meeting and dissolved all connection between Mr. Dana 
and the church and society, but his adherents outvoted 
the petitioners in the society, and laid rates, &c., for his 
support. They prayed that the doings of the consocia- 
tion of the twenty-third of April, 1760, might be 
defended, and that the petitioners might have the meet- 



Peck, Able Peck, Jonathan Hall, SamuelMerriman, Levi Moss, Timothy 
Hart, .John Barker, Samuel Street, Benjamin Ford, Daniel Peck, John 
Miles, Ebenezer Fitch, Joseph Thomson, Daniel Clark, Caleb Johnson, 

Enos Page, Ehiathan Street, Jan., Abner , Joshua Doolittle, David 

Robinson, Giles Hall, Enos Johnson, Sherben Johnson, Reuben Johnson, 
Jun., Benj. Johnson, Charles Johnson, EdwardJenn , Samuel Street, Jun., 
Theophilus Merriman, Hezekiah Johnson, Dayton Johnson, Joseph John- 
son, John Cook, Jun., Israel Negus, .John Cook, John Curtis, Jun., Eph- 
raim Hall, Benjamin Fenn, Daniel ^Tuttle, Daniel Johnson, Isaac Hall, 
Ben'j. Culver, Richard Hackley, Abel Merriman, John Mulbree, Clement 
Hopson, Samuel Hopson, David Page, Timothy Page, Samuel Miles, 
Stephen Peck, Jun., Elijah How, Samuel Culver, Reuben Benham, John 
Austin, Jun., Samuel Hall, Benijah Tyler, Theophilus Jones, Jun., Caleb 
Hall, 2d, David Hall, John Curtis, Wm. Mullbree, 'Ambrose Hall, Elna, 
than Thorp, Joseph Atwater, Wm. Bestow, Seth Plum, Samuel Hopson, 
Jun., .John Dudley, John Thomson, Elisha Brockett, Isaac Johnson, Jun., 
Samuel Jones. 



192 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ing-house and the immunities pertaining to the First 
society.' 

Mr. Charles Whittelsey, agent for the society, replied : 

"That on the death of Mr. Samuel Whittelsey, April, 1758, 
on the advice of neighboring ministers, Chauncey Whittelsey 
supplied the pulpit with general approbation, only about 
seven opposing. But on proposing terms of settlement the 
cloud of opposition gathered thick, and one third of the 
voters with the co-operation of some neighboring ministers 
frustrated their attempt. After this, about twenty candidates 
succeeded, but no one was approved by the opposing party. 
And by the advise of neighboring ministers, and vote of the 
society, Mr. Dana was, March, 1758, introduced by a com- 
mittee and their doings were approved by a society meeting 
June 20, 1758. But the Minor party, after a vain endeavor 
to introduce a Consocional council, which was an irregularity, 
raised a most violent opposition, and although they were re- 
leased from rates for the support of Mr. Dana, and allowed 
to worship by themselves, as provided by assembly, yet they 
persisted and petitioned the General Assembly. The General 
Assembly were requested to subject the Minor party to taxes, 
or restrain them from interference." 

In 1762, John Hall, Caleb Merriman, Eliakim Hall 
and Isaac Johnson, agents for the "constitutional party" 
who did not adhere to Mr. Dana, gave a history of the 
difficulties to the General Assembly, and claimed their 
rights. They prayed that the society and the public 
interest might be divided. They had called and settled 
Mr. Waterman, and further prayed that the major party 
with Mr. Dana, might be required to render an account 
of monies received, and be prohibited from collecting of 
them further rates. In April of the same year, a com- 

I The petition is in the State Library, Ecclesiastical Records, vol. 13, p. 
324- 



THE WELLS SOCIETY. 



193 



mittee was appointed to fix the place for a meeting- 
house within certain Hmits, specified by vote, and to ac- 
cept the report locating the house partly on Israel John- 
son's lot, and partly on the common. On the memorial 
of John Hall, jun., and others, May i, 1762, it was 
enacted that the minor party be incorporated a distinct 
ecclesiastical society, and that they be " called, known 
and distinguished by the name of Wells," and that 
members might enroll their names within six months, 
and those who arrive of age, or come into the society, 
may choose to which they will belong. A committee 
was appointed to locate a meeting-house, so as not to 
disturb the other society, and to inquire and propose a 
division of the property. 




THE WELLS MEETING-HOUSE. 

The same month, Theophilus Doolittle, Isaac Cook, 
Samuel Hall, and Reuben Royce, agents for the First 
society, petitioned that an injunction might be laid on 
the minor party, prohibiting them from building a meet- 
ing-house. This petition was negatived. Lydia Moss, 
Mary Price and others testified that they could hear Mr. 
Waterman preach, and the deacon read the psalms, at 
least twenty-five rods from the place of worship ; and 
that the new meeting-house was but eighteen rods from 
the old one. The same month a committee of the 
O 



194 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

minor party petitioned that they had a minister settled 
over them, and were building a meeting-house ; and as 
some of Mr. Dana's parish threatened to throw down the 
house, because built partly on the highway, they prayed 
that the location might be confirmed to them. When 
the dissentients proceeded to erect a new meeting-house, 
an attempt was made to arrest their work ; and a fight 
over the trenches dug for the foundations brought 
together the inhabitants for miles around to participate 
in the scene, or to witness its issue. 

Numerous petitions were sent to the General Assem- 
bly from both parties, in regard to the division, taxes, &c. 
May 2, 1765, the agents of the First society in a petition 
said that there could be no absolute property in the old 
meeting-house, and that the memorialists' leaving was no 
advantage to those that remained. They prayed there- 
fore for liberty to tax the Wells society for repairing the 
steeple and hanging the bell. The Wells society replied 
that said society and the other societies set off had en- 
joyed the use of the meeting-house for nearly half a 
century, and there could be no rule for estimating their 
interest. As for taxes, they had never paid any, except 
for schools and some incidental charges. March 25, 
1766, it was voted that the First society pay the Wells 
society £60 for the meeting-house ; that the bell be used 
in common, and that no taxes granted since December 
5, 1758, be collected by members of the Wells society. 
A remonstrance signed by Messrs. Ingersoll and Johnson 
was sent in, conveying the idea that the meeting-house 
was not divisible ; but it was ordered that the inhabit- 
ants of the First society pay the inhabitants of the 
Wells society j£6o. Execution was granted, and land 
of Benjamin Atwater was taken and set off to the Wells 



THE WELLS SOCIETY. 1 95 

society. At a special meeting of the Wallingford First 
society, held the last Tuesday in December, 1766, a long 
petition was read, giving a history of the settlement and 
church affairs of Wallingford. 

" By all which appears that it was a fundamental principle 
that no planters that were or should be admitted, should with- 
draw due Maintenance from the Minister or Ministry. Yet 
nevertheless upon the Ordination of the Rev'd Mr Dana a 
party of the said Antient Society who Voted and Acted in 
his Call and Settlement have withdrawn due Maintenance 
from said Minister, contrary to the Original Contract, League 
and Covenant, have embroiled us in great Strifes and Conten- 
tions and now demand a heavy Exaction for the present 
Meeting House belonging to said first Society in Violation 
of the first and fundamental principles of said Society. 
Whereupon it is Voted and Agreed that Messrs. John Moss, 
Benjamin Hall 2d, Daniel Ives, Elihu Hall, Isaac Cook, 
Peter Hall, Nathaniel Hart and Moses Price be a Committee 
in behalf of this Society to' treat with the members of the 
present Society of Welles and Expostulate with them on these 
Matters and Endeavour a Safe and honourable Settlement of 
that Dispute consistant with the Antient Rights of said first 
Society and Agreeable with the fundamental Maxims of the 
first Planters of the same and make Report to this Society. 
Also to try any other methods to Accomodate the Differences 
Subsisting between this Society, and the present Society of 
Welles and make Report to this Society." 

The Committee appointed, reported at the next meet- 
ing that they appointed time and place for the purposes 
aforesaid, and notified the committee of said society of 
Wells ; but that said committee did not meet. Ten 
persons, members of the Wells society, in a petition 
sent to the General Assembly in 1767, stated that long 
and wearisome had been their contentions ; and the 
decree respecting the old house had opened the wounds 



196 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

afresh ; they prayed that the said decree might be set 
aside, as they wished for part of said house, and that 
they might be free from taxes for the steeple and bell. 
The agents for the First society in reply said that before 
the execution was granted they made overtures to come 
to terms, to make way for peace and a good understand- 
ing, which was prevented. The levy of the execution 
would make the breach irreparable. They prayed for a 
committee to recommend a plan of agreement, and that 
the execution might be suspended. This was negatived. 
In October, 1768, Benjamin Atwater petitioned the 
General Assembly that members of the Wells society 
entered on his land, and at trial before the Superior 
Court, August, 1768, they recovered judgment against 
him, for a large amount of costs ; and as the sheriff had 
no right to do this, to take private property, he prayed 
that said judgment might be set aside. This was nega- 
tived. April 24, 1769, he renewed his petition, as the 
decree affected personal rights, that it might be set 
aside ; this was negatived. May i , 1 770, Mr. Atwater 
renewed his petition, that an execution could not be 
levied against a corporate body, on an individual. He 
prayed the decree might be set aside. This was 
negatived. March 21, 1 771, he renewed his petition and 
presented a long argument, that, i. An assembly can- 
not award and enforce execution. 2. Which was 
against a society in their corporate capacity. 3. Real 
Estate cannot be taken except in want of personal es- 
tate. He prayed that their judgment might be set 
aside. This was negatived. Sept. 28, 1772, Oliver 
Stanley, agent for the First society, petitioned the Gen- 
eral Assembly, that the steeple was injured by lightning, 
and he prayed that the cost of repairing, and expense of 



RECONCILIATION. 19/ 

ringing the bell, might be partly paid by the Wells soci- 
ety. This was negatived. Thus matters progressed for 
a number of years, dividing the town, and alienating 
brethren.' 

May 3, 1787, the Wells church and society, each by 
separate vote, declared themselves unable longer to sup- 
port Mr. Waterman.- In November, 1788, they voted 
unanimously that they were "desirous of holding Chris- 
tian fellowship and communion with the church under 
the care of Rev. James Noyes, notwithstanding the sen- 
tence of non-communion passed some years since by a 
consociated council against said Church." Some of 
them returned to the old church, and others went to 
other ecclesiastical organizations ; and their church edi- 
fice passed into the hands of the Episcopalians about 
1831. 

The controversy at Wallingford was essentially a 
conflict between the " Old Light " and " New Light " 
parties.3 Dr. Dana was understood to be of the then 



1 The Wells society numbered in the beginnirg, about fifty members ; 
and at the ordination of their pastor, they were increased to sixty-one. In 
1770, they had one hundred and four members. 

2 Mr. Waterman was settled Octol^er, 1761; dismissed June, 1787; 
and died November, 1813. 

3 At the period of the great attention to religious subjects about the 
year 1740, the religious part of the community were mostly divided into 
two parties, the Nezv Lights and the Old Lights. The New Lights were 
active and zealous in the discharge of every thing which they conceived to 
be their religious duty, and were in favor of Mr. Whitefield and others itin- 
erating through the country, stirring up the people to reform, &c. The 
Old Lights considered much of their zeal as wild-fire, and endeavored to 
suppress it. The contention between these two parties grew so bitter, that 
those who were of the New Light party, in some instances, withdrew and 
formed separate churches from those of the standing order. About thirty 
j^/(ir(i:/t' congregations were formed from 174010 1750. Dr. Dana in his 



198 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

liberal school of Boston and that region, and of that 
party, which had opposed the revival of religion ; his 
settlement in so large and important a church, would be 
a triumph of that party, which had already become a 
minority in the county and in the colony ; and there- 
fore the new light men were determined by all means to 
prevent the ordination, and when the thing was done to 
undo it if possible. The ministers constituting the con- 
sociation of New Haven county were little disposed that 
one of their prominent churches should be commited to 
the pastoral care of one whom they considered as having 
departed so far from their own standard of Christian 
doctrine. The old light party had previously attempted 
to use the peculiar constitution of the Connecticut 
churches as an engine of oppression. They had carried 
matters with a high hand while they had the power, 
interfering arbitrarily with the rights of pastors and of 
churches ; and now they found the very enginery which 
had been so convenient to them, turned against them. 
The ordination of Mr. Dana marks the complete and 
final overthrow of the old lights as a dominant party. 
Their great fortress, " our ecclesiastical constitution " 
had been seized, and all its guns were turned upon them. 
A new generation of ministers, trained under the 
influence of the great awakening, and indoctrinated to 



"Century sermon" preached in 1770, says : "No town of the same bigness 
in the government hath had fewer of the people called separates. In the 
largej^arish of New Cheshire, there is not one family of this denomination. 
In Meriden but two or three. In the old society there are eight or nine 
families, who assemble for religious worship by themselves." p. 44. A 
full history of the Old Light and New Light controversy and of separate 
churches, can be found in Trumbull's Hist, of Conn., 2, 163-195 ; Tracy's 
Great Awakening, 310-325 ; Contributions to the Eccles. Hist, of Conn., 
280; Bacon's Hist. Dis., 271. 



REV. JAMES DANA. I99 

some extent with the writings of Edwards and Bellamy, 
had come. The era of New England theology was 
opening. 

Mr. Dana was a young man at the time of his ordina- 
tion, and had little acquaintance with the colony, and 
doubtless took his measures partially from the ordaining 
council. His theological views when he began to 
preach were those which in that day were becoming 
prevalent in the region about Boston ; views which there, 
in the course of one or two generations, beginning with 
opposition to the extravagances and enthusiasm of the 
revival, and growing into opposition to what was called 
bigotry and superstition, ripened into Unitarianism.' 
Whatever his sentiments were at the time of his ordina- 
tion, he doubtless considerably changed them upon 
further improvement and more mature consideration. 
He made no secret of it, that he committed numbers of 
his first sermons to the flames. As the ministers and 
' churches of Connecticut began to be better acquainted 
with him, and to recover from the fright occasioned by 
the extraordinary manner in which he was settled, they 
were constrained to recognize him as a man of great 
talent and learning, of great judgment and prudence in 
the management of affairs, of great fearlessness and con- 
scientiousness in performing what he conceived to be 
his duty, and of eminent public usefulness.- 

James Dana was a descendant, in the third genera- 



1 " I do not regard it as right to imply that Dr. Dana was a Unitarian, 
or that he held doctrines inconsistent with those received in orthodox 
churches. Vide his confession of faith, and the testimony of the ordain- 
ing council after his examination, &c. He was susfcdcd, being from 
Boston. If the views of others ripened into Unitarianism, his did not." 
Extract from letter of Rro. E. R. Gilbert. 

2 Bacon's Hist. Dis., 272. 



200 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

tion, from Richard Dana, who was born in 1620, came 
from England to America and settled at Cambridge, 
Mass., in 1647, ^^^^ died April 2, 1690. He was a son 
of Caleb and Phoebe ( Chandler) Dana, and was born at 
Cambridge in the year 1735. He was graduated at 
Harvard College in 1753, and remained there as a resi- 
dent graduate for several years afterwards, pursuing his 
theological studies and giving much attention to general 
literature. In 1758 he was called as pastor of the 
church at Wallingford, being then in his twenty-third 
year. In 1768, he was honored with the degree of 
Doctor of Divinity from the University of Edinburg. 
His health being very poor in 1785, Mr James Noyes 
was chosen as his colleague ; but the Doctor's health was 
soon after, so far restored, that he was able to perform 
his part of the duties, both public and private, without 
any serious embarassment. 

In 1789, being then in his fifty-fourth year, Dr. Dana 
was called to the pastoral charge of the First church in 
New Haven, then vacant by the death of the Rev. 
Chauncey Whittelsey. He accepted the call and was 
installed on the twenty-ninth of April. The installation 
sermon was preached by himself, and was published. 
After the council for installing him had met, and the 
preliminary matters had been attended to. Dr. Dana read 
a statement of his religious views, written with great 
care and caution, but containing some pungent allusions 
to the " new divinity " of that day. After the reading of 
this document, Dr. Edwards, as the champion of a newer 
and more thorough orthodoxy, undertook to examine 
him by asking him questions. The questioning being 
finished on Dr. Edwards' part. Dr. Dana retaliated, by 
proposing a series of questions for the examiner to 



REV. JAMES DANA. 20I 

answer.' Both had prepared themselves beforehand ; 
and both appear to have brought their questions in 
writing to the place of meeting. Dr. Dana doubtless 
anticipating some such collision, Dr. Edwards as ap- 
peared afterwards, did not obtain satisfaction. Whether 
Dr. Dana was satisfied, we are not informed. Dr. 
Edwards is said to have expressed the conviction that 
" Dr. Dana, besides being opposed to the ' new divinity,' 
was unsound respecting the Trinity, the doctrine of 
Election, and the doctrine of future punishment." 
"Yet," says President Stiles, in recording this fact, "all 
the rest of the council (except Dr. Edwards and Mr. 
Austin), were satisfied that the Doctor was sound as to 
all these points." Dr. Bacon,^ in referring to this 
subject, expresses his full conviction of Dr. Dana's 
orthodoxy in regard to the doctrine of the Trinity, and 
of future punishment ; but adds, " I think, however, 
notwithstanding Dr. Stiles' testimony, that his doctrine 
of Election was nothing more than that which is com- 
monly known as the Arminian doctrine on that subject." 
The ministry of Dr. Dana at New Haven was for the 
most part peaceful and quiet ; but none who remember 
that the great end of the ministry is to " win souls," and 
by the blessing of God, to bring men under the full 
power of the gospel of Christ, can call it successful. 
The average annual addition to the number of commu- 

1 These questions can be found in Bacon's Historical Discourses, page 
396; also in Stiles' Literary Diary. Dr. Stiles said that he copied these 
questions "from the original paper which Dr. Dana had before him in his 
own hand-writing in council, at the time of asking the questions, and from 
which he asked the questions. Dr. Edwards asked his questions also 
from a prepared paper, which he brought into the council, took out of 
his pocket and used." 

2 Hist. Dis., 276. 



202 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

nicants during his ministry of sixteen years and a half, 
in New Haven, was only between five and six ; ninety- 
three in all. Two services on the Sabbath, the monthly 
sacramental lecture, the occasional catechising of the 
children, and the annual public fast and thanksgiving, 
were all the religious meetings known in the congrega- 
tion. Dr. Dana, by his discretion, and his dignified 
propriety of conduct ; by his diligence and courage in 
visiting the sick, especially in times of pestilence, when 
some other ministers retreated from the danger ; by the 
venerable beauty of all his public performances, particu- 
larly his prayers ; and by his unquestionable reputation 
for learning and wisdom, continued to hold the affections 
of the people much longer than most men could have 
done in similar circumstances.' 

Notwithstanding the growing infirmities of age, Dr. 
Dana appears to have lost nothing of the respect of his 
own people or of the community. But in the winter of 

1804, he was confined, for some time, by illness; and 
Mr. (afterwards Professor) Stuart, having then been re- 
cently licensed to preach, was employed to supply the 
pulpit. His preaching was earnest, direct, and pungent, 
differing herein from that to which the congregation had 
been accustomed ; and so powerful was the impression 
made by it that they quickly resolved on an effort to 
secure Mr. Stuart's labors permanently by settling him 
as a colleague with Dr. Dana. On the 30th of July, 

1805, the society by vote signified their will "that Dr. 
Dana retire from his pastoral labors." This vote was in 
effect the dismission of the aged pastor; the younger 
part of the congregation after listening to the strong, 

I Bacon's Hist. Dis., 278. 



REV. JAMES DANA. 203 

impetuous eloquence of Mr. Stuart, had found out all 
at once that their pastor, then threescore and ten years 
old, was indeed an old man. The relation of Dr. Dana 
to the church and society was formally disolved by an 
ecclesiastical council in December, 1805 ; and then the 
way being clear, the society immediately elected Mr. 
Stuart to be their pastor.' Dr. Dana's feelings were 
deeply wounded by this procedure ; and in consequence 
of it, he attended public worship for several years, in the 
college chapel. 

After Mr. Stuart had left his charge and gone to 
Andover, Dr. Dana occasionally came back to the old 
meeting-house to join in worship with those who had 
formerly constituted his flock. His presence there was 
grateful to the people, and revived the associations of 
other days. The society expressed by vote their grati- 
fication at seeing him, and their wish that he would 
worship with them statedly. The gentleman who 
presented him a copy of the vote, gave Dr. Bacon the 
following account of the interview : " Dr. Dana," said 
he, " I have a communication for you from the society." 
" Please to read it sir," said the old man in reply, putting 
the paper back into the hands of the other, and straight- 
ening himself up to a little more than his usual dignity. 
The vote was read distinctly, and with due emphasis. 
" Please to read it again, sir," said the Doctor, still 
sitting in stiff and antique dignity, with his thin, ghastly 
countenance unmoved, as if he were something between 
a ghost and a monument. Again the communication 
was read, with earnest desires that it might make a 

I The ordination of Mr Stuart took place on the fifth of March. He 
was dismissed on the ninth of January, 1810, having been invited to the 
professorship of Sacred Literature in the Thelogical Seminary at Andover. 



204 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



favorable impression. " It is well," said the old man ; 
and his voice quivered and broke, as he uttered his reply, 
" I know not but that I may say, ' Lord, now lettest thou 
thy servant depart in peace.' " 

When Mr. (afterwards Dr.) N. W. Taylor was or- 
dained, April, 1812, Dr. Dana officiated as Moderator of 
the Council, and gave the charge to the candidate. On 
the first Sabbath after the ordination, Mr. Taylor invited 
him to take his seat in the pulpit ; and there he was 
regularly found every Sabbath, as long as he was able to 
attend public worship. He died after a brief illness, 
August 18, 1 812, at the age of seventy-seven. His 
funeral sermon was preached by President Dwight. 




REV. JAMES DANA, D. D. 

Says Dr. Sprague : " When I entered Yale College in 
181 1, Dr. Dana was a regular attendant at the public 
service on the Sabbath, in the College chapel. I recol- 
lect him as the mere shadow of a man, tall, slender, and 
in his general appearance more ghostly than any 
human being I remember to have seen. He used to sit 
in the pulpit with Dr. Dwight, and I believe pretty 



REV. JAMES DANA. 205 

uniformly took part in the Communion service. His 
prayers were remarkably solemn, reverential and impres- 
sive. The only other public service I ever heard from 
him was the Charge at the ordination of Mr. Taylor, 
which was pertinent and excellent, and seemed almost 
as if he were speaking it from out of his grave. I had 
never but one interview with him, and my recollection of 
him then is that he was extremely bland and courteous."' 

Says Professor James L. Kingsley, of Yale College : 
" Dr. Dana, I always thought, had more talent than ap- 
peared from his publications. The circumstances in 
which he was early placed led him to be cautious in his 
language ; and habit so confirmed him in an indefinite 
style of writing that his preaching ordinarily made but 
little impression on an audience. He sometimes preached 
in the College chapel, and I have often remarked that 
for the first third of his sermon he would gain the atten- 
tion of the students ; for the second third it would be 
difficult to say whether he retained it or not ; and for 
the last third he would lose it entirely. His sermons 
had a plan ; but a large part of his audience would 
scarcely perceive it, and were soon lost. Dr. Dana con- 
tinued to write sermons as long as he preached. Old 
sermons he probably sometimes reproduced ; but this he 
did seldom. For the sermons he had once delivered, 
certainly for many of them, he seemed to care little. If 
the fire was failing, I have seen him, to restore it, use a 
sermon or sermons. If the time for tea had arrived, 
and the tea-kettle had not boiled, he would sometimes 
send a sermon into the kitchen, and perhaps with the 
remark, ' it will boil now.' He was the best textuary I 

I Annals of the American Pulpit, i, 569. 



206 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

have ever known. He would not only refer at once any 
text to its proper place, but if I asked what were the 
words in any book, chapter, and verse of the Bible, he 
would generally answer correctly. When he had sold 
or given away his Concordance to a young clergyman, 
and some surprise was expressed at his doing it, I 
remember he put a finger to his forehead, and said sport- 
ively, * My best Concordance I have retained.' From 
his peculiar style of writing, he was sometimes thought 
to mean what he never intended. Thus, when he was 
about leaving his society in New Haven, and he sup- 
posed that he should preach to his people but once 
more, I remember that he said at breakfast on the Sun- 
day when he appeared in his desk for the last time, that 
he should deliver a discourse which he prepared for his 
people in Wallingford, when he left them in circum- 
stances somewhat similar. That is, when he preached 
the discourse, it was doubtful whether he should con- 
tinue any longer in Wallingford, and it was now doubt- 
ful whether he should continue any longer with his 
society in New Haven. He said he had left Wallingford 
with the best feelings on both sides, and that he had no 
wish to say in New Haven any thing which might be 
supposed to proceed from a sense of injury on his part. 
In taking his Wallingford sermon, he thought he should 
escape all danger. The sermon I heard. The text was 
very appropriate for the occasion : Phil. i. 27 ; 'Only 
let your conversation,' &c. The whole of the discourse 
was kind and affectionate. It was thought, however, to 
have been written expressly for the occasion ; and some 
said, ' The Doctor has made some very good hits,' Dr. 
Dana was thought to excel in prayer, especially before 
the Legislature or in Court. His prayers on such occa- 



REV. JAMES DANA. 20/ 

sions were written and committed to memory. They 
were short and very appropriate. On one occasion, one 
of his friends told him that General P., of the south, 
distinguished as a civilian, but not much distinguished 
for his attendance on public worship, had remarked that 
a prayer which he (Dr. D.) had offered at the opening 
of the Legislature, was the most impressive prayer to 
which he had ever listened. ' How many prayers do 
you think General P. has ever heard .'' ' was the reply. 
Dr. Dana was a man of gentlemanly and dignified man- 
ners, and he had a very nice sense of propriety in all 
his intercourse with others." 

Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley, D. D., communicated 
the following letter to Sprague's Annals of the American 
Pulpit. 

"Granville, May 8, 1854. 
" My Dear Sir : 

" While I was in College, Dr. Dana was minister of the 
First Church in New Haven ; and, during my senior 
year, I had my home in his family. I had, therefore, a 
good opportunity of knowing him ; and cheerfully com- 
ply with your request, in giving you my impressions 
concerning his character. In his person he was strongly 
marked. He was of a tall and slender form, and had a 
sort of shadowy appearance that would have dis- 
tinguished him even in a crowd. He had a sharp, thin 
face ; but his expression was at once benignant and 
highly intellectual ; and his face was a faithful index to 
his character. His natural temper was free from all 
asperity, and full of kindness and good will. His man- 
ners were in a high degree urbane and gentlemanly, and 
shewed that he had been accustomed always to move in 
the most polished circles. He was one of the most 



208 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

agreeable companions I ever knew, with great intel- 
lectual resources and a large fund of anecdote ; and he 
could accommodate himself with the most graceful ease 
to the highest and lowest classes ; and all were equally 
delighted with his conversation. In his dress he was 
remarkably neat, without, however, seeming to be unduly 
particular. His mind undoubtedly, was of a very high 
order. He was an acute metaphysician, and had the 
courage even, to grapple with that intellectual giant of 
his generation — the elder Jonathan Edwards. He was a 
remarkably well educated man ; had an exact and culti- 
vated taste, and there were few men of his day in New 
England, whose style of writing was equally pure and 
faultless. As a preacher, Dr. Dana certainly did not 
belong to the most orthodox class in New England. His 
sermons were generally very little of a doctrinal charac- 
ter, and were remarkable rather for a chaste and correct 
style, and excellent practical suggestions, than for a high- 
ly evangelical tone, or for direct and earnest appeals. 
He had uncommon aptness of mind, and would often 
introduce passages of Scripture with most striking 
appropiateness ; as, for instance, in preaching President 
Stiles' funeral sermon, he quoted a passage in reference 
to him concerning Ezra the Scribe. His character as a 
preacher was formed about the middle of the last cen- 
tury, under the influence which then prevailed at Cam- 
bridge and Boston ; and it is probable that the type which 
it then assumed, though it may have been somewhat 
modified, remained substantially the same during his 
life. The last time I saw Dr. Dana was after he had 
become very old, and had entirely lost his sight. I found 
him however, just as cheerful as when I had known him 
in former years. I asked him whether he did not find 



REV. JAMES DANA. 209 

it difficult to be submissive under so grievous a calamity ; 
and he answered with the most perfect serenity and 
cheerfulness, ' Not at all. I would not double an afflic- 
tion by being unsubmissive under it' 

" Your affectionate friend and brother, 

"Timothy Mather Cooley." 

The following is believed to be nearly a correct cata- 
logue of his published works : 

Sermon on the death of John Hall, Esq., 1763; Sermon 
on the death of Chas. Whittelsey, 1764; Two Sermons on 
faith and inscrutable Providence, preached at Cambridge, 
1767; A Century Discourse in Wallingford, 1770; An 
examination of Edwards on the will ( anonymous), 1770 ; An 
examination of the same continued, ( with his name), 1773; 
Discourse at the opening of a new place of worship in 
Kensington, 1774 j Election Sermon, 1779; Sermon on the 
tragical exit of William Beadle, &c., 1782; Yale College 
subject to the General Assembly, (anonymous), 1784; 
Sermon on die death of Rev. Chauncey Whittelsey, 1787; 
Sermon on the nativity of Christ, 1789; Discourse at his 
own installation, 1789 ; Discourse on the African Slave 
Trade, 1790; Discourse at the execution of Joseph Moun- 
tain, 1790; Three Sermons in the American Preacher, 1791 ; 
Discourse at the installation of the Rev. Abiel Holmes, 1792 ; 
Discourse at the ordination of Ebenezer Gay, Jr., 1793 ; Dis- 
course at the ordination of Elijah Waterman, 1794 ; Discourse 
on the folly of practical Atheism, 1794; Discourse on the 
death of President Stiles, 1795 '> Two occasional discourses 
at the beginning of the year, 1801 ; Sermon at the ordination 
of Andrew Yates, 180 1 ; Sermon on the death of Ebenezer 
Grant, March, 1803 ; Sermon on the character of Scoffers, 
1805 ; Thanksgiving Sermon, 1805 ; Sermons to young 
people, 1806. 



2IO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER X. 



CHURCH AT MERIDEN. 



In 1724, the number of families within the limits of 
Meriden had increased to thirty-five. The distance to 
Wallingford being great, and the roads bad, they natu- 
rally wished for public worship nearer to their residences- 
Some families had attended the ministry of the Rev. 
William Burnham, of the Great Swamp or Kensington 
parish.' According to the custom of that day, however, 
they did not proceed to accomodate themselves in the 
matter, until it had been laid before the town, and their 
express permission obtained. Accordingly in 1724, we 
find a vote that " in respect to the North Farmers that 
they may hire a minister for four months this winter on 
their own charge." In May, 1725, Nathaniel Merriam 
and others petitioned the General Assembly that the 
town of Wallingford at their meeting held April 27, 
1725, had by their vote granted that there should be a 
society in or near the north part of Wallingford, upon 
the condition 

"In s<i vote mentioned, and appointed a Committee to 

I "May, 1722: Resolved by this Assembly that the 2cl Society in Farm- 
ington, with what of Wethersfleld and Middletown is by this Assembly 
annexed thereto, shall for the future be called and known by the name of 
Kensington." 



CHURCH AT MERIDEN. 211 

state bounds for s^^ society or such part thereof as is in- 
tended to be taken out of s^^ WalUngford which together with 
the lands commonly called Wallingford West Society or to 
Farmington South Society, we hope are and will be capable 
of carrying on and supporting the work of a Society and 
the Gospell ministry among themselves (especially if Mr. 
Belchers farm were added) and the s^ Inhabitants living 
very remote from any place of Public worship, viz at the 
distance of 6, 7, and 8 miles and the nearest 4. We 
therefore urged by these pressing Difficulties and encour- 
aged by yo^" HonWes wonted paternal care and goodness do 
Humbly Pray this Honbi*; Assembly that we may (with 
the addition of Mr. Belchers farm afforrs"^') be made a 
District society for setting up and carrying on and support- 
ing the Public worship of God among ourselves with such 
Liberties powers and priveledges as other such societies 
have and by law enjoy." 

The above petition was granted exclusive of Mr. 
Belcher's farm, and in 1725, they organized themselves 
into a distinct Ecclesiastical Society ; and that society 
and the territory they occupied, received the present 
name of Meriden. For the next tw^o years they had 
public worship only in the winter season, and their 
meetings were held in a private house. But at the very 
outset, there arose a very serious difficulty as to the 
location of their meeting-house. The inhabitants 
around " Dog's Misery," would naturally desire that the 
church should be as near as possible to their farms ; and 
the people at " Pilgrim's Harbor," " the Old Road," and 
" Milking-yard farms," would be equally desirous of a 
site convenient to themselves. That part of the town, 
now constituting " the center," was then entirely unin- 
habited, or was of so little consequence, that its claims 
in the matter do not appear to have been thought of. 



212 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

At length it was decided that the meeting-house should 
be built on the western slope of the hill, still known as 
the " meeting-house hill," in which decision, the " Dog's 
Misery" party had the advantage. In accordance with 
this decision, the materials were all prepared, and col- 
lected at the chosen spot. But the aggrieved party, 
hoping yet to gain redress, collected men and teams at 
night, and hauled the timbers over a brook, and up a 
hill, to a lot on or near which the old Willard Hall house 
now stands, that being the spot where they wished the 
house to stand. Of course such a step would excite no 
small stir. The other party assembled amidst great ex- 
citement, and loud and bitter was the controversy. A 
town meeting was called, and the very men and teams 
who toiled all night to carrv the timbers westward, were 
compelled to haul them back to the old spot, in broad 
daylight, amid the taunts and jeers of the assembled 
people. To them it was more sport in bringing the 
timbers over than in carrying them back. 

Facilis descensus Averni ; 

Sed revocare gradum, 

Hoc opus, hie labor est. 

The house was then built on the spot first selected. 
It was about thirty feet square, and built in the very 
plainest style. That humble edifice, humble in compar- 
ison with the spacious and beautiful structures that now 
adorn the town, was built and maintained in repair with 
an honorable zeal for public worship. In such a temple, 
our fathers maintained the worship and ordinances of 
God for twenty-eight years, sitting sabbath after sab- 
bath, through a long course of exercises, which would 
weary out the men of our degenerate days. In Decem- 
ber, 1728, Rev. Theophilus Hall began to preach in the 



REV. THEOPHILUS HALL. 213 

new meeting-house. October 9, 1729, it was resolved to 
form a church ; and on October 22, after a day of fasting 
and prayer the church was duly organized, and the 
following persons were gathered as the original members: 

JoHX Merriam, Jr., and wife, The wife of John Ives, 
Nath'l Merriam and wife. The wife of Bexj. Curtis, 
Robert Rovce, John Hecock and wife, 

Samuel Rovce and wife, John Cole, " 

Thomas Yale and wife. The wife of William Hough, 

John Merriam, The wife of John Yale, 

Bartholomew Foster, - The wife of Joseph Cole, 

Robert Collins, The wife of Nath'l Rovce, 

David Levit, The wife of David Rich, 

Ezekiel Rovce and wife, The wife of Daniel Harris, 

Abel Rovce and wife. The wife of S. Andrews, 

Benj. Rovce and wife. The wife of Tim. Jerom, 

Joseph Merriam, The wife of J. Robinson, 

Dan. Balding and wife. The wife of W. Merriam, 

Amos Camp and wife. The wife of Jas. Rovce, 

Benj. Whiting and wife, Widow Rovce, 

Sam'l Ives and wife, Marv Hough, 

Ebenezer Prindle and wife, Eunice Cole, 
John Wav and wife. 

The Rev. Theophilus Hall was the first pastor of the 
church. He was born in Wallingford, April i, 1707, 
and was the son of Samuel and Love Hall. He was 
graduated at Yale College in 1727, and was ordained 
first pastor of the church in Meriden, Oct. 29, 1729, 
where he remained until his death, March 25, 1767, in 
the sixtieth year of his age. In his personal appear- 
ance he was quite small in stature, and with suavity 
of temper and dignity of manners, he united the greatest 
affability. Persuaded of the truth of Christianity, and 
deeply sensible of its importance, he was well able to 



214 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

defend it. Feeling the truth, dignity and importance 
of his subject, in composing his sermons, he seemed 
to have caught the fervor of St. Paul in delivering 
them. Diligent to know the state of his flock, and 
naturally caring for it, his pastoral visits were frequent 
and judiciously conducted. Dr. Dana said of him 
that he was " a man of strong intellectual powers, 
much esteemed as a preacher, of great firmness and 
stability, and a zealous advocate for civil and religious 
liberty." During his ministry about two hundred and 
fifty person were added to the church. Self-denying, 
humble, prayerful, full of love for souls, and faithful to 
the cause of Christ, he unquestionably was. Geoffrey 
Chaucer, the father of English poetry, draws his 
picture in the following description of a parish priest : 

" A good man there was of religion, 

He was a poor parson of a town, 

But rich he was of holy thought and werk, 

He was a learned man, a clerk, 

That Christe's Gospel trewely wolde preche ; 

His parishens devoutly wolde tech, 

Benign he was, and wonder diligent, 

And in adversity full patient. 

-Jr "Tf -Jf tP •?? ^ -Tf 

Wide was his parish and houses far asunder, 

But he ne left nought for no rain ne. thunder, 

In sickness and in mischeefe to visite, 

The feerest in his parish, moche and lite, 

Upon his fete, and in his hand a staff. 

But if were any person obstinat, 

What so he were of high or low estat. 

Him would he snibben sharply for the nones. " 

Mr. Hall left a widow and seven children. His eldest 
son, the Rev. Avery Hall, was pastor of a church in 



REV. THEOPHILUS HALL. 21 5 

Rochester, N. Y The second daughter, Eunice, mar- 
ried the Rev. Andrew Lee, D. D., of Lisbon, Conn., 
Oct. 15, 1768. Mr. Hall published two sermons on the 
death of Rev. Isaac Stiles ; two sermons on Faith ; and 
a sermon delivered at the ordination of the Rev. Mat- 
thew Merriam, of Berwick, Me.' Mr. Hall lived in a 
house, not now in existence, which stood on the lot 
where the present Willard Hall house now stands, on 
Curtis street, near the city line. He also owned a farm 
of about one hundred acres, which comprised all the 
central part of the town. It was bounded by a line 
drawn from the Town House, and running southerly 
about one hundred rods, then easterly to a point near 
the grounds of the old Catholic Church, corner of Olive 
and Broad streets, thence northerly to the head of 
Liberty street, and thence to the point of departure. 
On this farm he built a house for his son. That house 
now stands in its original location, and is occupied as 
the Central Hotel. 

In 1750, the subject began to be agitated in regard to 
building a new house, and Mr. Hall offered to give the 
land which was near the place where the Center Congre- 
gational church now stands, which was nearly a mile 
north of the old church. This place met with much 
opposition, and April 17, 1752, Ezekiel Royce and 
Daniel Hough petitioned the General Assembly that 
the place set by the committee appointed for that pur- 
pose, " is upon Rev. Mr. Theophilus Hall's land, which 
renders it impracticable to use the place for the purpose 
proposed The committee supposing the center 

I Mr. Merriam was a native of Wallingford, and was graduated at Yale 
College in 1759. He was ordained pastor of the clnnch at Berwick, Me., 
in September, 1765, and died in January, 1797. 



2l6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

of the society to be north of the place set, where truly 
it ought to be esteemed by reason of much mountainous 
and waste land in the northern part of said society." 
The petitioners went on to show that another place 
south of the place set by the said committee was much 
more commodious, and to which the people might resort 
with less travel. The petition was not granted, and the 
church was built in 1755. It was about sixty feet long 
and fifty broad. Originally it was without steeple or 
bell, but in 1803 a steeple was added and a bell pro- 
cured. This house was occupied for public worship 
seventy-six years. 

At the time of the decease of the Rev. Mr. Hall, the 
church in Meriden was in special relation to the neigh- 
boring elders and churches, as a member of the Conso- 
ciation of New Haven county. Churches standing in 
this relation, had esteemed it their duty to consult the 
association in times of pastoral bereavement with regard 
to a suitable candidate to be improved upon probation 
in order to settlement. Many of the society earnestly 
requested that the society would pursue this common 
and orderly practice, which the majority refused ; and at 
the same time, Oct. 5, 1767, voted to invite Mr. Hubbard, 
a clergyman reputed unsound in the great principles of 
the gospel, to preach four Sabbaths upon probation. 
This vote was not unanimous, as forty-two were in favor 
of the call, and twenty-one opposed it. At the society 
meeting, the votes on the proposal to present a call to 
Mr. Hubbard stood, sixty-five in the affirmative and 
thirty-seven in the negative. They also voted to give 
him a settlement, as it was called ; that is, a gift of one 
hundred pounds at his settlement, and an annual salary 
of eighty pounds, which was about equal to $250 ; one 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. HUBBARD. 21/ 

half of which was to be paid in wheat, rye and corn. 
But the division indicated by these votes appears to 
have been a very serious one, and the feelings excited in 
the church very strong. On the twelfth of October, 
forty-seven' of the society preferred a petition to said 
society, entreating that they would advise with the asso- 
ciation as usual, relative to a candidate for settlement, or 
that application might be made to either of the associa- 
tions in the Colony to advise them in that important 
affair, objecting at the same time against Mr. Hubbard, 
on account of his general character for unsoundness 
in the great doctrines of the gospel. The major party 
notwithstanding, on the second of November following, 
did by their vote, invite Mr. Hubbard to settle among 
them in the work of the ministry. The minor party upon 
this, invited the Consociation of the County to meet in 
Meriden, and exhibited a complaint to the Association 
alleging that his introduction as a candidate among 
them was irregular, and that his principles were heret- 
ical. Being regularly notified to appear before the Asso- 
ciation, and he making no objection with regard to the 
shortness of the time given him, nor intimating that he 
desired more, or would ever answer to the complaint be- 
fore the Association ; but denying their right of juris- 
diction, the Association rcalled his recommendation to 
the churches, and so far as they were concerned, silenced 
him. The church proceeded nevertheless, and invited a 
council to assemble, Dec. 29, 1767, to ordain Mr. Hub- 
bard. They met, but on the same day, the Consociation 

I It ought properly to have been forty-three ; for four signed after the 
meeting, which made the whole number forty-seven. These four were 
against Mr. Hubbard at the time of the meeting, but had not opportunity 
then to sign. 



2l8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

of the county also assembled in Meriden at the invita- 
tion of the minority. The council prepared to ordain 
Mr. Hubbard, agreeably to the wishes of the majority ; 
the Consociation assembled to aid and advise the 
minority in opposing the ordination. There was thus 
presented the unseemly spectacle of two ecclesiastical 
bodies, assembled as rallying points for the two little 
parties into which the church was divided. Both of 
these bodies remained in session four days, sending 
from one to the other, letters, resolutions and remon- 
strances, becoming themselves more and more excited, 
and of course, exasperating the feud among the people 
which had already become intense. 

Mr. Hubbard had for many years been reported 
unsound in some important articles of the Christian 
faith, and the Association might possibly with justice 
have called him to give a new account of his principles 
before ; but he being generally employed in other busi- 
ness, and no complaint being exhibited against him, the 
Association, whether out of neglect, or tenderness to 
Mr. Hubbard, never took the matter into consideration 
until he preached at Meriden on probation, when a 
formal complaint being exhibited against him, and he 
refusing to vindicate himself, the Association thought 
they could not answer a good conscience, unless they 
proceeded as related above. The major part, notwith- 
standing, agreed with Mr. Hubbard to settle with them 
as their pastor, and invited a council to ordain him, who 
having met and heard the whole affair, and considered 
the broken state of the society, were of the opinion that 
it was not best to ordain him. 

But it seems the difficulties only became worse. The 
next May session, the minor party applied to the 



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SETTLEMENT OF MR. HUBBARD. 219 

Assembly for relief, who granted them a committee to 
hear the affairs of the society and look into the state of 
it, and make report thereof; which they afterwards did, 
and the Assembly released the aggrieved from all taxes 
to Mr. Hubbard, until the rising of the next Assembly.' 
The committee from the Assembly, previous to their 
report, advised to the calling in a number of ministers 
and lawyers, whom they particularly named, as a council 
to advise the parish in their broken and unhappy cir- 
cumstances. The minor party in compliance with their 
advice, agreed to call in the reverend gentlemen 
nominated by said committee, viz., the Rev. Messrs. 
Devotion, Salter, Strong, Welles, Johnson, Cogswell and 
Huntington of Coventry, as a council for advice ; and 
declared by a writing- under their hand that they would 



1 This petition which was preferred at the May session, was not heard 
until the session in October following. "In April, 1768, twenty-eight per- 
sons petitioned the General Assembly that the society at Meriden was 
destitute of a pastor, and invited Rev. John Hubbard Jr. of New Haven to 
preach ; a man reputed unsound in gospel doctrines, against whom the 
memorialists presented a complaint to the Association, who revoked his 
license. Yet the Society agreed. November 1767, with him for settlement, 
and fixed the time for the ordination, which they could not obtain. They 
then hired him, and laid a tax to support preaching, and to avoid being 
called to account for disorderly proceedings, the church and society have 
removed the Ecclesiastical constitution established by law. The petition- 
ers prayed that they might be freed from paying rates and charges, and 
allowed to hire a minister among themselves." This petition was signed 
by John Ives, Elijah Scovill, Samuel Penfield, Isaac Hall 3d, Brenton 
Hall, Dan. CoUins, Levi Yale, Amos Camp Jr., Timothy Ives, Abel Yale, 
Edward Collins, Elisha Scovill, Yale Bishop, Peter Penfield, Isaac Hall, 
Ebenezer Prindle, Amos Camp, Nathaniel Penfield, Reynold Beckwith, 
Noah Yale, Gideon Ives, Stephen Perkins, John Hall, Samuel Scovill, 
David Hall, Elnathan Ives, John Berry. October 4, 1769, fifty-four peti- 
tioners desired that the memorial should be prosecuted. 

2 The proposal was in these words : "That the Rev. Ebenezer Devotion, 
Mr. Salter, Mr. Strong of Coventry, Mr. Welles of Stamford, Mr. Johnson 



220 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

follow their advice, until ready for ordination, and that 
these gentlemen should nominate an ordaining council 
for them. With this agreement which was delivered to 
the society signed by the minor part, the major part of 
the society refused a compliance ; and after much pains 
taken, finding that they could obtain no one in the 
colony who would assist them in the ordination of Mr, 
Hubbard, excepting the two Elders, who were particu- 
larly interested in the affair, and had before given their 
judgment in the matter, they prevailed upon four gentle- 
men, with delegates from two neighboring colonies ( one 
nevertheless, even of this number being a brother by 
marriage to the pastor elect, and in this respect disquali- 
fied to judge in such an affair) to assist them in 
conjunction with the others above mentioned. In 
October, 1768, Isaac Hall, and others, members of the 
society of Meriden, petitioned the General Assembly, 
after stating the particulars of the settlement of Mr. 
Hubbard, 

"That there is near one half of the Society in Number 
and List who cannot in Conscience attend his ministry, 

of Lyme, Mr. Cogswell of Canterbury, and Huntington of Coventry, shall 
be a committee with whom we will advise respecting a Candidate for 
Settlement among us in the worlv of the Gospel Ministry; and whose 
advice we will follow from Time to Time, 'till we are ready for Ordination. 
And that whenever we are agreed in a Candidate, and desire his ordination 
these same Ministers with Delegates from their respective Churches, shall 
be the Council to ordain him ; or we will be advised by them in choosing 
a Council and will send for such, and such only as they shall advise to." 
This proposal was introduced with a preamble setting forth the willingness 
and desire of the minor part, to unite with their brethren upon any 
reasonable terms. That they made this proposal in compliance with the 
advice of the commissioners from the " Honorable General Assembly," 
and that they would abide by it. The writing bore date January 9, 1769. 
Sealed proposals had been before made by the aggrieved, much to the 
same purpose. 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. HUBBARD. 221 

that said Society have laid a tax on the members of it to 
pay Mr. Hubbard for preaching, and defray the charges of 
his intended ordination. That by their continuing him in 
said Society no minister can be settled, nor any orthodox 
regular Candidate be introduced or improved. That said 
Society and Church have renounced the Ecclesiastical 
Constitution of this Colony so that they cannot be called 
to an account by an Ecclesiatical Council. Though the 
Memorialists continue to adhere to the established Con- 
stitution, which they highly value and praying for relief &c., 
as per Memorial on file. Resolved by this Assembly that 
Joseph Spencer, Zebulon West, Esq., and Mr. Jonathan 
Welles, he and they are hereby appointed a Committee to 
repair to said Meriden, with full Power and Authority to 
examine all the Matters and Things complained of in 
said Memorial or relating thereto, and the State of said 
Society, and to hear all the concerned, and to make Report 
of what they shall find with their opinion thereon to this 
or the next General Assembly to be holden at Hartford in 
May next, and that in the meantime the tax mentioned in 
said Memorial be not levied upon the Memorialists and 
those who have been aggrieved with said Proceedings of 
said Society." 

In October, 1769, it was resolved that all persons who 
entered their names with the Town Clerk at Wallingford 
before the expiration of six months should be exempted 
from paying any rates laid and imposed by the society 
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the settle- 
ment and support of Mr. Hubbard. The same year a 
committee was appointed to make inquiries, &c., and 
reported that the list of the Meriden society was 
£8420 16s. id. 

"Major party list, lawful voters, ^4732 ii^-. 9^. 
Major party, unlawful voters, 415 18 3 



222 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Minor party, lawful voters, ;^3020 igs -^d. 

Minor party, unlawful voters, 162 10 

List of neutral and non-residents, 723 19 6." 

They thought a division would be ruinous to both 
parties ; " but to oblige the minor party to pay taxes to 
such a preacher, is an infringement of their rights, and 
they recommend a council." The minor party said in 
their petition, September, 1770, that the church and 
society continued on the Saybrook platform, during the 
life of their late pastor, from which the major party had 
withdrawn, but excluded the petitioners from the meet- 
ing-house which the major party had forfeited. They 
prayed to be recognized as the First Society, with right 
to possess the house, and that a committee be appointed. 
This petition was signed by Isaac Hall, Amos Camp, 
Nathaniel Penfield, Noah Yale, Elnathan Ives, Gideon 
Ives, Moses Mitchell and John Berry. The committee 
appointed, reported that the major party taxed the chil- 
dren of the minor party when they came of age ; which 
they thought should be refunded, and the children of all 
when they came of age, and persons coming into the 
society, might choose to which party they belong. In 
October, 1774, eight petitioners who joined the minor 
party, found the charges against Mr. Hubbard without 
foundation, and returned ; but the minor party continued 
to tax them ; they prayed therefore for a release, which 
was negatived. The petition was signed by James 
Scovill, Daniel Baldwin, Divan Berry, Benjamin Rexford, 
John Morgan, Thomas Mix, Jr., Daniel Baldwin, Jr., and 
Benjamin Ford, The affair seems to have excited a 
good deal of attention throughout the state ; for letters 
and statements respecting all these proceedings appeared 
in the papers, and several pamphlets were published, in 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. HUBBARD. 223 

which the affair, with all its bearings, and the principles 
involved, were earnestly discussed. 

At length, June 22, 1769, after nearly two years of 
unhappy controversy, Mr. Hubbard was ordained, and 
the Rev. Chauncey Whittelsey, of New Haven, preached 
the ordination sermon. But so strong was the feeling 
among the ministers of the State, that few would take 
any part in the ordination ; and a council, composed 
principally of persons out of the State, convened at 
Meriden, and performed the required ceremonies.' In 
consequence of his settlement a portion of the church 
and society seceded, organized themselves as a separate 
body and maintained public worship. They met for 
some years in a private house, belonging to Captain 
Shaler, situated near the spot where the house of Mr. 
George P. Hall now stands, on the road leading to the 
north-east part of the town, and about one mile from the 
center. In 1770, there were but eight or nine families 
who met there. Gradually they all returned, as Mr. 



I In a " Letter from the Association of the County of New Haven to 
the Reverend Elders in the Colony of Rhode Island and Massachusetts- 
Bay who assisted at the Ordination of Rev. John Hubbard," printed at 
New Haven in 1770; the writer says, " It was extraordinary t\\2.i among 
so large a number of unexceptionable candidates as were to be found in 
the colony, they should fix upon one whose character for many years had 
been exceptionable ! It was extraordinary, that after a trial of four Sab- 
baths, and almost fifty in opposition, that they should invite him to settle- 
ment ! It was extraordinary, that after his License was regularly recalled, 
they should continue their invitation ! It was extraordinary that a Council 
of Judges of their own choosing should not judge agreeable to their minds ! 
There were, doubtless, extraordinary circumstances attending the Society, 
that a Council could not be obtained in the Colony, who would proceed to 
ordination ! It was extraordinary, that when the union was so small, and 
the matter was properly under the consideration of the Assembly, that the 
Church and Society should so strenuously urge the Ordination ! These 
things indeed are unusual and may well be termed extraordinary f' p. 10. 



224 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Hubbard's unusually kind and amiable disposition, and 
his persevering course of conciliatory conduct, slowly 
affected the minds of those who had opposed him. 

Mr. Hubbard's great error appears to have consisted 
in his being in advance of the age in which he lived. 
In his examination he doubted that Christ was coeval 
with the Father ; and when he was asked what he un- 
derstood by the words " In the beginning," he said, " the 
Scripture was somewhat silent, and he chose not to say 
much about it." In his confession of faith, there is 
nothing that affords the least evidence that he believed 
the doctrine of original sin, in the sense in which Cal- 
vinistic divines have generally understood it ; but the 
contrary. Mr. Hubbard also rejected the doctrine of 
" original righteousness ;" but believed that man resem- 
bled God, or was made in his image, as He was a 
rational, intelligent being, and as he was Lord and 
Governor of the new made world, and upright, as he 
was made capable of righteousness. Not that man had 
any holiness or conformity to the moral perfections of 
his Creator, in his state of innocence. This was held 
to be the grossest Arminianism. Mr. Hubbard was 
held to be unsound in the doctrine of the " Saint's Per- 
severance, and of " Regeneration," as generally under- 
stood by the Calvinistic divines. Says a writer of that 
day: 

" It was an important Duty which Mr. Hubbard owed to 
himself, to clear up his character, and give full Satisfaction 
that he believed the great Doctrines of the Divinity of our 
Blessed Saviour ; of Original Sin, the Perseverance of the 
Saints, and Regeneration, as received and held in these 
Churches, if he could have done it consistent with the Truth. 
He was bound, in Duty, to do it, as the Honor of God, 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. HUBBARD. 225 

and his own Peace and Welfare all his Days, were greatly 
concerned in it. The Peace and Edification of the Church 
and Society of Meriden, and all the Churches in general 
required it. This would have made all Things easy and 
quiet at Meriden ; for the aggrie\'ed Brethren respected Mr. 
Hubbard's Person, and would by no Means have opposed his 
Settlement, could they have been satisfied with Regard to his 
religious Sentiments. The Churches would have all rejoiced 
to have been satisfied in this Matter, and used their utmost 
Influence to have made his Life peaceful and happy. He 
must therefore, be highly guilty and inexcusable, in not doing 
it, provided it could have been done with a good Conscience. 
These Things, he doubtless well knew. Can any Man there- 
fore, in his Senses, imagine that he would not have done it 
when every engaging Prospect and Motive urged him to it, 
had not his Sentiments been really different from what is es- 
teemed sound and orthodox in these churches ?"' 

Rev. Mr. Hubbard was born in New Haven, in a 
house that stood on Chapel street, near the corner now 
occupied by the New Haven Hotel, January 24, 1742. 
He was graduated at Yale College in 1744. His father 
was Dr. John Hubbard, born at Jamaica, L. I., Novem- 
ber 30, 1703,- and married in 1724 to Mrs. Elizabeth 
Stevens. He left eight children, of whom John was the 

1 Remarks on the Confession of Faith and Examination of Mr. Hub- 
bard; New Haven, 1770. 

2 The following is taken from the New Haven yournal, and the New Ha- 
ven Post Boy, dated Friday, Nov. 5, 1773: "Last Saturday, Colonel, (that 
is Dr.) John Hubbard, departed this life ; who for many years, has been 
one and the chief, of the civil authority, and Representative of this town, 
Judge of Probate for this district, and one of the Judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas for the County of New Haven. A gentleman of superior 
genius, delicate taste, and good education, an honest, faithful man, an able, 
upright Judge, and Exemplary Christian ; who having served his genera- 
tion by the will of God, fell asleep, with a hope full of immortality, 
grounded on the grace of the gospel, as. 70. 

Q 



226 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

eldest. Rev. John Hubbard married first Rebecca Dick- 
erman, January 25, 1750, by whom he left two sons, John 
and Isaac' He married second, Mary Russell. About 
the year 1783, Mr. Hubbard was seriously injured by being 
thrown from his sleigh, and thereby disabled from preach- 
ing. He lingered until November 18, 1786, when he died 
in the sixtieth year of his age. He built and occupied a 
house that stood near where the residence of Mr. Edward 
Miller now stands, and which now stands a few rods 
south, on the east side of Broad street. Mr. Hubbard 
was a man of about the middle size, with an unusually 
pleasant and benignant countenance. His pleasing 
manners and amiable disposition won for him the affec- 
tions of the people. As a preacher he was animated 
and interesting. The Connecticut yournal, dated New 
Haven, Wednesday, November 22, 1786, says: 

"On the i8th inst., died Rev. John Hubbard, senior pastor 
of the church in Meriden, in the 60th year of his age. 
After receiving a liberal education in Yale College, where 
he graduated in 1744, he at length settled in the ministry 
at Meriden. Here he labored to good acceptance, and 
Apostolic fidelity for a number of years until, by the provi- 
dence of God, he was disabled from his work, about two 

I John was born January 14, 1751. He married Anna Atwater, in 1775, 
by whom he had one son, John, who was born January 14, 1778. His wife 
died February 2, 1778. In May, 1779, he was married to Martha Bradley, 
by whom he had five children. The first was born March i, 1780, and 
died in infancy; Anna was born June 15, 1782; Russell was born Oct. 
18, 1784; William was born July, 24, 1787; Dana was born Aug. 17, 
1 789. Isaac, the second son of Rev. John Hubbard, was born Nov. 22, 
1752. He married Jane, daughter of Thomas Berry, Dec. 5, 1782, by 
whom he had seven children: Rebecca, born Nov. 25, 1783; Mary, born 
Dec. 24, 1785; Thomas, born Jan. 9, 1788; Isaac, born July 7, 1790, and 
died Feb. 17, 1812; John, born April 21, 1792 ; Ezra Stiles, born May 13, 
1794; Elizabeth, born Sept. 20, 1796. 



SETTLEMENT OF MR. HUBBARD, 22/ 

years since. The Rev. Mr. Willard was last June ordained 
colleague pastor with him. His interment was on Monday 
last, when the Rev. Dr. Dana preached a sermon suitable 
to the occasion, after which the funeral was attended, both 
by his relatives, and by an affectionate and mournful flock, 
with every mark of esteem and respect towards a beloved 
and worthy pastor, and a character venerable for piety and 
virtue. He entertained the highest ideas of the dignity 
and Divinity of Jesus Christ, of salvation by sovereign grace, 
of the merits of the Redeemer's atonement, and his glorious 
righteousness, which he judged the only foundation of a 
sinner's justification and acceptance with God, while he was 
a firm advocate for moral virtue and real holiness of heart 
and life. Very useful was he to his people during his min- 
istry, and never was a pastor more sincerely beloved by his 
flock, which, in his visitations as well as in the ministrations 
of the sanctuary, beheld his face, as it had been the face 
of an Angel, for he was conversant among them with gravity, 
prudence, wisdom and benevolence."^ 

I Mr. Hubbard descended from an honorable line of ancestry. As 
early as 1630, ten years after the Pilgrim Fathers set their feet on Plymouth 
Rock, Mr. Wm. Hubbard left his island home, and crossed a trackless 
ocean to seek a home amid the wilds of America. After a few years he 
established himself at Ipswich, Mass., which town he represented in the 
General Court six years, between 1638 and 1646. He afterward removed 
to Boston, and died about 1670, leaving three sons, William, Richard and 
Nathaniel. William, the eldest, was born in England, in 1621 ; came to 
this country with his father when about nine years of age ; was educated 
at Harvard College, and received his Bachelor degree at the age of 21 
years, with the first class that graduated at Harvard College. From the 
time that he left college till he had passed the age of thirty-five no record 
of his life remains ; but it is ascertained that, during this period he studied 
theology, and was, for some time, an assistant to the Rev. Mr. Cobbet of 
Ipswich. About the year 1656 he was ordained as colleague with Mr. 
Cobbet, who, though in the prime of life, required an assistant, on account 
of the great extent of his ministerial labours. Mr. Hubbard employed 
much of his time in historical investigations. His first work was a narra- 
tive of the troubles with the Indians in 1676 — 7, with a supplement 
concerning the war with the Pequots in 1637, to which is annexed a table 



228 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Rev. John Willard, from Staftbrd, Ct., was settled as 
colleague pastor in June, 1786, a few months before the 

and postscript of twelve pages. Also a narrative of the troubles with the 
Indians in New England, from Piscataqua to Paumaquid. The whole was 
published at Boston in 1677. The same work was printed in London, in 
1677, mider the title of "The Present State of New England." An edition 
of fifty copies in two vols, royal 8vo was printed at Albany in 1865. A 
copy of the original edition was sold at auction in New York in 1864, from 
the library of Mr. Andrew Wight, for one hundred and thirty-five dollars. 
Mr. Hubbard's "History of New England " was completed in 1680, but 
was not published until 1815. In 1682 the author received ;i^5o from the 
General Court " as a manifestation of thankfulness " for this history, " he 
transcribing it fairly, that it may be more easily perused." Mr. Hubbard 
died September 14, 1704, at the age of eighty-three years. He married 
Margaret, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, and granddaughter of the 
Rev. John Rogers, who was burnt at the stake in .Smithfield, England, 
Feb. 4, 1555. At the age of seventy-three, Mr. Hubbard married for a 
second wife, Mary, the widow of Samuel Pearce. His children were John, 
Nathaniel, and Margaret. John the eldest, and his wife Ann, were living 
in Boston in 1680. Margaret married John Pynchon, Esq., of Springfield. 
Rev. John Huhbard, grandson of Rev. William Hubbard of Ipswich, was 
born at Ipswich, Mass., in 1677 ;was graduated at Harvard College in 1695, 
and settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Long Island, 
in 1698 ; where after a ministry of seven years, he died October 5, 1705, aged 
twenty-eight years and nine months. A particular account of his death 
may be found in the Boston A^wj Letter ol October 22, 1705, No. 79. Dr. 
John Hubbard, son of Rev. John of Jamaica, was born at Jamaica, Long 
Island, Nov. 30, 1703, At the age of two years he lost his father, after 
which, he, with his mother, removed to Boston, where he received the rudi- 
ments of a good education at a grammar school. We ne.xt find the family 
in Hartford, Conn., where his mother was married to Rev. Samuel Wood- 
bridge of East Hartford. At the age of seventeen Dr. Hubbard was ap- 
prenticed to a physician. In 1724 he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, 
and two years after removed to New Haven. In 1730, the Rector and Trus- 
tees of Yale College conferred the honorary degree of Master of Arts upon 
Dr. John Hubbard " for his eminent attainments in Latin and Greek, as well 
as in Philosophy, Medicine, Poetry and Belles-lettres — attainments chiefly 
due to his own native enthusiasm and unaided efforts." Dr. Hubbard had 
eight children ; John, born Jan. 24, 1727; Daniel, born Dec. 24, 1729; 
Elizabeth, born July 3, 1731; William, born March 20, 1733; William 
Abdial, born Dec. 15, 1736; Stephen Whitehead, born Jan. 16, 1747; 
Leverett and Amelia. The eldest son was the Rev. John Hubbard of 



CONG. MINISTERS OF MERIDEN. 229 

death of Mr. Hubbard.' His salary was ^IQQ, about 
equal to ^330, and thirty cords of wood annually ; and 
by agreement the wood was to be taken at 8s. per cord. 
He also received a settlement, as it was then termed, of 
^200. Since that time, the custom of making dona- 
tions at the settlement of a pastor — once almost univer- 
sal in our Churches — has been entirely abandoned here, 
and throughout the State. 

At the time of Mr. Willard's ordination, serious diffi- 
culties arose in the Congregation, similar in their origin 
to those which appeared at the settlement of Mr. Hub- 
bard. The Theological doctrines, styled Arminianism 
and Calvinism, were then warmly debated throughout 
the State, and had their respective advocates among the 
ministers and churches. It seems that Mr. Willard's 
doctrinal sentiments on some of these controverted 
points, were distasteful to a portion of the people, and 
they consequently opposed his settlement. Although 
there was no organized secession from the church on 
account of these differences, yet the dissatisfaction re- 
mained and increased. Very great numbers during his 
ministry, either deserted public worship altogether, or 

Meriden. See Holmes' Am. Ann., i. Hutchinson's Hist. Mass. Mass. 
Hist Coll., VII. Felt's Hist. Ipswich. Eliot's Biog. Diet. Young's Chron. 
Felt's Eccl. Hist. N. E., i. Am. Quar. Reg. for Nov., 1835. Thompson's 
Hist, of Long Island, 11. 108. Sprague's Annals, i. 148. Tuttle's Hist. 
Sketch of Hon. William Hubbard. 

I The following were chosen a council for the purpose of ordaining Mr. 
Willard : Rev. Ezra Stiles, D. D., President of Yale College ; Rev. 
Joseph Willard, President of Cambridge College ; Rev. James Dana, 
D. D.; Elizur Goodrich, D. D, ; Rev. Chauncey Whittelsey ; Rev. John 
Willard; Rev. Jesse Ives; Rev. Enoch Huntington; Rev. John March ; 
Rev. Nathan Williams; Rev. Charles Beers; Rev. Benjamin Trumbull; 
Rev. Thomas Minor; Rev. John Lewis; Rev. John Foot; Rev. Nathan 
Fenn; Rev. Abner Benedict; Rev. Benoni Upson; Rev. Wm. Robinson. 



230 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

transferred themselves to other denominations ; so that 
the congregation was very much diminished and 
weakened. In consequence of which Mr. Willard was 
dismissed in the year 1802. He subsequently removed 
to Vermont, where he died. He is said to have been in 
his personal appearance, very tall and slender, and to 
have preached with a good deal of animation. While 
residing in Meriden he built and occupied the house now 
owned and used by Mr. Hiram Yale on North Broad, at 
the head of Liberty street. 

In February, 1803, Rev. Erastus Ripley' was settled. 
His salary was four hundred dollars. In the course of 
his ministry his congregation rapidly diminished. Great 
numbers joined themselves to other denominations, and 
at one time it seemed as if the church would become 
quite extinct. He was dismissed in February, 1822, 
after a ministry of nineteen years. During his ministry 
one hundred were added to the church. Mr. Ripley was 
a very large and commanding man in his personal 
appearance, and possessed of a strong mind. But his 
manner of preaching was dry, metaphysical, and desti- 
tute of all animation. While here he built and occupied 



I Mr. Ripley was the ninth child of Joshua and Elizabeth (Lathrop) 
Ripley, and was born at Windam, Ct., June 17, 1770. He belonged to a 
family which has furnished a good many Congregational ministers. He 
was graduated at Yale College in 1775, and was a licentiate of the New 
Haven East Association in 1797. He supplied the church at Brookfield 
(Newbury,) from March, 1800, till April, 181 1. He was ordained at 
Meriden, February, 1803; dismissed February, 1822; was installed at 
Goshen parish, now Lebanon, Sept. 24, 1823, and dismissed February 16, 
1832. He then supplied the church at Montville about three years, and 
finally returned to Meriden, where he died November 17, 1843, ^e. TZ- I" 
1829 he published a sermon on the Evil and Cure of Inteniperance. He 
married Elizabeth, sister of Rev. Jno. Sherman, and had no children. His 
wife died November 3, 1834. 



[N 1830. 

alter Booth ; 13, Salmon Merriman ; 

18, A. Merriam ; 19, Barn ; 20, J. S. 
; 35, Store ; 20, Major Cowles ; 38, 

, Crriswold ; 34, Barnes ; 3o, Capt. 
38, F. Fiirrinivton ; 39, Tyler's Tin 
Clun-cli ; 43. Seth Plum ; 44, Amos 

W^. Yale; 48, Tin Sliop; 49, John 

p ; 53, D. Dayton ; 54, Lyman Col- 
58, Tavern; 59, Barn; 61, Lewis; 
J. Hall ; 66, Samuel Yale ; 67, Ben- 
; 71, G. Plimet ; 72, Watrous ; 74, 



made a few mistakes. Above Edwai-fl Col- 
jf Noah Foster, Patrick Clark, Jesse Curtis, 

were the houses of Matthew Foster, Samuel 
%n, near whose house stood the old stone fort. 




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MAP OF MERIDEN IN 1830. 
4, Darius Benliam ; 7, Edward Collins ; 9, Gen. "Walter Booth ; 12, Salmon Merriman ; 
13, Ira Merriman ; 16, Store ; 17, Lorrin Merriara ; 18, A. Merriam ; 19, Barn ; 20, J. S. 
Brooks; 21, H. Merriam ; 22, Store; 24, X,. Green; 25, Store; 2(5, Major Cowles ; 28, 
Capt. Little ; 29, Caleb Austin ; 80, S. Perkins ; 3t, Griswold ; M, Barnes ; 35, Capt. 
Cowles' shop; 36. J. Mecorney ; 37, Orren Belden ; 38, F. Farrinscton ; 39, Tyler's Tin 
shop; 40, Lewis & Holt; 41, Church; 42, Episcopal Church; 43, Scth Plum; 44, Amos 
Curtis; 45, David Clark; 46, Baptist Church; 47, W. Yale; 48, Tin Sliop; 49, Jf)hn 
Butler; 50, A. White; 51, Barn; 52, Blacksmith Shoo ; 53, D. Dayton; 54, Lyman Col- 
lins; 55, Church; 56. Esq. Andrews ; 57, Ivah Yale. 58, Tavern; 59, Barn; 61, Lewis; 
62, Benham; 63, Jordan's Factory; 64, Distillery; 65, J. Hall; 66, Samuel Yale; 67, Ben- 
jamin Upson; 69, W. Martin; 70. Rev. Mr. Ripley; 71, G. Pliniet; 72, Watrous ; 74. 
A. Plum. 



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After this map was engraved it was discovered tliat tlie artist ha(i made a few mistal<es. Above Edward Col- 
lins's house on the Colony road, and on tlie same side, were houses (f Noah Foster, PatricV: Claris, Jesse Curtis, 
and John Yale. On the other side, and above Darius Benham\ were the houses of Matthew Foster, Samuel 
Butler, Ira Yale, Joseph Twiss, Stephen Bailey, and Sidney Merrimin, near whose house stood the old stone fort. 




CONG. MINISTERS OF MERIDEN. 23 1 

the house opposite the residence of Deacon Walter 
Booth, on North Broad street. 

Rev. Charles J. Hinsdale/ commenced preaching in 
Meriden September 22, 1822 ; and after preaching five 
Sabbaths, he was ordained and installed January 15, 
1823. During his ministry, the church and congregation 
increased very much in numbers and prosperity, and 
about fifty were added to the church. There were re- 
peated revivals of religion, and a new house of worship 
erected, at a cost of $7000. Its dimensions were 
seventy-three feet long, and fifty feet wide. He was 
dismissed in December, 1833, after a ministry of eleven 
years. His salary in Meriden was five hundred and fifty 
dollars. 

Rev. William McLain supplied the church one year, 
from 1834 to 1835. He was afterwards for many years 
secretary of the American Colonization Society. 

In March, 1836, Rev. Arthur Granger was settled.^ 
He was dismissed in July, 1838, and became pastor of 
the South church, Middletown, from April, 1839, ^o 
May, 1844, when he was called to the High street 
church. Providence, R. I., where he died about 1846. In 
1837, Rev. Mr. Ludlow attempted to deliver a lecture 
in the Congregational church on the subject of slavery, 
when he was interrupted by a mob, who attempted to 

1 Mr. Hinsdale was born at Newark, N. J. ; was graduated at Yale Col- 
lege in 1815 ; was installed at Blandford, Mass, January 20, 1836, where 
he now lives. 

2 At the installation of Mr. Granger, Rev. Mr. Noyes made the introduc- 
tory prayer ; Rev. Mr. Shepherd made the installing prayer ; Rev. Joel 
Hawes preached the sermon ; Rev. Mr. Gilbert gave the right hand of fel- 
lowship ; Rev. Mr. Whitmore gave the charge to the pastor ; Rev. Mr. - 
Dutton gave the charge to the people; Rev. Mr. Griggs made the con- 
cluding prayer. 



232 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

break up the meeting. The doors were locked, but 
were broken down, and Mr. Ludlow was made a target 
for rotten eggs and other missiles, and was obliged to 
flee for his life. A long and tedious lawsuit followed 
this affair, in which a number of prominent persons of 
the town were engaged. We have elsewhere given a 
full history of this affair. 

From 1840 to 1841, Rev. Charles Rich supplied the 
pulpit, but declined a settlement.' 

May 19, 1 841, the Rev, George W. Perkins was in- 
stalled pastor of the church.- The next year twenty- 



1 Mr. Rich was the son of a Boston merchant, Benjamin Rich. He 
went to sea for a short time, became a methodist preacher ; afterward 
entered Yale College, where he was graduated in 1838; studied Theology 
at New Haven, and after leaving Meriden was settled for a short time at 
Washington, D. C, and also at Nantucket, Mass. He afterwards retired 
from the ministry. 

2 George William Perkins was born at Hartford, Feb. 22, 1804. His 
father was Enoch Perkins, a lawyer of that city. His mother was Anna 
Pitkin, a daughter of Rev. Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington, Conn. The 
great grandfather of Mr. Perkins, on his mother's side, was the Rev. Tho- 
mas Clap, for twenty-seven years President of Yale College. Mr. Perkins 
took a high rank as a scholar, and when he graduated, received the ap- 
pointment of an oration. After taking his degree in September, 1824, he 
went to Cambridge, Mass., to take charge of a school. Among his pupils 
was Margaret Fuller, afterwards Countess d'Ossoli, whose remarkable life 
and sad death is known to every one. In the autumn of 1825, Mr. Perkins 
left his school and entered a law-office in New York, having chosen the 
law as his profession. In 1826, he entered the Tlieological Seminary at 
Andover, where he was gradated in 1829, was first ordained at Montreal, 
in 1829, and in May, 1841, was settled over the church at Meriden. In 
July, 1853, he sailed for Europe, and returned in November. In 1854 he 
was dismissed from the church at Meriden, and removed to Chicago, 
where he died November 13, 1856. His remains repose in the cemetery 
at West Meriden. Mr. Perkins through life was a hard working man ; he 
published a good deal in the form of pamphlets, reports, articles in peri- 
odicals, sermons, &c. While in Chicago, besides his ordinary duties as a 
clergyman over a large parish, he edited a newspaper, and established a 




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CONG. MINISTERS OF MERIDEN. 233 

seven persons were converted. In 1844 twenty were 
converted. In 1847 and 1848, a still more powerful 
work of grace was enjoyed, and about one hundred 
professed faith in Christ. In 1848 a division took 
place in the church, and a portion of the members, 
with their pastor, removed to West Meriden, the 
others remaining to worship where their fathers had 
worshiped before them. Those who removed to the 
"Corner," claimed to be the First Congregational 
church of Meriden, and also claimed and retained 
the church records. Those who remained, therefore, 
assumed the name of the Center Congregational 
church of Meriden. The First society erected a church 
building, at West Meriden, ninety feet in length and 
fifty-six in width, at a cost of $8000. In addition 
to the cost of the house, the land was purchased for 
^800. The parsonage cost about $3000. 

Mr. Perkins resigned in July, 1854, and the Rev. 
George Thatcher was installed, but not settled, Novem- 
ber, 1854. He remained until i860. During his min- 
istry eighty persons were received to the communion. 

January 16, 1862, Rev. Hiram C. Hayden was 
ordained and installed pastor of the church.' He 

theological seminary. In 1841 while in Meriden he was offered the Presi- 
dency of Wabash College in Indiana. " His discourses were characterized 
by lucid statement, forcible argument, illustrations that were generally 
striking and always apt, appeals that were powerful and sometilnes (when 
the occasion required) eloquent. In 1859, a volume of his sermons was 
published in New York. 

I At Mr. Hayden's ordination the sermon was delivered by Rev. J. P. 
Gulliver, Norwich ; ordaining prayer by Rev. Hiram P. Arms, Norwich, 
Conn ; charge by Rev. Mr. Folsom, Fair Haven ; Right Hand of fellow- 
ship, by Rev. O. H. White, Meriden ; address to the people, by Rev. 
J. G. Miller, Branford. 



234 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

resigned in December, 1865, and was succeeded by the 
Rev. Wm. H H. Murray, from Greenwich, Conn., who 
preached his first sermon, November 11, 1866, and 
resigned in November, 1868, to accept the charge of the 
Park street church in Boston. During the year ending 
November i, 1868, there was received into membership, 
one hundred and twenty-two. Of this number eighty- 
one were admitted on the profession of their faith, and 
forty-six by letter. 

The society of the Center Congregational church was 
formed on the 29th of September, 1846, by the follow- 
ing persons, who occupied the old church : John Butler,* 
Silas Royce, Lyman Collins,* Walter Booth,* Levi Yale, 
Nathaniel C. Sanford, Gardner Barlow,* Ralph H. Beck- 
ley, L. C. Hotchkiss, Russell Coe, Lyman Butler,* Isaac 
Butler, James Hall, Stephen Seymour,* Benajah 
Andrews, Samuel Clark, Hezekiah Root,* Ira Preston, 
Eli Way, Isaac I. Hubbard, Herman Hough, Henry S. 
Barnes, Joseph B. Jewett, Philip Eddy,* Sylvester S. 
Post, John W. Miles, Daniel W. Clark, George A. 
Sawyer, Ira Curtis,* Uri Foster, Charles Page, John 
Hubbard,* Ezekiel Hall, Julius Yale,* Henry Royce, 
Ezra S. Clark, Lewis G. Burgess, Luther H. Root, Elias 
Sanford, E. P. Parmelee, John W. Hall,* Henry P. Judd, 
Alvin E. Bervins,* Edmund Tuttle, Isaac I. Hough,* 
H. J. Tennant,* Lyman C. Seymour, A. C. Breckenridge, 
A. L. Beckley, P. Sage, N. B. Wood, Reuben H. Way,* 
Henry E. Sanford,* J. L. Clark, Eli Butler, Luther 
Root, H. B. Sperry, William H. Yale, Don Alonzo 
Leeds, Benjamin H. Royce.' 

I Those marked with a * are deceased. 



CONG. MINISTERS OF MERIDEN. 235 

March 15, 1848, Rev. Asahel A. Stevens' was ordained 
and installed as pastor of the church, and remained until 
December 11, 1854. On account of the failure of his 
voice, Mr. Stevens was allowed a vacation in the spring 
of 1854, and Rev. A. S. Cheesbrough- was hired to 
preach in the spring of 1854, and supplied the pulpit 
until November, 1855. The Rev. Lewis C. Lockwood 
was installed June 3, 1857, and dismissed February 22, 
1858. The Rev. O. H. White supplied the pulpit from 
June 29, 1858, until June, 1862. Rev. Joseph Woolley 
was installed October 22, 1862. 

Mr. Stevens in the first year of his ministry, received 
five hundred dollars salary. Three years later it was 
increased one hundred dollars. Mr. Lockwood's salary 
was eight hundred dollars a year. Mr. White's salary 
was first eight hundred dollars, but it was subsequently 
raised to one thousand. Mr. Woolley's salary was first 
one thousand dollars, then increased to twelve hundred, 
with an annual donation and house rent free. The fol- 
lowing persons sustained the office of deacon in th9 
First Church, previous to its division : 

Samuel Royce, elected Dec. 14, 1729, died May 14, 1757,36. 84. 
Robert RoYCE, " Dec. 29, 1729, " 1759,3^.94. 

Benj. Whiting, " Nov. 1748. 



1 Mr. Stevens was born at Cheshire, Conn , December 25, 1815, and 
was graduated from the Yale Theological Seminary, in the summer oi' 
1847. He is now settled in Lacon, 111. 

2 Mr. Cheesbrough was born at Stonington, Conn. ; was graduated at 
Yale College in 1835, and at the Yale Theological Seminary, and was 
licensed to preach in 1839. In December, 1841 he was settled as pastor 
of the Congregational church at Chester, Conn., where he remained until 
1853. After leaving Meriden he was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and 
in traveling abroad, until July, 1858, when he was settled over the Congre- 
gational church in Glastenbury, Conn. 



236 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Benj. Royce, elected Nov., 1748, died Jan., 1758,^.53. 
EzEKiEL Royce, " Nov., 1748, " Sept., 1765, a;. 67. 
Ebenezer CowLES, " Dec. 26, 1765, " July, 1800. 
Benj. Royce, Jan. i, 1757, " Jan. 20, 1758. 

John Hough, " Feb. 24, 1788. 

James Hough, " Sept. 14,1794. 

Isaac Hubbard, " July 5, 1796. 

Nathaniel Yale, removed, June, 1806. 

Zenas Mitchell, " 1814. 

Silas Royce, " Oct. 16, 1853. 

Walter Booth, elected Sept. i, 1814, Died 1870. 
Phineas Hough. 
Nathaniel C. Sanford. 
Benj. H. Catlin, elected March, 1848. 
Homer Curtiss, " " " 

David N. Camp, 
John Yale, " " " Died 1870. 

Since the division of the church, the following per- 
sons have sustained the office of deacon in the Center 
Congregational church : 

Walter Booth, died, April 30, 1870. 
Silas Royce, " Oct. 15, 1853. 
Phineas Hough, removed. 
Nathaniel C. Sanford, removed. 
Norman B. Wood. 

Edmund Tuttle, removed. 

Benjamin H. Royce. 

The Hanover Congregational church was organized 
February, 1853, and consisted originally of twenty-five 
members who were dismissed from the church at Meri- 
den. . Rev. James A. Clark preached for the society from 
December, 1853, until 1855. Rev. Jacob Eaton was set- 
tled May 28, 1857, and dismissed in 1861. A revival 
occurred in 1853, and eight were added to the church on 



CONG. MINISTERS OF MERIDEN. 237 

profession. In 1857, another revival of great power 
occurred, which resulted in the conversion of twenty-five 
young persons, sixteen uniting with the church at one 
time on profession. 

The following ministers were raised up from the Con- 
gregational church in Meriden : Matthew Merriman, 
Avery Hall, Isaac Foster, Thomas Holt, Samuel J. Cur- 
tis Erastus, Curtis, Charles E. Murdock, Daniel C. Curtis, 
Ralph Tyler, Lyman C. Hough.' 



I Rev. Jesse Ives, was a native of Meriden, and was graduated at 
Yale College, in 1758. lie was a Congregational minister in Monson, 
Mass. He was settled June 23, 1773, ^"^ remained in office thirty-two 
years and a half, until December 31, 1805, when he died aged, seventy-one 
years. 



238 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XI. 

EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD AND MERIDEN. 

When the commissioners of Charles the Second visited 
Connecticut in 1665, they carried back a report that the 
colony "will not hinder any from enjoying the Sacra- 
ments and using the Common Prayer Book, provided they 
hinder not the maintenance of the public minister." 
But it was not until 1708 that there was any legal pro- 
vision for such liberty. In that year the General 
Assembly of Connecticut passed what was called the 
" Act of Toleration," by which all persons who soberly 
dissented from the worship and ministry by law estab- 
lished, that is, the Congregational order, were permitted 
to enjoy the same liberty of conscience with the Dissen- 
ters in England under the act of William and Mary. 
But notwithstanding they were allowed to have public 
worship in their own way, they were still obliged to pay 
for the support of the Congregational churches in the 
place of their respective residences. 

A petition was sent to the " honorable the Governor, 
Assistants and Representatives in General Court Assem- 
bled, this 15th of May, 1727," and signed by the church 
wardens and vestry of the Church of England in 
Fairfield, praying to be excused from paying taxes to 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 239 

any dissenting minister, or to the building of any dis- 
senting meeting-house. 

"And whereas we were, ten of us, lately imprisoned for 
our taxes, and had considerable sums of money taken from 
us by distraint, contrary to his Honour the Governor's 
advice, and notwithstanding solemn promises before given 
to sit down and be concluded thereby in this affair, we 
pray that those sums of money taken from us may be 
restored to us again."' 

Upon this petition, the General Assembly enacted 
that all persons w^ho were of the Church of England, 
and those who were established by the law of the col- 
ony, living in the bounds of any allowed parish, should 
be taxed by the same rule and in the same proportion for 
the support of the ministry ; but where it happened that 
there was a society of the Church of England, having a 
clergyman so near any person who had decided himself 
to be of that Church that he could and did attend pub- 
lic worship there, then the collector was to deliver the 
tax collected of such persons to the minister of the 
Church of England to whom he lived near, who was also 
authorized to receive and recover the same ; and if such 
proportion of taxes was not sufficient in any society of 
the Church of England to support the incumbent, such 
society was authorized to levy and collect of those who 
professed and attended that Church, greater taxes at 
their discretion. The parishioners of the Church of 
England were also excused from paying any taxes for 
building meeting-houses for the established Church of 
the colony.^ In 1722, the Rev. Samuel Whittelsey, with 

1 State Archives; Ecclesiastical Documents, vol. in. p. 188. 

2 See the Statute on page 340 of the Law Book of the Colony, edition 
of 1715. 



240 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

a number of the clergy, met from time to time in the 
hbrary of Yale College, and examined a few theological 
books sent over in kindness from the mother country. 
They examined the doctrines and practices of the Prim- 
itive Church, and compared them with the model of 
their own discipline and worship ; and the farther they 
pushed their inquiries, the more uneasy they became. 
As light would break in upon the darkened chambers of 
their toil, they were compelled at last to welcome it ; and 
they finally sent into the Trustees a formal statement of 
their views, and declared for Episcopacy, or doubted the 
validity of Presbyterian ordination.' Overwhelming 
was the sorrow and wide the consternation as the 
tidings of it passed from town to town and village to vil- 
lage. " I suppose," says President Woolsey,- " that 

1 ["To the Rev. Mr. Andrew and Woodbridge and others, our Rever- 
end Fathers and Brethren present in the hbrary of Yale College, this 
13th day of September, 1722.] 

" Reverend Gentlemen : Having represented to you the difficulties 
which we labor under in relation to our continuance out of the visible com- 
munion of an Episcopal Church, and a state of seeming opposition there- 
to, either as private Christians, or as officers, and so being insisted on by 
some of you (after our repeated declinings of it) that we should sum up 
our case in writing, we do (though with great reluctance, fearing the con- 
sequence of it) submit to and comply with it, and signify to you that some 
of us doubt the validity, and the rest are more fully persuaded of the in- 
validity of the Presbyterian ordination, in opposition to the Episcopal ; and 
should be heartily thankful to God and man, if we may receive from them 
satisfaction herein, and shall be willing to embrace your good counsels and 
instructions in relation to this important affair, as far as God shall direct 
and dispose us to it. 

"Timothy Cutler, John Hart, Samuel Whittelsey, 

Jared Eliot, James Wetmore, Samuel Johnson, 

Daniel Brown." 

" A true copy of the original. ) 
"Testify Daniel Brown." ) 

2 Hist. Disc, delivered at the 150th anniversary of Yale College. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 24 1 

greater alarm would scarcely be awakened now, if the 
Theological Faculty of the College were to declare for 
the Church of Rome, avow their belief in Transubstan- 
tiation, and pray to the Virgin Mary." 

The General Assembly was to have a session in the 
ensuing October, and Saltonstall, the Governor of the 
colony, of whom Dr. Trumbull speaks as "a great man, 
well versed in the Episcopal controversy," was invited 
to preside over a debate held the day after the session 
commenced. The debate was a stormy one, and both 
sides claimed the victory. The defence of the Episco- 
pacy by one of the number, exciting some irritating 
remarks from the other side, the Governor abruptly put 
an end to the debate. The abrupt termination of the 
debate was soon to save to Congregationalism three of 
the signers of the declaration, Eliot, Hart and Whittel- 
sey, who only doubted the validity of Presbyterian 
ordination ; and they continued in their respective places, 
and for the rest of their days " were never known to act 
or say or insinuate anything to the disadvantage of the 
Church."' As we have said, this defection of Mr. 
Whittelsey created the greatest excitement in Walling- 
ford. The Rev. John Davenport, in a letter to Rev. 
Doctors Increase and Cotton Mather, dated at Stamford, 
Sept. 25, 1722, says: "two societies, branches of the 
famous New Haven, one on the north and the other on 
the south, are mourning because of their first ministers, 
in so little a time after their ordination, declaring them- 
selves Episcopal, and their ordination, lately received, of 
no value, because a non habentibiis potestatevt.- 

1 Beardsley's Hist, of Epis. Church in Conn., i. 42. 

2 Hawk's Doc. Hist, of Epis. Church in Conn., p. 68. 

R 



242 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The precise time that the Episcopal church in Wall- 
ingford was gathered, is unknown.' In 1729, the church 
wardens and thirteen members of the church in Walhng- 
ford, sent the following letter to the Bishop of London : 

'May it please your Lordship : 

"We, the Churchwardens and parishioners of Wallingford 
and the adjacent -parts in the Colony of Connecticut, in New 
England, beg leave to offer our humble duty to your 
Lordship. We are a Church but newly planted, and 
however content we are at present to have the service of 
the Church only once a quarter by a minister, on every 
Load's day besides we perform the service as far as is 
proper for laymen ; but in that part we are something 
deficient for want of sermon books, &c., which we cannot 
easily procure in this country. We are sensible the Rev. 
Theodore Morris cannot leave his other parishes oftener, 
yet we hope God, in his providence, will so order it, that 
we may at last be oftener attended ; there are many ready 
to join in our communion, and have nothing to object to 
it, but our having service so seldom by a minister. We 
greatly rejoice that we are assisted in learning to know 
which is the true Church of Christ, and the manner how 
we ought to worship. But with melancholy hearts we crave 
your Lordship's patience, while we recite that divers of us 
have been imprisoned, and our goods from year to year 
distrained from us for taxes, levied for the building and 
supporting meeting-houses ; and divers actions are now 
depending in our courts of law in the like cases. And 
when we have petitioned our governor for redress, notifying 
to him the repugnance of such actions to the laws of 
England, he hath proved a strong opponent to us ; but 

I In 1734, there were five Episcopal parishes in Connecticut, with 
Church edifices and settled ministers ; viz., Johnson at Stratford; Coner 
at Fairfield ; the elder Seabury at New London ; Beach at Newton and 
Redding. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 243 

when the other party hath applied to liim for advice how 
to proceed against us, he hath hitely given his sentence 
'to enlarge the gaol and fill it with them' (that is the 
Church.) But we supplicate both God and man that our 
persecutors may not always prevail against us. And now 
that God may bless your Lordship, and the charitable 
endeavors of "the honorable Society, and enable them to 
send more labourers to a harvest truly plentiful, is the 
sincere prayer of 

"Your Lordship's Most dutiful and obedient servants, 

"Thomas Ives, 



, Churchwardens. 
North Ingham, ) 

Ebenezer Wainwright, Shadrack Seagor, 

John Bellamy, Thomas Dewlittle, 

Waitstill Abinather, Aaron Tuttle, 

Phineas Ives, Matthew Bellamy, 

Ebenezer Blakesley, Enos Smith, 

John Meky, Thomas Williams, 

George Fisher." 

Nothing further is known of this society until June 
20, 1 74 1, when the Rev. Theophilus Morris, writing 
from Derby to the Secretary of the society for the pro- 
motion of Christian knowledge, says : 

" I have taken another Church into my care at Wallingford, 
which consists of twelve families, I engaged to attend them 
once a quarter, which they seem to be satisfied with, for they 
know it is as much as I can do for them. I procured Mr. 
Thomson, whom I mentioned before, to officiate every Sunday 
in some one parish in my absence, and as his prudence and 
discretion have rendered him entirely agreeable to the people, 
he proves very serviceable to me." 

Three months before this, the members of the Church 
of England at Wallingford and North Haven united and 




244 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

formed a parish by the name of " Union Church," and 
erected a Church building near 
Pond Hill. They sent an appeal 
to the Bishops of London for 
assistance, in which they stated : 
" With melancholy hearts we 
UNION CHURCH, POND HILL, cravc your Lordship's patience, 
while we recite that divers of us have been imprisoned 
and our goods from year to year distrained from us for 
taxes, levied for building and supporting " Meeting houses," 
and divers actions are now pending in our courts of law, in 
like cases, and when we have appealed to our Governor, for 
redress, he has proved a strong opponent to us, and has 
lately ordered our opponents to enlarge the Gaol, and to fill it 
up with the Episcopalians." 

In 1743, the Churchwardens of Wallingford sent the 
following letter to the Secretary : 

"Wallingford, in New England, December ist, 1743. 
" Reverend Sir : We, the inhabitants of Wallingford, mem- 
bers of the Church of England, make bold on behalf of our- 
selves and at the request of our bretheren inhabiting in the 
neighbouring towns of Guilford and Branford, to inform you 
that we are twenty-five masters of families that are members 
of said Church, and meet together every Lord's day and edify 
ourselves, as well as we can, by reading ; and while the Rev- 
erend Mr. Morris was in these parts, we were edified to our 
great comfort ; our number then increased, and many more 
were coming in to join us, but he being removed from us, and 
Mr. J. Lyon cannot attend us, we are now destitute, and our 
dissenting bretheren from year to year are distressing us with 
executions for meeting-houses, rates, steeples and bells for 
them ; so that our present melancholy circumstances crave 
your good offices with the honorable Society. We are willing 
to do the best we can toward the support of a minister, and 
make no doubt but in two or three years' time we shall be 



EPISCOPAL CHCRCH IN WALLINGFORD. 245 

able to raise ^20 sterling per annum toward the support of a 
minister. We humbly pray we may be assisted with a minis- 
ter, and, might we choose for ourselves, we ha\ang experienced 
the Rev. Mr. Morris, would heartily wish he might be the 
person ; and could a method be found for quelling the per- 
petual demands of our dissenting bretheren for meeting- 
houses, rates, &c., it would greatly add to the growth and 
consolation of our distressed Churches, and we, as in duty 
bound, shall ever pray. 

" Henry Bates, | Churchwardens, 
John Ward, j and several others." 

Dr. Samuel Johnson, under date of March 28, 1749, 
referring to the growth of Episcopacy, mentions that 
in Middletown and Wallingford, the Church had in- 
creased, and that Mr. Camp' had continued to read 
to them with good success, and thought he would be 
a worthy and useful person. In 1753, he was appointed 
to Middletown, Wallingford, and the parish of New 
Cheshire. In 1750, the Rev. Ebenezer Punderson,^ 

1 Rev. Ichabod Camp, son of John Camp, was born at Middletown, 
and graduated at Yale College in 1743 ; read services and sermons in 
Wallingford in 1748; after his ordination, he divided his labors between 
Middletown and Wallingford, from 1753 to 1760, when he removed to 
Louisburg, Virginia. Some years afterwards he was murdered by his son- 
in-law. He was a man of excellent character and principles. His wife, 
Mrs. Content Camp, died while he officiated at Middletown, and on a tab- 
let in the church her name was placed. 

2 Rev. Samuel Seabury to the Secretary of the Venerable Society for 
Propagating the Gospel : 

New London, March 30th, 1734. 
Reverend Sir : These wait upon the honorable Society by the hands 
of Mr. Ebenezer Punderson, who comes to make his application to my 
Lord Bishop of London and the Society for Propagating the Gospel in 
Foreign Parts, for orders and a mission. He hath been educated in Yale 
college, Connecticut, where 1 had a particular acquaintance with him, and 
where he always had the character of a sober person. About five years 
ago he was called to preach in the Presbyterian or Independent way, at 



246 111STUK\ UJ'" WALIJNGl'OKI). 

who was the successor of Samuel Seabury in the 
Congregational ministry at Groton, but who declared 
for Episcopacy and was ordained as a priest in Eng- 
land in 1734, preached for a time in Wallingford and 
adjoining towns, and whatever ministerial taxes they 
had been assessed to pay, he ordered to be entirely 
applied toward building their churches and main- 
taining readers among them, without appropriating 
any part thereof to himself In a letter dated October 
18, 1750, he says, "the next day rode to Wallingford, 
preached to a pretty congregation, baptized three 
children."' At a town meeting, held at Wallingford, 

Groton, near New London, where he soon received ordination ; Taut falhng 
under doubts and scruples concerning their power of ordination and method 
of church government, and, at the same time, acquainting himself with the 
church of England, he found himself obliged, upon true and regular convic- 
tion, to embrace her C(3mniunion, and thereupon he laid down his ministry 
in which he was settled to good advantage ; but a considerable number of 
the people at that place being also convinced of the reasonableness and 
necessity of church communion, and having strong affection for the person 
of Mr, Punderson, on account of his abilities and pious, exemplary life, 
have been very solicitous with him to make his application to the honorable 
Society for Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts for a mission to that 
place. In testimony of which they have signed a desire or petition to the 
h onorable society, with the premise of contributing a certain sum consid- 
erably to his support and maintenance, and it is most probable that many 
more will conform to the church of England upon better knowledge of it 
and acquaintance with it. 

I " Mr. Punderson was ordained at Groton, December 29, 1729. Mr. 
Adams of New London preached the sermon. On the first day of Janua- 
ry 1733 — 4, Mr. Punderson made a communication to the society, avowing 
himself ' a conformist to the Episcopal Church of England,' and express- 
ing doubts of the validity of his ordination. This notice was received in 
the first place with amazement and sorrow, and a committee was appointed 
to reason with him and endeavor to convince him that his ordination was 
canonical and his position safe and desirable. Of course this measure was 
unavailing. A council was convened at the house of Capt. Morgan Feb. 
5th, and the connection dissolved." Miss Caulkins' Histoiy of Neiv Lon- 
don, p. 420. 



EPISCUl'AL CJlURCIl IN WALLINGI'UKD. 



247 



December 20, 1757, the following memorial was pre- 
sented : 

"The Memorial of us the subscribers on behalf of our- 
selves, and others our Breatheren who have Declared our 
Conformity to the Doctrine Discipline and Worship of the 
Church of England, who did for Some years Past assemble 
Together for Divine Worship near Pond Hill, and have more 
Lately, for our Convenience Met at the Lower End of the 
first Society in said Wallingford and How having Entered 
into a Covenant Engagement by Subscription to build a 
Church in said First Society do Now Signify our Desire 
Petition and Request to the Inhabitants of said Town 
That they would Grant us To Build a Church on the West 
side of Mix's lane (so Called) Viz. the West side the 
Countray Road in the East End of Said Lane, so as not 
to Obstruct or Hinder the Passing of his Majesty's Subjects 
and we hope and Desn-e to Cultivate Cherish and Maintain 
Christian Charity Love and Ereindship with our Ereinds 
and neighbors, Members of this Community of all denomin- 
ations of Christians. And shall P^steem such a favour a 
mark of your Good Will Love and affection and your 
Memorialist Shall Ever Pray. 
" Wallingford Dec 20, 1757. 

"Joseph Rice, Jun"", 
Titus Brockitt, 
David Cook, 
Arel Thomson." 




second episcopal church. 



248 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD, 

This church was built in 1758, on the north-west 
corner, above the present church. In this church was 
placed an organ by David Cook, who brought it from 
England. The church formed a union with the Wells 
society, after which they placed the organ in the Wells 
house, where it underwent some repairs, and was used 
until the erection of the new church edifice, when the 
old organ was sold to the society at North Haven. 
Here it was used until 1869, when it was sold to Wm. 
P. Gardner, Esq., of New Haven. 

Dr. Johnson, under date of 1762, speaking of one of 
his missionary tours, says that Mr. Andrews was ap- 
pointed missionary to Wallingford, Cheshire and North 
Haven.' Mr. Andrews remained in charge of the socie- 

I Samuel Andrews was born at Meriden, June 4, 1737, and was the 
youngest of eight sons. He was graduated at Yale College in 1759, and 
in 1761, he went to England to receive Holy Orders. In 1767 he under- 
took a long journey into " different towns and governments to the north- 
ward," preaching and lecturing, and administering the sacrament as he 
passed from village to village. He penetrated to Allington, in New 
Hampshire, one hundred and fifty miles from his home ; and though he 
was the first clergyman who had appeared among the settlers, he found that 
a layman from Connecticut had been there before him with the services of 
the church of England. When on the fourth of July, 1776, the Thirteen 
Colonies, through the Congress at Philadelphia, declared themselves inde- 
pendent of Great Britain, all connection with the mother country was 
solemnly dissolved, and the American people were released from any 
allegiance to the sovereignty of the King. The Declaration involved the 
Episcopal clergy in new trouble. As faithful Missionaries of the Venera- 
ble Society, from which came their chief support, they honestly believed 
themselves bound by their oaths of allegiance taken at the time of their 
ordination, to pray for the Sovereign whose dominion the colonies had 
thrown off ; and guided by the forms of the Liturgy, they could omit no 
part in conducting public worship without doing violence to their own 
consciences. Mr. Andrews was placed for a time under heavy bonds, and 
was not allowed to visit even a parishioner without special leave from the 
Selectmen of the town. In 1781, he removed to New Brunswick, and be- 
came the first Rector of St. Andrew's Church in the parish of St. 
Andrews. Here he lived in affluence, and died at an advanced age. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 249 

ties of Wallingford, North Haven and Cheshire for 
several years. It is but justice to his memory to say 
that he executed well the office to which he had been 
called. To a consistent and unaffected piety, were added 
talents of a popular kind, and attainments more than 
respectable. He published some of his occasional dis- 
courses ; and among the number was a Farewell Sermon 
to his people in Connecticut, and a Discotirse on the 
DeatJi of his friend and brother in Christ, the Rev. 
James Scovill, who was a minister of the church in 
Waterbury, and accompanied Mr. Andrews to the Brit- 
ish provinces, and settled in New Brunswick. Like 
most of the clergy of that period, Mr. Andrews was re- 
markable for his cheerfulness and amiability. In his 
intercourse with his people, he had none of the gloom 
of the ascetic, nor any of the forbidden levity of the 
man of the world. He remembered that he was charged 
with the holiness of his flock ; and while he " taught 
them as one having authority," he did not forget himself 
to practice in private the lessons which he gave in pub- 
lic. Mr. Andrews was the last missionary to this 
church in the employ of the " Society for the Propaga- 
tion of the Gospel in Foreign parts." He received 
annually from that source thirty pounds sterling ; and 
this, in addition to what was contributed by his parishes, 
enabled him to live in a style of more comfortable inde- 
pendence than many of our clergy at the present day. 

In 1770, there were sixty-three families attending the 
Episcopal Church. There were eighty-six communi- 
cants, and one hundred and sixty-five baptisms by Mr. 
Andrews. In Cheshire in 1770, there were forty-seven 
families, sixty-four communicants and eighty-six bap- 
tisms ; and in Meriden, six families, fourteen communi- 



250 lllSTORV OF WALLINGFURD. 

cants and twenty baptisms. In Wallingford in 1770, 
there had died in twelve years, fifty-six members of the 
Episcopal Church. When Mr. Andrews first came to 
Wallingford the people had just recovered from the 
" thunderings and lightnings, and earthquakes ecclesias- 
tical," which had so long divided that community. The 
Episcopal clergy had taken no part in the theological 
disputes which the Independents carried on among 
themselves. They quietly watched the progress of 
events, and seemed to feel, as the Rev. Mr. Chandler 
expressed himself in writing to Dr. Johnson on a later 
occasion, "if these dissenters will but confute one an- 
other, it will save us the trouble." They were accused 
to the Society, and to their friends in England, with 
attempting to make proselytes ; and this accusation was 
urged in order to depreciate their services, and prevent 
them from securing the boon they had so long im- 
plored — an American Episcopate. But Johnson denied 
this, and vindicated his brethren when he wrote to 
Archbishop Seeker from New York ; and after referring 
to his experience of thirty-one years in Connecticut, said, 

" I never once tried to proselyte dissenters, nor do I believe 
any of the other ministers did ; we never concerned ourselves 
with them till they came to us ; and when they did we could 
do no other than give them the best instructions and 
assistance we could in making a right judgment for them- 
selves. And so far were we from promoting or taking 
advantage of any quarrels that happened among themselves, 
that in many instances we obliged them to accomodate 
matters with their former brethren, or at least do all they 
could towards an accomodation, before we would receive them 
to our communion." 

The pamphlets published by both parties of the 



Kl'lSCOl'AL CllUKCll IN WALLINGi'ORU. 25 I 

Independents, stirred up such an acrimonious spirit, and 
threw so unsatisfactory a hght upon the real questions 
involved, that many among the people escaped from the 
controversies to find peace and enjoyment in the com- 
munion of the Episcopal church." - 

Edward Winslow, the missionary at Stratford, was 
frequently called to officiate to the people at Wallingford. 
On the 29th of December, 1760, he addressed the follow- 



1 Beardsley's Hist, of the Epis. Church in Conn., i. 195. 

2 Dr. Johnson in writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury under date of 
July 13, 1760, says, "The Church is generally in an increasing and flour- 
ishing condition, and much the more so, on account of the violent conten- 
tions of the Dissenters among themselves, which in effect drive people 
into the Church. The Wallingford affair was again before the Assembly 
last May, and the lower house were still more zealous in the cause of the 
minor party, which seems the prevailing disposition of the country, so 
that there probably will be a great struggle to get out the governor and 
several of the upper house for not favouring them ; and I here send your 
Grace two pamphlets relating to these controversies, that have been pub- 
lished since my last. The parties are both upon bad extremes. Hart and 
Yale, &c., are followers of Taylor, Foster, &c. ; and, I doubt Socinianism 
is at the bottom, and the President, Hobart, &c., are most rigid Calvinists, 
and intend at any rate to oppose the others to their utmost. Meantime 
the Church is every where in peace, and the Clergy orthodox. It is a 
great detriment to the Churches at Middletown and Wallingford that Mr. 
Camp hath left them, induced partly by his necessities, and partly by the 
persuasion of Governor Dobbs, to move to North Carolina. How they 
are to be supplied I am at a loss to know ; they ought each to have a min- 
ister, and I wish the Society were in a condition to settle at least forty 
pounds on the former and thirty pounds upon the latter, who hope for one 
Mr. Andrews, a candidate of good character, and one Treadwell, said to 
be a worthy youth, who has lately appeared for the Church, both bred at 
New Haven College, where I found three hopeful young men preparing 
for orders. Mr. Punderson seems a very honest and laborious man ; yet 
the Church at New Haven appears uneasy, and rather declining under his 
ministry, occasioned, I believe, partly by his want of politeness, and partly 
by his being absent so much, having five or six places under his care. I 
wish he were again at Groton and some politer person in his place, and 
another at Guilford and Branford." 



252 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ing letter to the Secretary of the Society for Propagating 
the Gospel in Foreign Parts : 

"Stratford, December 29th, 1760. 
"Reverend Sir: 

" During the past six months have been baptized here and 
at Wallingford nineteen white infants and two negro children, 
and several persons added to the communion of this Church. 
The present number of communicants is near one hundred 
and fifty, and I have still the- satisfaction to be a'ble to 
acquaint you that our people continue steadfast in their 
attachment to the Church, and, in general, careful to evidence 
the purity of their profession, and their sincerity in it, by 
endeavoring to make its substantial fruits and ornaments 
appear in their own personal improvement, in maintaining a 
union among themselves, and in giving no occasion of offense 
to others. By this means, through the divine blessing, the 
Church in this town preserves its ground, notwithstanding a 
restless spirit of opposition is but too evident in some of our 
dissenting brethren of influence and authority among us. 
This has an unhappy tendency to keep up the prejudices of 
many who are otherwise not ill affected to the doctrines and 
worship of our Church, and are much disposed to live in 
friendship. Much artifice is used by the leading persons 
among the Dissenters in this colony to prevent their people 
from attending our service, and to possess them with the 
absurd notion of their worship and discipline being an estab- 
lishment here, from which ours is a separation ; but their own 
late divisions and distractions among themselves, with regard 
to doctrine and discipline, have already unsettled so many 
and must necessarily have the like effect with others, that, I 
doubt not at all, there will be seen numbers gladly embracing 
the refuge from these confusions, and those wholesome means 
for all needful instruction and improvement in christian 
knowledge and practice, which our happy constitution will 
afford them. This is manifestly the present care at Walling- 
ford and in its immediate neighborhood, where the church 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 253 

congregation has so far increased that the people think them- 
selves in a condition to make some suitable provision for 
sending home for holy orders, and for supporting a deserving 
young man, who has been some time employed as a reader 
among them. They dare not presume upon the society's 
assistance, further than to crave the liberty to apply for part 
of the salary granted to Middletown and Wallingford, should 
they in their goodness see fit to allow it. The people who 
belong to the congregation at Wallingford, and live at some 
distance, have lately built themselves a small church for their 
greater convenience in the winter season, when their families 
can not well attend at the other. I continue to officiate at 
Wallingford about once in six weeks, which, by the reason of 
the distance of near thirty miles, and the needful care of my 
particular charge, is as frequent attendance as I am able 
to give. 

" I am. Reverend Sir, the Society's, 

" And your most obedient servant, 

"Edward Winslow."' 

During the Revolution the interests of all denomina- 
tions suffered greatly, but the Church of England had 
the hardest lot of all ; for she, especially as represented 



I Rev. Edward Winslow was born at Boston, and was graduated at 
Harvard College in the class of 1741. He succeeded Dr. Johnson as mis- 
sionary at Stratford. He preached a number of times at Wallingford, but 
on peculiar circumstances of his family, he requested a removal, and the 
Mission of Braintree, in the neighborhood of his friends in Boston, being 
offered him he thought proper to accept it. He died in 1780. It was said 
of him that besides "excelling all in the colony as a preacher ; he was be- 
hind none of them in discretion and good conduct ; and being rector of 
the first Church, and otherwise duly, if not the best qualified, I wish, when 
Commissaries are appointed, he may be a Commissary, being also of the 
most creditable family and education ; and as he has a large, young, grow- 
ing family, and is obliged in that situation to live at the most expense of 
any of them, it would he highly expedient, if practicable, to add ten pounds 
more to his support." — Di: Johnson to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 
July 13, 1760. 



254 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

by her clergy, was considered as the very impersonation 
of rebelHon ; many of the clergy were forced to leave 
the country. The very small number who were enabled 
to continue their ministrations, succeeded in doing so, 
either by their remarkable prudence, or by engaging in 
conflicts or submitting to deprivations, which must have 
rendered life itself little less than a burden. The close 
of the war found the Episcopal Church in a state of the 
deepest depression. Her altars prostrate or deserted, 
her ministers gone or disheartened, herself the object of 
political odium and suspicion, without the inherent 
power of perpetuating her own polity, her cause, in the 
view of men, seemed well nigh desperate. So mourned 
her friends ; so vaunted her enemies. 

Shortly after the return of peace, the Episcopal clergy 
of Connecticut resolved to send one of their number to 
England, with a view to his obtaining Consecration as 
Bishop. On the twenty-first of April, 1783, Dr. Samuel 
Seabury was chosen, and shortly after sailed for Eng- 
land. It was necessary that the candidate for Episcopal 
consecration should take oath of allegiance to the king, 
and of obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury. But 
it was feared that there would be a renewal of that oppo- 
sition which had kept Dr. Seabury from his native State 
during the whole period of the Revolutionary war. 
They feared that the State of Connecticut would not 
give her consent to the exercise of his functions, and 
that he would not be obeyed. The obstacles thrown in 
his way were enough to dampen the zeal of any but a 
stout, earnest and believing heart. He wrote to the 
clergy of Connecticut who were now on tiptoe with 
expectation, stating the fear entertained in England, that 
the General Assembly of the State would prevent a 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 255 

Bishop, should he be consecrated, from entering on the 
discharge of his Episcopal labors. A convention of the 
clergy was forthwith called at Wallingford, February 27, 
1787, to determine what was to be done. As the 
Assembly was then in session at New Haven, a com- 
mittee was appointed to confer with the principal men 
of the Legislature, and solicit the passage of an act 
authorizing a Bishop to reside in Connecticut, and to 
exercise the Episcopal functions there. The gentlemen 
to whom this request was made, replied, as they well 
might, that it was not necessary to pass such an act, as 
the law of Connecticut was already in conformity with 
their wishes.' Certified copies of the statutes of the 
colony in relation to this matter were made out and 
forwarded to England without delay. Although the 
evidence was conclusive, other objections were started. 
Wearied at length with the opposition and delay which 
he encountered in England, and despairing of success in 
that quarter he at last bethought himself of the Episco- 
pal Church of Scotland. To this Church, as free from 
the state, and unencumbered by political restraints, he 
determined to resort. Here his application met with a 
cordial response, and the favor he asked was readily 
granted. 

In 1786, Sept. 21, Bishop Seabury admitted as Deacon 
at Derby, Reuben Ives,^ who that year had graduated at 

1 See page 21 of "The General Laws and Liberties of Connecticut 
Colony," edition of 1672 ; also statute of 1727, ante. 

2 Reuben Ives was the son of Zachariah Ives of Cheshire, and was born 
in that town, October 26, 1672. He was graduated at Yale College in 
1786, at which time the institution was under the Presidency of the cele- 
brated Dr. Stiles. His attachment to the Episcopal Church was always 
strong, and he had early resolved to devote his energies and talents to the 
promotion of her interests. The state of the country was such, and the 



256 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Yale College. For some time he was the assistant of the 
Bishop of New London. The organization of the 
parishes in Meriden, Southington, and Hamden, was 




REV. REUBEN IVES. 

due to the ministrations of Mr. Ives, who in the be- 
gining of 1788 had accepted the Rectorship of the 
Church in Cheshire, his native place, for two-thirds 
of the time, with the privilege of occupying the remain- 
ing third in missionary duties in the neighboring towns.' 

want of ministerial services so great, at the time of his leaving college, that 
Bishop Seabury, who had two years before visited Scotland and returned 
clothed with the highest Episcopal authority, deemed it necessary to dis- 
pense with much theological education ; and accordingly admitted Mr. Ives, 
together with his friend and classmate, Mr. (afterwards Dr.) Bronson, to 
the order of Deacons in St. James' Church, Derby, September 21, 1786. 
For some time after his ordination, Mr. Ives was with the Bishop at New 
London, in the capacity both of pupil and assistant minister. He married 
a daughter of the Rev. John R. Marshall of Woodbury, a missionary of 
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Mr. Ives 
was a great lover of church music, and was one of the first to introduce 
chanting in Connecticut. He died October 17, 1836. His daughter mar- 
ried Dr. A. I. Driggs of Cheshire. 

I The Cheshire Academy, founded in 1794, and the first institution of 
the kind strictly belonging to the Church in New England, and one of the 
first in the country, owed its existence to the efforts of Mr. Ives. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 257 

He remained in Cheshire over thirty years, after sup- 
plying the Church at WalHngford and Meriden parish. 
Rev. Tillotson Bronson' occupied the pulpit at Wall- 
ingford on several occasions, as also did Rev. Messrs. 
Solomon and Abraham Blakesley. The Rev. Charles 
Seabury,- the youngest child of Bishop Seabury, 
preached at WalHngford a number of times. Near 
the close of 1794, Rev. Seth Hart,^ who had preached 
for the Episcopal Society of Waterbury, removed to 
Wallingford, and remained nearly four years. 

In 1 80 1, Rev. Ammi Rogers^ assumed the charge of 
the parishes of Branford, Wallingford and East Haven. 
Rev. Messrs. Joseph Perry and Plumb, supplied the 

1 Dr. Bronson was born at Plymouth, Conn., in 1762 ; was graduated at 
Yale College in 1786; was ordained Deacon by Bishop Seabury, Sept. 21, 
1787, and Priest Feb. 25, 1788. In 1795, he was called to the Rectorship 
of St. John's church, Waterbury, and in 1805, was elected Principal of the 
Episcopal Academy at Cheshire. He died Sept. 6, 1826. 

2 Charles Seabury was born at Westchester, N. Y., May 29, 1770 ; he 
removed with his father to New London, under whose supervision he 
studied theology, and was admitted to the holy order of Deacon June 5, 
1793, and was ordained Priest July 17, 1796; was settled at New London, 
and Setauket, L. I. He died Dec. 29, 1844. 

3 Seth Hart was born at Berlin, Conn., June 21, 1763 ; was graduated at 
Yale College in 1784 ; was ordained Deacon Oct. 9, 1791, and Priest Oct. 
14, 1792. He preached first at Waterbury, and from 1794 to 1798 was 
Rector of the churches in Wallingford and North Haven. Some difficulty 
having arisen in the parish at North Haven, he resigned it and was called 
to St. George's church, Hempstead, L. L, where he remained until his death, 
March 16, 1832. He was a good classical scholar, an amiable man, a suc- 
cessful teacher, and an acceptable preacher. He died of paralysis, as also 
did his son. Rev. William H. Hart. On Mr. Hart's removal from Water- 
bury, several individuals liberally inclined, united and bought his house 
and five acres of land, and conveyed the whole to the church forever. 

4 Ammi Rogers was born at Branford ; was graduated at Yale college, 
in 1 790; ordained Deacon by Bishop Provoost of New York in June, 1792, 
and Priest at a later date. 

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258 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

pulpit at Wallingford at various times, as also did Rev. 
Virgil H. Barber.' In 1822, Rev. James Keeler- became 
the Rector of St. Paul's Church at Wallingford. 

He was followed by the Rev. Mr. Bottsford, who re- 
mained but a short time. In 1824, Rev. Ashbel Bald- 
win3 removed to Wallingford, where he officiated several 
years. He afterwards preached at Meriden, North 
Haven, and Oxford, until 1832, when he became disabled 
by age for any active duty. His voice was very clear 
and loud, and it seemed the louder, coming as it did from 
one who was considerably under size. He walked 
haltingly, in consequence of one leg being shorter than 
the other. He abounded in anecdotes, and he evidently 
had a great relish for them in the conversation of other 



1 Virgil Horace Barber was ordained by Bishop Jarvis in 1805, and was 
called to St. John's church, Waterbury, where he remained till 1814, when 
he was elected Principal of the Academy, and Rector of the church at 
Fairfield, N. Y. About 181 7, he declared himself a Romanist. It was 
doubtless through his influence that his father, the Rev. Daniel Barber, 
about a year after made a similar avowal. 

2 James Keeler was born at Norwich, April 20, 1787; studied under 
Rev. Dr. Bethel Judd ; ordained Deacon by Bishop Hobart in 1818. In 
1822, removed to Wallingford as Rector of St. Paul's church ; was ordained 
Priest by Bishop Brownell, November 4, 1823. In 1828, became Rector of 
St. Andrew's church in Meriden. He died at Janesville, Iowa, June 26, 1833. 

3 Ashbel Baldwin, son of Isaac Baldwin Esq., was born at Litchfield, 
March 7, 1757, and was graduated at Yale College in 1776. Soon after 
leaving college he received an appointment in the Continental army which 
he held for some time, and which proved of great importance to him in his 
latter years in securing to him a pension, when he had little, if any, other 
means of subsistence. He was married to Clarissa, eldest daughter of Mr. 
Samuel Johnson of Guilford, and grand-niece of the Rev. Dr. Johnson of 
Stratford. He was ordained Deacon, August 3, and Priest, Sept. 18, 1785, 
by Bishop Seabury, and was immediately called to the Rectorship of St. 
Michael's church in his native place. In 1793, he became the Rector of 
Christ church, Stratford, and remained there until 1824. He died at Roch- 
ester, N. Y., in 1846, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 259 

people. His kind and affable manners and social habits 
rendered him a welcome guest at the tables of the more 
wealthy parishioners, and he had the power of accommo- 
dating himself with equal facility to those in the oppo- 
site extremes of society. Mr. Baldwin was long a 
member of the standing committee of the Diocese, was 
delegate to the General Convention, Secretary of the 
Diocesan Convention for many years, and several times 
Secretary of the General Convention. His uncommon 
self possession and promptness in giving expression to 
his opinions, gave him great advantage in a deliberative 
assembly, over many of his brethren who were not infe- 
rior to him in good judgment or in general ability. After 
Mr. Baldwin left, the pulpit was supplied for a time by 
the Rev. Mr. Lucas. 

Since 1832, the following clergymen have assumed the 
Rectorship of St. Paul's in Wallingford : 

William Curtis, 1832-1836. Joseph Brewster, 1850-1853. 
Lemuel Hull, 1836-1839. Chas. S. Putnam, 1853-1858. 
R. M. Chapman, 1839-1840. John Townsend, 1858-1864. 
Hillard Bryant, 1841-1850. Edw'd M. Gushee, 1864-1870. 

Four edifices have been erected for the Episcopal 
society in Wallingford. A rude structure, about the 
year 1741, in a northern district of the township ; a 
second on the lot now held for a public school, in the 
north part of the borough ; the third on nearly the pres- 
ent site. This was destroyed by fire, Oct. 27, 1867. It 
was valued at $15,000, and insured for $4,700. The 
corner stone of the fourth church was laid by Bishop 
Williams, May 26, 1868, and consecrated Sept. 2, 1869. 
The new church is built of Portland sandstone, and is 
finished with black walnut and southern pine. The en- 
tire length is 124 feet ; the width 58 feet ; the height 62 



26o HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

feet. The church will seat 700 persons. Its cost was 
about $65,000. 

The Episcopal Church in Meriden was originated 
about the year 1 789. The following is the agreement by 
which the parish of St. Andrews was formed :' 

" Meriden, April 13th, 1789. 
"We whose names are underwritten do declare our con- 
formity to the Church of England and are desirous of 
enjoying the worship and Sacraments of said Church, do 
consent and agree to support the same : 

" Reuben Ives, Clerk. 
" Denison Andrews, John B. Douglas, 

MosES Andrews, Ezra Butler, 

Isaac Atwater, Levi Douglas, 

Marvel Andrews, Watts Hubbard, 

Simeon Perkins, Seth D. Wolf, 

"Solomon Yale."^ 

For several years their assemblies for public worship 
convened at a private house in the western part of the 
town. December 28, 1789, it was voted " to keep up 
meeting this year," and to hire Mr. Ives to preach. In 
1792, Isaac Atwater, Seth Wolf, and Simeon Perkins, 
were appointed a committee for the purpose of erecting 
a church, but nothing further was done in the matter 
until 1795, when it was voted to erect a church at the 

1 The original document was deposited in the corner stone of the 
churcli erected in 1836. 

2 On the back of this document. was endorsed the following: "Decem- 
ber, 13, A. D. 1793. Public money from Mr. Merriam, £0 15 3. Deliv- 
ered to Mr. Perkins, out of which ,,^0 311 was due to him. August 22, 
A. D. 1794. Sent to Mr. Ives by Mr. Butler, cash £0 15 o. Moses 
Andrews. January 28, A. D. 1790. Sent to Mr. Ives by Mr. Butler, 
cash £t, o o. April 9, sent to Mr. Ives by the hand of Mr. Douglass, 
cash £120. May 30, Paid to Mr. Ives at his house, cash ;^i 2 8. Feb- 
ruary 18, A. D. 1796, paid to Mr. Ives, cash £0 12 o. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MERIDEN. 26 1 

south-east corner of the green, provided the land can be 
obtained. The year previous it was voted to hire preach- 
ing six Sundays for the year ensuing. In 1803, Mr. 
Virgil Horace Barber was hired for six Sabbaths, and 
Nicholas Andrews was chosen to be a committee to 
agree with' the Wallingford committee for his services. 
In 1806, it was voted to build a Church on the ground 
belonging to Joseph Merriam, and shortly after it was 
voted to build the Church within sixty rods of the 
meeting-house ;' also that the house for the use of pub- 
lic worship be under the direction of the Episcopal 
society, but that the doors be opened to Baptists and 
Presbyterians when not occupied by the Episcopal so- 
ciety. A committee was appointed to petition the 
Assembly for a Lottery, to raise money for furnishing 
the Church, but the petition was not granted. April 22, 
1 8 1 1 , it was voted " to hire Parson Ives to perform 
divine service and preach for us one sixth part of the 
year ensuing." Mr. Ives resided at Cheshire, but sup- 
plied the Church at Meriden until 1824. In 1821, the 
Meriden parish voted not to unite with the Wallingford 
parish that year.^ 

In 1 8 16, October 18, during the pastorate of Mr. Ives, 
the first house of worship was consecrated^ as St. An- 
drew's Church, by the Rt. Rev. John Henry Hobart, 

1 The Congregational. 

2 The following is the receipt of Mr. Ives, for his salary, for his last 
year's service at Meriden : " Received of the Parish of St. Andrews church 
in Meriden, for services from Easter 1823, to Easter 1824, one hundred and 
one dollars and fourteen cents, being in full for said year. 

"Meriden 18 May, 1824. Rev. Reuben Ives." 

3 This building was forty-five feet long and thirty-six feet wide. The 
building has been converted into a dwelling house, and removed to Liberty 
near Broad street, where it now stands. 



262 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



D. D., Bishop of New York/ who at the same time con- 
firmed thirty-eight persons. In 1825, Rev. Ashbel 
Baldwin became Rector of the Church, on a salary of 




FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MERIDEN. 

three hundred and three dollars.. Since 1826, the fol- 
lowing clergymen have had charge of the parish : 

1826, Nathaniel Bruce; 

1828, James Keeler; 

1832, Robert A. Hallam ;- 

1835, Edward Ingersoll; 

1837, John M. Guion ;3 

1839, Melancthon Hoyt. 

1 While the Diocese of Connecticut was for several years without a 
Bishop after the death of Dr. Jarvis in 1813, Bishop Hobart consented, in 
1816, to extend his Episcopal jurisdiction to that See; and he held this 
provisional charge until 1819, when he was relieved by the consecration of 
Dr. Brownell. 

2 Dr. Hallam was called to the Rectorship of St. James' church, New 
London, in 1834, and assumed the charge January i, 1835. He is the 
eighth rector of that church. 

3 Mr. Guion was graduated at Columbia college in 1826, and at the 
General Theological Seminary in 1829. Ordained Deacon by Bishop Ho- 
bart in 1829, and Priest the year following. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MERIDEN. 263 

August 21, 1839, it was voted "that Edwin E. Curtis 
be authorized to supply the pulpit after the ist of 
October, at which time the Rev. Mr. Hoyt's resignation 
takes effect."' 

1840, S. Stebbins Stocking; 

1841, Charles W. Everest; 

1843, John T. Cushing; 

1844, Cyrus Munson; 
1848, Joseph Brewster. 

June 8, 1848, the corner-stone was laid of the second 
house of worship. The church was consecrated Feb- 
ruary 6, 1850, by Bishop Brownell. This church was a 
pretty Gothic edifice, of brown stone. Its cost was 
about $12,000. It was eighty feet long and forty-five 
wide. 

1849, Abram Newkirk Littlejohn;2 
185 1, Giles Henry Deshon. 

The increase of the population in the western and 
northern part of the town, and the necessity of providing 
additional accommodations for the parish, rendered it 
necessary to erect another and larger edifice near the 

1 Mr. Curtis was to see that the pulpit was supplied with some clergy- 
man. 

2 Dr. Littlejohn was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1824; 
was graduated at Union College in 1845, and was ordained Deacon, March 
18, 1848, and Priest in November, 1850, soon after entering upon the rec- 
torship of Christ church, Springfield, Mass. He remained in Meriden ten 
months. He was afterwards Rector of churches in New Haven, and Brook- 
lyn, N. Y. In 1856, he received the degree of D. D., from the University 
of Pennsylvania, and soon after was elected to the Presidency of Hobart col- 
lege, Geneva, N. Y. For ten years he was lecturer on Pastoral Theology at 
the Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown. Nov. 11, 1868, he was elected 
Bishop of Central New York, at the Episcopal Convention at Utica. He 
declined the appointment, and on the 19th of November was elected Bishop 
of Long Island, which he accepted. 



264 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Town Hall. The corner-stone was laid August 8, 1866, 
by the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D. D., Bishop of the 
Diocese. The second church was taken down, and the' 
stone was used in building this third church. It was 
consecrated November 7, 1867.' 

The ministers of the Church of England in Connecti- 
cut in 1740, numbered, seven ; in 1755, eleven. Episco- 
pal parishes in 1750, twenty-five ; houses of worship in 
1750, twenty-four ; Episcopal parishes in 1800, sixty-two. 
Increase in the half century, thirty-seven. The increase 
was largest soon after Whitefield's first visit to New 
England, and just before the war of the Revolution. 
Mr. Goodrich,- in 1774, said, " The number of the Epis- 

1 At the laying of the corner stone, the procession composed of the 
choristers, twelve in number, the architect, builders, building committee, 
wardens and vestry, deacons, priests and the Rt. Rev. John Williams, D. D., 
the celebrant, marched from the Institute rooms in the Town Hall. On 
reaching the church, the procession opened, the Bishop and clergy pass- 
ing through, repeating the cxxii Psalm. The Bishop then proceeded 
with the service. The Rector of the parish. Rev. G. H. Deshon, then read 
a list of documents placed in the stone, viz., all those originally in the cor- 
ner stone of the old building, laid in 1848, together with a copy of the last 
will and testament of Moses Andrews Esq., (whose name and memory the 
church most warmly cherishes and reveres), a copy of the Journal of the 
Convention of the Diocese of Connecticut, for 1866, the Connecticut 
ChurcJunaii, The Meriden Recorder, and specimens of the fractional cur- 
rency then in use in the United States. There were present besides the 
Bishop and Rector, Rev. Drs. Beardsley of New Haven, Goodwin of 
Middletown, Hallam of New London, The Rev. Messrs. Adams of Haz- 
ardville, Baldwin of New Britain, Chamberlain of Birmingham, Gushee of 
Wallingford, Huntington and Mallory of Trinity college, Mason of New 
Haven, Niles of Trinity College, Townsend of New Haven, Ward of 
Cheshire, and Witherton of Buffalo, N. Y., Priests ; and the Rev. Messrs. 
M'Cook of St John's Chapel, East Hartford, and March, assistant minister 
of Christ church, Hartford, Deacons. Mr. Henry Dudley of New York 
was the architect, and the cost of the Church was about forty thousand 
dollars. 

2 Minutes of Convention, for 1774, p. 62. 



EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN MERIDEN. 265 

copalians are about one in thirteen of the whole number 
of inhabitants ; and probably there would be no great 
difference from the proportion were the account of all 
the towns come in." The church in this colony had a 
long and feeble minority, forming as she did, part of the 
Diocese of the Bishop of London, and being of course 
far removed from all immediate Episcopal inspection, 
and having no means of keeping up her ministry, except 
as she received fresh supplies from England, or sent her 
own sons thither for ordination. The early clergy 
struggled hard to establish the foundations of the church 
in the colony, and to overcome those prejudices with 
which they were compelled to contend.' 

It has already been said, that from almost the first 
settlement of the colony, there had existed in it an estab- 
lished religion which belonged to the government, and 
was as firmly upheld by it as any branch of the civil 
machinery. Says a writer, " Intolerant principles were 
so deeply implanted in the inhabitants of New England, 
that all efforts to eradicate them at this period proved 
ineffectual."^ In the elegant and forcible language of 
one of Connecticut's historians, " It is impossible that the 
opinions of any one generation should be locked up in a 
vault strong enough to keep them from age to age in 
their primitive condition. Dampness will gather around 

1 In 1705, a youth among the Friends wished to espouse a fair Puritan 
maiden, but the Quakers disapproved his marrying out of their society, 
and the Congregationahsts his marrying into theirs; so in despair he thus 
addressed her : " Ruth, let us break from this unreasonable bondage. I 
will give up my religion, and thou shalt give up thine ; and we will marry 
and go into the church of England, and go to the devil together." " And 
they fulfilled their resolution," the Puritan historian says, "w far as going 
into the church, and marrying, and staying there for life." 

2 Hannah Adams' New England, p. 117. 



266 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

them and steal away their vitality, violence will break 
open the doors that imprison them, and set them free, or 
their deliverance will be left to the more slow but equally 
rude action of the rains and frosts, which will soften and 
crack asunder the mortar and stones, until, if the key 
does not drop from the arch, there will be found many 
seams and crevices in the walls for the entrance of the 
winds. So it has been in the old world and so was it in 
the new."' Since the year 171 3, when Episcopacy was 
first introduced into Connecticut, we have seen it grow 
to number in this state one hundred and thirty-four 
parishes, one hundred and forty-nine clergy, fifteen 
thousand nine hundred and thirty-four communicants, 
and with an annual contribution for Missionary, Church 
and other purposes, of over two hundred and nineteen 
thousand dollars. It may be interesting to mention 
here, that the annual stipend allowed the Episcopal 
clergy in the colony of Connecticut, was usually from 
;^40 to jQs^ sterling ; and unless the people provided a 
suitable parsonage and glebe, and contributed an equal 
amount yearly toward his maintenance, the clerical office 
was hardly surrounded in any place by a dignity and 
decency sufficient to command respect. Few of the 
Missionaries had any private means, and though they 
lived frugally, in conformity with the habits of the times, 
they were obliged occasionally to state their wants and 
the disadvantages of an inadequate support. - 



1 HolHster, 11. 540. 

2 The Mission of St. John the Evangehst, at Yalesville, belongs to the 
parish of Wallingford. 




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268 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The political ecclesiasticism which was established by 
law throughout the State, was enforced by fines, by 
extortion, by imprisonment, and by branding. The fol- 
lowing laws stood on the old Colony Law Book : 

" Nor shall any persons neglect the public worship of God' 
in some lawful Congregation, and form themselves into sepa- 
rate companies in private houses, on penalty of ten shillings 
for every such offence each person shall be guilty of"' 

In 1723, a law was passed making the penalty of the 
above offence against a latvfid congregation, twenty 
shillings. " Whatsoever person not being a laivfjilly 
allowed minister of the gospel," administered the sacra- 
ment to his flock, was fined ten pounds for every such 
offence and suffered besides " corporeal punishment by 
whipping, not exceeding thirty stripes for each offence." 
Many clergymen and members of the Baptist church 
were imprisoned for exhorting non-payment of assess- 
ments, and preaching the doctrines of the Bible as held 
by Baptists. In February, 1744, at Saybrook, fourteen 
persons were arrested for holding a Baptist meeting. 
The charge brought against them was, " holding a meet- 
ing contrary to law, on God's holy Sabbath day." They 
were arraigned, tried, fined and driven on foot through 
a deep mud to New London, a distance of twenty-five 
miles, and thrust into prison, without fire, food, or beds, 
where they remained enduring dreadful sufferings for 
several weeks. It was once so unpopular in Wallingford 
to be a Baptist, that when certain men were baptized, 
their wives felt that they had lost caste in society, and 
yielded to tears to assuage their sorrow for their fallen 
husbands. 

I Acts and Laws, p. 139. 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 269 

The Baptist church in Wallingford had been organ- 
ized but a short time when Rev. John Merriman was 
ordained their pastor.' By the advice of Governor 
Talcott, the Wallingford society had not required any 
taxes from them for a number of years. In the "great 
awakening" they were aroused to a concern for the great 
interests of their souls ; and their pastor in behalf of 
himself and people, had invited some of the neighboring 
ministers of the established church to preach for them ; 
observing that as to the internals of religion they could 
heartily join with them, though not in the mode. 

In December, 1741, Rev. Philemon Robbins,- a " New 
Light" minister of the Congregational church in Bran- 
ford, received a letter from the pastor of the Baptist 
church in Wallingford, informing him that Dr. Bellamy 
had preached to their society to mutual satisfaction, and 
desiring that he would do the same. He was pleased to 
accept the invitation, and appointed a meeting for the 
purpose, January 6, 1742. But two days before the time 
specified, a deacon from Wallingford brought him a 

1 Mr. Merriman was subsequently pastor of the Baptist church in South- 
ington. The following record is taken from his tombstone in a small 
burying ground in the western part of the town. " The Rev. John Mer- 
riman died on Feb. 17, 1784, in the eighty-ninth year of his age. He was a 
Calvinistic Antipedo Baptist minister. 

Here lies the body death has bound, 
Whose soul with ministerial gifts was crown'd, 
His life his Master's doctrine did adorn. 
And waits his last reward till the auspicious morn." 
Another stone bears this inscription: " In memory of Mrs. Jemima, wife 
of ye Rev Mr. John Merriman. She died Oct. 11, 1764, in ye 64th year of 
her age." 

2 Philemon Robbins was the son of Nathaniel Robbins, and grandson 
of Nathaniel Robbins who emigrated from Scotland to Massachusetts in 
1670. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1729, and was ordained 
at Branford, Feb 17, 1731. He died August 13, 1781. 



270 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

letter signed by forty-two men of the town, desiring him 
not to preach to the Baptists, without assigning any rea- 
son for the request but their own wishes. The messen- 
ger who conveyed him this letter, also presented him 
with a line from the Rev. Mr. Stiles, of North Haven, 
and Mr. Hemmingway, of East Haven, advising him not 
to preach in the Baptist meeting-house in Wallingford. 
Mr. Robbins could see no reason why these gentlemen 
should desire that he should not preach to the Baptists. 
It appeared to him rather unkind, and contrary to a 
christian spirit, to prevent their having preaching, when 
they thirsted for the word of life, and there was a more 
than common prospect of doing good. He had given 
his word, and appointed the day, and though he had 
some hesitation with respect to it at first, after he had 
received the letter from Wallingford, he determined to 
go according to his engagement, and preached two ser- 
mons. For this he was complained of to the consocia- 
tion of Congregational Churches of New Haven county, 
February 9, ensuing, as a disorderly person, as follows : 

" I, the subscriber, do signify, by way of complaint to this 
reverend consociation, that on the 6th day of Januaiy last past, 
the Rev. Philemon Robins did enter into the first society in 
Wallingford and preach in a disorderly manner, in contempt 
of the authority of this consociation, without the consent of 
the Rev. Mr. Whittlesey, pastor of said society, contrary to 
the act of the Guilford council, contrary to the act of this 
consociation, and contrary to the desire of two neighboring 
ministers, and a great number of church members in Wall- 
ingford. Thomas Yale." 

Mr. Robbins replied, that Governor Talcott had ad- 
vised the Wallingford collectors not to distrain ministeri- 
al taxes from them ; and that the public authority of the 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 2/1 

State sent them their annual proclamations for Fasts 
and Thanksgivings, as to other societies. Besides he 
had not entered Mr. Whittelsey's parish, but had preach- 
ed to a people entirely different from his. With respect 
to his preaching, contrary to the advice of two neighbor- 
ing ministers, and a great number of church members, 
he observed, that he knew no rule in the word of God, 
or the Saybrook platform, which obliged him to comply 
with their desire in his preaching, nor could he see any 
reason in such desire. He observed that there was 
nothing in the complaint accusing him of the violation 
of any of the divine commands, or of doing anything 
contrary to the word of God. The consociation, never- 
theless, resolved : 

"That the Rev. Mr. Robbins so preaching was disorderly: 
That Mr. Robbins should not sit as a member of this council 
for his disorderly preaching." 

Mr. Robbins, upon the reading of the resolutions of 
the council, returned home, expecting no more com- 
plaints or trouble, and he was sustained in his course by 
his own church. Very unexpectedly to him, a com- 
plaint was exhibited against him, to the association 
which sat at Cheshire, in May, 1743. Mr. Robbins 
accidentally heard of it, soon after, but he could not 
learn who were the complainants, nor what number of 
them there were, nor what were the articles of complaint. 
The next association which met at North Haven, again 
took the matter into consideration, and drew up the 
following confession, which they presented to him : 

"Whereas I, Philemon Robbins, was condemned by the 
consociation of New Haven county, for disorderly preaching, 
in the first society in Wallingford ; I do now acknowledge 
that my preaching there was disorderly ; and I purpose to 



2/2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

preach disorderly no more, and desire the reverend associa- 
tion of New Haven county to overlook it ; I purposing and 
resolving, if opportunity favor, to go to said consociation, and 
acknowledge the said disorderly preaching before them, in or- 
der to be restored to their favor." 

As he could not acknow^ledge that his preaching to 
the Baptists v^as contrary to the word of God, or the 
Saybrook platform, and as he did not believe in his con- 
science that it was disorderly, he refused to subscribe to 
the confession. He offered a confession of his own, but 
the association would not accept it. But as the people 
were uneasy that he was not on good terms with the 
association, and as a good understanding with his breth- 
ren in the vicinity was desirable, he went to the associa- 
tion the next year in May, while it was sitting in North 
Branford, and offered three confessions to the associa- 
tion. The first was in these words : 

" I the subscriber do acknowledge that I preached at Wal- 
lingford, within the bounds of the first society, and without 
the consent of the Rev. Mr. Whittelsey, pastor of the first 
society, on January 6th, 1 741-2, and now do acknowledge, 
that my preaching there was a breach of the order that the 
ecclesiastical authority of New Haven county have come into, 
by an agreement and vote, A. D., 1741, and so disorderly 
preaching in that respect, as it was contrary to said vote. 
And now I declare that it is my full purpose, at present, not 
to preach contrary to said vote of said authority ecclesiastical, 
for time to come, nor contrary to the act of the general 
assembly in May, 1742. And further, I humbly ask that the 
association of New Haven county would overlook what is 
past, and receive me to sit with them, &c. as formerly, and 
recommend me to be received by the consociation, upon my 
making this acknowledgment before them, which I stand 
ready to do when opportunity presents. 

"Philemon Robbins." 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 273 

It was a long time debated in council, whether this 
confession should be received or not. Some were for it ; 
but finally a majority appeared against it, and it was 
rejected. He offered them a second, but that did not 
satisfy them. He told them he had a third to offer, if 
they would hear it. They refused ; but one of the asso- 
ciation wished to have it, and promised to return it to 
him again, and there was no doubt but that the associa- 
tion heard it. It was as follows : 

" I the subscriber do humbly acknowledge that I preached 
at Wallingford, within the bounds of the first society, to 
the people called the baptists, January 6th, A. D. 1 741-2, 
for which the reverend consociation have secluded me 
from the privilege of sitting with them, and people at 
home and abroad have been uneasy : I do therefore de- 
clare, that, though if I was instrumental of any spiritual 
good to any souls there, I must so far rejoice; yet upon 
every other account, I am sorry that I went ; and desire 
the association and consociation of said county to overlook 
it, and receive me to sit with them, &c., as formerly. 

" Philemon Robbins." 

Finding that nothing which he could conscientiously 
say would satisfy the association, he went home, hoping 
that what he had said might give satisfaction to his 
own people, though it had not to the association. 
Another complaint was privately drawn up and pre- 
sented to the association sitting at Amity, May 29, 1745, 
and a paper was drawn up, signed by fifteen members 
of the first society of Branford, requesting the con- 
sociation to take into consideration the difficulties and 
grievances they were laboring under. At a meeting 
of the association held at Waterbury, September, 1745, 
Mr. Robbins offered another confession, stating that 
he could not after more than three years study, medi- 



274 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

tation and prayer, be convinced in conscience that 
his so preaching was contrary to the holy scriptures, 
or the mind of God. The confession concluded as 
follows : 

" And now, gentlemen, I humbly beg forgiveness : let my 
ignorance of its being a crime apologize for me, that I may 
be restored. And I would humbly offer one motive to 
engage your compassion, viz. a prospect of peace among 
my people, who have been uneasy, for I think that in other 
respects, they are friendly and kind ; but this case has 
been an uneasiness with them, and a principal uneasiness, 
if I may judge by their complaints, or what I hear from 
their own mouths. And therefore, gentlemen, as you are 
professed lovers of peace, you will undoubtedly promote 
it, by restoring your unworthy servant." 

The association would not accept this confession, 
nor give it so much as a second reading. After some 
further prosecution of the affair, the consociation pro- 
ceeded to depose him from the ministry and the 
communion of their church. The record is as follows : 

" This Consociation do now and upon the whole judge 
and determine the said Robins unworthy the ministerial 
character and Christian communion ; and accordingly do, 
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, according to the 
word of God, and the powers invested in this Consociation 
by the ecclesiastical constitution of the government, depose 
the said Robins from his ministerial office, and ministerial 
and pastoral relation, to the first church in said Branford, 
and debar and suspend him from communion in any of 
the churches of our Lord Jesus Christ." 

This occured in 1747. Subsequently a petition was 
preferred before the General Court, that they would eject 
Mr. Robbins from his meeting-house, that a regular min- 
ister might be settled in his place. It should be observed 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 2/5 

that his church had previously voted to renounce the 
jurisdiction of the consociation. The Sabbath after he 
was deposed, Mr. Robbins preached from i Cor. 9 : 16 ; 
" For necessity is laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me, 
if I preach not the gospel." Some of the people went 
to meeting with hesitation whether he would attempt to 
preach, or if he should, whether they should stay and 
hear him or not ; but he made such an extraordinary 
prayer as arrested all their attention and deeply im- 
pressed their minds. They judged that such a prayer 
had never been made in that house. They all tarried to 
hear what he would preach. And here again he gained 
their attention and entered deeply into their feelings. 
They imagined that his discourses were not less ex- 
traordinary than his prayer. He continued preaching, 
and performed all ministerial duties as he had done 
before, and the people attended his ministrations. The 
society advanced his salary and encouraged him by pub- 
lic acts of generosity. In the year 1755, about seven 
years after, he was invited to sit with the consociation at 
the ordination of Mr. Street, at East Haven, and no 
objections were made on account of any thing which 
had passed in the times of his trouble. He attended 
the consociations until the time of his death, in 1781. 
Yet his church sent no messenger with him.' 

There is no evidence that this First Church in Wall- 
ingford continued in existence after the year 1750. But 



I A History of New England, with particular reference to the denomi- 
nation of Christians called Baptists, by Isaac Bachus, Boston, 1779-84, 11. 
631. Trumbull's Hist, of Conn., 11. 196-233. A plain Narrative of the 
proceedings of the Rev. Association and Consociation of New Haven 
county, against the Rev. Mr. Robbins, of Branford, since the year 1741, 
and the doings of his church and people. 1743. Sprague's Annals, 1,367. 



2/6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

no doubt it exerted much influence toward the formation 
of another church in the town, nearly fifty years later. 
The immediate cause of the organization of the church 
whose history is now to be sketched, may probably be 
found in the occasional labors of certain Baptist min- 
isters attached to other churches in the State. Among 
these, the influence of Rev. Solomon Wheat is most 
"apparent from the records. The first conversions to 
Baptist principles among those who afterwards con- 
stituted the church, appear to have occurred under 
his preaching. And the first two candidates baptized 
repaired to Glastenbury, his place of residence, for 
the ordinance. August 23, 1786, seven males and 
five females met at the house where Charles Ives now 
lives, and " by mutual agreement spent the day in 
fasting and solemn prayer to Almighty God to succeed 
and bless their endeavour to build him an house, and 
that He would form them into a gospel church." The 
pledge, "We therefore agree to unite to make the 
following covenant with God and with one another," &c., 
was signed by 

Isaac Hall, Samuel Mix, 

Charles Ives, Leah Peck, 

Ephraim Hough, Sarah Ives, 

Zena Brockett, Mary Hull, 

AsEPH Mitchell, Jerusha Matoon, 

Charles Ives, Jr., Esther Matoon, 

LsAAC Hall, Clerk. 

On the 7th of October, following, the church was 
publicly recognized, after due examination of their 
articles of faith and church order ; the Rev. Solomon 
Wheat of Glastenbury, and a delegation from the 
church over which he presided, giving the right hand 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 2/7 

of fellowship. The form of covenant adopted by them 
is very full and explicit, and expressed in language of 
great strength and solemnity. It should be remarked 
that the church was formed, their worship held, and 
their first house of worship erected within the present 
town of Meriden. No records remain of their action 
as a society, and hence information is wanting on 
some points, in which it would be desirable. Their 
church records however, are measurably full, and 
afford many hints of their general condition. They 
seem to have been without a house of worship for 
many years, and hence must have held their meetings 
in private dwellings, school- houses, etc. For several 
years they were generally held in the south-eastern 
part of the town of Meriden, at the residence of one 
of their members. 

In the year 1801, fifteen years from their organization, 
a dwelling-house was purchased and located near the 
division line of both towns, but within the limits of 
Meriden, and refitted as a house of worship. As may 
be supposed, it was of moderate size, and devoid of all 
ornament. Yet it served about fifteen years as a shelter 
and rallying point for Baptists, who gathered from Meri- 
den, Wallingford, Cheshire, Hamden, North Haven, 
Westfield and Berlin. And unpretending as the build- 
ing was, yet the language of the admiring Israelite 
concerning Zion, might be accommodated to the works 
of saving mercy wrought within it. " The Lord shall 
count when he writeth up the people that this and that 
man was born there." To many it proved " the house 
of God and the gate of Heaven." This building was 
called the "Temple," and was situated just north of the 
residence formerly occupied by Ivah Curtis. It was 



2/8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

about thirty-five feet long and twenty-five feet wide. 
-And now that it has passed the second time to the uses 
of a private dwelling, it is still associated in the memories 
of some with tried and faithful friends and brethren, 
whose voices, long since stilled in death, they were there 
wont to hear, as they sang the praises of God, and spoke 
his word with power. 

It is somewhat remarkable that this church remained 
without the regular service of an ordained minister for 
even a longer period than they lacked a house of wor- 
ship. It was not until May 20th, 1806, that their first 
pastor was ordained, making in all twenty years from the 
date of their organization. Yet, it should not be 
inferred from this that they were wholly destitute of the 
preaching of the gospel, and the administration of the 
ordinances of Christ. Doubtless they were enjoyed by 
them at stated seasons, in days of the greatest destitu- 
tion. And there appears from their records no cause 
for doubt that the worship and order of a church were 
regularly maintained by them, from the time of their 
existence as a church. And they appear to have had 
more ministerial service than most churches which are 
destitute of pastoral care. Their first pastor seems to 
have conducted their worship and supplied their pulpit, 
much, if not most of the time, for several years previous 
to his ordination ; and he probably by exchanges 
secured the services of ordained ministers for the regu- 
lar administration of the ordinances. But during their 
comparative, and even their greatest destitution, we 
have cause to regard them as on the whole a prosper- 
ous church. 

It appears from this record that their discipline was 
eminently Scriptural and laborious. No complaint was 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 2/9 

tolerated against a member until the aggrieved or com- 
plaining member had taken the first and second steps of 
labor prescribed in the i8th chapter of Matthew. And 
then the complaint must assume the form of a written 
allegation. Then they seem to have been prepared to 
bestow upon it any amount of time and labor which jus- 
tice to the parties and the interests of religion might 
demand. And we have evidence also, that they practi- 
cally recognized the right of the church to the gifts of 
its members, to a degree by no means common among 
us at the present day. Brethren of tried character and 
ability were regularly appointed by a vote of the church 
to conduct their religious services in the absence of 
ministerial aid. And the memory of many of these 
members is still fragrant, as characterised by eminent 
purity and devotion of life, and by the habit of frequent 
and powerful exhortation from the Word of God. And 
it may be doubted whether in any recent period it has 
been favored with as many able Christian exhorters as 
it had at the beginning of the present century. More- 
over, in view of the disadvantages under which they 
labored for many years, from the want of a house of 
worship and of needful pastoral service, and added to 
this, the strong prejudices and civil disabilities with 
which they were called to contend, we may regard them 
as prosperous in the point of numbers. 

In 1 79 1, this church dismissed thirteen males and 
eleven females to form another church in the south part 
of the town. They were soon recognized as the " Sec- 
ond Baptist church in Wallingford," by delegates from 
the First and Second Baptist churches in Danbury. 
Their house of worship was known as the " Separate 
Meeting House," and was located about a mile south of 



280 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

the present village. Their "Articles of Faith" were 
very full and decidedly Calvinistic. In doctrine they 
were in sympathy with the " Separates," who had left the 
churches of the standing order after the adoption of 
the " Saybrook Platform," and the " Halfway Covenant." 

It is impossible to trace the history of this second 
church from the records of the first, as we meet with no 
more than a single recognition of them afterwards. 
This church had no pastor until the year 1800, when 
Seth Higby was called to the pastorate. He continued 
his labors with them until his death in 1 804. After this 
the church had no settled pastor, but was supplied much 
of the time by ministers from neighboring towns. 
Elders Lester and Green frequently visited them. In 
1793, seven years from the formation of the first church, 
it had numbered in all sixty-four members. This rate 
of increase is probably greater than that generally 
realized by the Baptist churches during the last twenty 
years. 

In 1803, they dismissed twenty-nine of their number 
to form a church in Waterbury. Among the members 
of the 2d Baptist Church in Wallingford, who formed 
the first Baptist church in Waterbury, were Zenas 
Brockett, David Frost, and Isaac Terrell. For several 
years it was their custom, and the custom of those after- 
wards associated with them, to visit the church of their 
adoption at least once every month, and this journey, a 
distance of twelve miles, they usually performed on foot. 
By these brethren, meetings were established and con- 
ducted in the town of Waterbury ; and Nov. 10, 1803, a 
church was organized of those previously connected 
with the Second Baptist Church in Wallingford. Preem- 
nent in this movement were the brethren whose names 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 251 

are above recorded ; men who deserve a cherished and 
honored memory as leaders of the infant church, and as 
Christians of tried integrity of character and purity 
of life. 

In 1804, a church was formed in Westfield parish, 
Middletown, by members dismissed for that purpose 
from the Second Baptist Church of Wallingford. That 
church maintained its existence nearly fifty years, and 
saw days of peace and usefulness. More recently, it ex- 
perienced heavy trials, resulting in the reduction of its 
membership. Reduced still farther by the removal of 
members to other places, it finally disbanded. Yet it 
lived not in vain. It has given back to the church from 
which it originated a number of valued members, and 
to other and remoter churches it has made its contribu- 
tions of active laborers in the cause of Christ. 

In 181 1 the second society in Wallingford disbanded, 
and a part of their number united with the labors of 
Joshua Bradley, who was living in Wallingford. Mr. 
Bradley came from Rhode Island in 1809, and being a 
thoroughly educated man, commenced teaching and 
preaching in the village of Wallingford. Soon an acade- 
my was built for him, and he preached a part of the 
time in that. There was no organized Baptist church 
in the center, while he labored in the town. But there 
was a (Baptist) congregation of that order, and they met 
for worship a part of the time in what was known as 
the "Wells House." A Mr. Wells held Calvinistic 
sentiments, and with many others separated from the 
old Congregational church, and erected a new house of 
worship which was located where the Episcopal church 
now stands. The Baptists worshiped in it until their 
present house of worship was erected in 1822. 



282 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

There are many now living who testify to Mr. Bradley's 
faithful and incessant labors during a period of seven or 
eight years, while he taught in the Academy and 
preached on the Sabbath. He did not escape the perse- 
cution of those days. On one occasion he was forcibly 
taken from the school-room by an officer of the law, and 
hurried away to New Haven and confined in jail. His 
friends immediately bailed him out. When he was 
preaching in New Haven, about the time of the consti- 
tution of the First Baptist church in that city, he was 
tried before the Superior Court. In the language of 
the indictment, he was charged with "drawing away 
from their respective Pastors and Ecclesiastical Societies, 
to which they belonged, many of the citizens." But in 
every trial his enemies were confounded ; and the oppo- 
sition to him resulted in the furtherance of the gospel. 

At this time there was no Baptist church in Walling- 
ford. What was the First church in the north part of 
the town, was still in existence, but the house of wor- 
ship was in Meriden. In 1806, when Meriden was 
incorporated as a town, a part of the township was set 
off from Wallingford, as has been before stated. The 
line of division between the two towns was run a little 
south of the Old " Temple." After this the church was 
called the " Baptist church in Meriden." The house of 
worship stood about three miles from Meriden center, 
and about four from the center of Wallingford. It was 
found at length to be unfavorable with respect to the 
centers of the population around them. Hence, after 
long, perhaps too long delay, it was resolved to rear the 
banner which had been given them to be displayed 
because of the truth, in the center of Meriden. This 
appears to have been done also, with the view to a 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 283 

separate organization for the center of Wallingford. 
Accordingly in 1815, measures were taken for the 
erection of a house of worship in the village of Meriden. 
This appears to have been done mainly at the expense 
of that part of the members who resided in Meriden, 
and who would naturally attend at the new place of wor- 
ship. The building was probably erected the same 
year ; and although left unfinished in the interior, was 
applied to the uses for which it was designated. Whe- 
ther the members in Wallingford united with them in 
worship for a time, or maintained a separate meeting at 
the old place or in Wallingford village, does not appear 
from the records. When the brethren in Meriden 
erected a new house of worship, the members living in 
Wallingford then began to think of forming a separate 
church of their own. Accordingly, as the record reads, 

" The Baptist Church in Meriden being fully persuaded 
that it would be for the advancement of Zion, to constitute a 
Baptist Church in Wallingford out of their number, voted to 
call a council for that purpose." 

At the call of the Meriden church, a council was 
convened May 15, 1817, and the present Baptist church 
of Wallingford was then constituted, consisting of 
thirty-four members. In 1821, when the Hartford 
Association met in Sandisfield, Mass., the church re- 
ported eighty members. Their first pastor was Rev. 
Samuel Miller. Henceforth, the paths of the two 
bodies diverge, or rather run distinct, though parallel. 
Let us follow the history of the church in Meriden. 

Greatly weakened by the loss of one-half or more of 
its members, the progress of the church was not rapid, 
if indeed it has ever been so, in point of enlargement. 
Two other churches preceded it in the village, in the 



284 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

order of time, and one of them which had existed from 
the year 1725, more than fifty years before the existence 
of the Baptist church had gathered around it the mass 
of the population. The small meeting-house, for two or 
three years naked in the interior, and the small number 
of attendants, presented a painful contrast with the 
numbers and circumstances of their brethren adjoining 
them. Many pronounced the attempt a failure at the 
beginning ; and probably for sometime afterwards had 
little apprehension of proving false prophets. Years of 
toil, and apparently of unrequited toil, awaited the 
brethren. Yet amid periods of comparative weakness 
and barrenness there were seasons of limited success, 
and of brightening prospects. A revision of the roll 
of members, reported October 3, 18 19, showed the 
whole number of members to be seventy-three. 

But the year 1820 appears to have been one of 
increase, both in point of numbers and of strength, and 
hence of reviving hope and courage. About twenty 
persons were added to their number by baptism. Some 
valuable additions were made to the church in succeed- 
ing years ; but no general revival followed until the year 
1829. In the autumn of this year a more extensive 
revival of religion commenced, than the church had 
before witnessed since its organization. A revision of 
the records which took place a few years afterwards, in- 
volving the destruction or loss of the former roll of 
membership, has rendered it impossible to determine the 
number added to the church during that revival. It is 
believed however, that about twenty were received. 
While the work was rising and spreading rapidly, the 
pastor of the church was suddenly removed to his 
account. The short interval of four days only, occurred 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN MERIDEN. 285 

between vigorous health and active labor, and his death. 
Four days later the wife of the pastor was removed by 
death. Five days more, and one of the deacons of the 
church, who, for nearly twenty years had proved himself 
a firm friend and advocate of the church, lay prostrate 
in death. 

Rev. William Bentley was secured for the temporary 
supply of the pulpit, and under his preaching, an 
impulse was given to the church which it has probably 
never wholly lost. Father Bentley was naturally pos- 
sessed of considerable mental energy, and especially 
great intensity of feeling, and vividness of imagination. 
His language was often awkward and blundering ; but 
the moment his mind began to glow, it became simple 
and touching, and often quite eloquent.' In June, 1830, 
Rev. Russell Jennings assumed the pastoral charge. 
During this year, the house of worship was removed, 
and received an addition to its length, together with a 
spire, and a basement room used as a vestry. Mr. 
Jennings remained until November, 1832, a period of 
two years and five months. In September ensuing, 
1833, Rev. Nathaniel Hervey became pastor of the 
church, and continued in that relation about one year. 
April I, 1835, Rev. George B. Atwell was called to 
the pastoral charge, and retained it two years. In May 



I Rev. Wm. Bentley was born at Newport, R. I., March 3, 1775. At the age 
of fifteen, he was sent to Boston to learn a trade of a baker ; was baptized 
May, 1 79 1. At the end of his apprenticeship he commenced business as a 
baker in Boston. He was first Hcensed to preach in 1806, and was first 
settled at Tiverton, R. I. From thence he removed to Worcester, Mass., 
where he preached three years with a salary of one hundred dollars per 
annum. In 1815, he removed to Wethersfield, Conn., where he remained 
six years ; after which he sustained no pastoral charge, but preached in 
various parts of the State. He died December 24, 1855, aged eighty years. 



286 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ensuing, 1837, Rev. Leland Howard succeeded him, 
and served until June, 1838. 

In August, 1838, Rev. Harvey Miller entered upon 
the services of the church, which he served in all fidelity 
until called to his rest and reward on high, upon which 
he entered August 27, 1856, having served the church as 
pastor eighteen years.' He was a genial and loving 
friend, with rare conversational powers, and a favorite 
with all. As a preacher, his sermons were full of rich 
thought and evangelical truth, and his delivery was 
rapid, animated and energetic.- 

In [848, the society increasing with the growth of the 
town, erected for themselves a large and beautiful 
church, not far from the site of the former one. The 
cost of the new house, completed and furnished, together 
with the land and the lecture-room, was $9,500. Its 
dimensions are seventy-six feet long and fifty-three feet 
wide.^ 

April I, 1857, Rev. D. Henry Miller entered upon 



1 Church Manual, 1861. 

2 Rev. Harvey Miller was born in Wallingford, April, 3, 18 14. His 
father, Rev. Samuel Miller, preached in this town twenty-three years. On 
his seventeenth birth-day, 1 831, he was baptized by Rev. Simon Shailer, 
and two months after united with the church. He preached his first ser- 
mon in the North Farms' school-house, Sabbath evening, June 5, 183 1, 
from John in : 14. After preaching in various places for nearly a year, 
he entered upon a course of study at Hamilton Theological Institute in 
1832. His health failing him he left the Institution in June, 1836, and went 
to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was ordained November 23, 1836. 
After preaching there two years he came to Meriden, where he was 
married to Mrs. Sarah R. Ives, May 21, 1839. His pastorate in Meriden 
extended through eighteen years. He preached his last sermon in this 
church, August 17, and died on the 27th, 1856, aged 42 years. 

3 In 1869, an addition was built on the west end of the church, to con- 
tain an organ, which was presented by Edward Miller, Esq. 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN MERIDEN. 28/ 

the duties of the pastorate, at the unanimous call of the 
church. A work of grace soon blessed his labors, and 
ninety-three persons were received in the ordinance of 
baptism, and forty-nine by letter and experience, during 
the first two years of his ministry. The membership at 
this time was 474. 

During his pastorate the Second Baptist church in 
West Meriden was organized, June 4, 1 861, by members 
dismissed from the First Baptist church. A lot for a 
church edifice was secured at a cost of ;^400. A chapel 
was built at a cost of $1,700, in which the society wor- 
shiped until their church was built. This church is 
built of brick, with brown stone trimmings, after the 
modern Gothic style of architecture. Its dimensions are 
eighty-two by forty-two feet, with transepts seventy-two 
feet wide extending twenty-five feet on one side, and 
thirty-three on the other, making the entire width of 
the church across the transept to be one hundred feet. 

Mr. Miller closed his connection with the church, and 
entered the service of his country as chaplain in the 
15th regiment." He was succeeded by Rev. Mr. Mason, 
who remained here about one year. Rev. Henry A. 
Cordo was settled over the society in 1864, and re- 
mained until September, 1866. He was followed by 
Rev. Otis Saxton, who supplied the pulpit until Septem- 



I Rev. D. Henry Miller was the eighth son of James and Mary A. Miller, 
of Charlestown, Mass. His mother was a daughter of one of the heroes of 
Bunker Hill. Mr. Miller was born in Jersey City, Oct. 31, 1825 ; was 
graduated in 1845 ; took degree of A. M. in 1849 from Madison Univer- 
sity. He was ordained at North Stonington, Conn., Nov. 17, 1847. In 
1866 the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by the 
University of Lewisburg, Penn. Became pastor at Meriden April i, 1857, 
where he served successfully, and left the church to enter the service of 
his country during the rebellion. In 1868, he was called to the Broad St. 
Baptist church of Elizabeth, N. J. 



288 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ber, 1867, when he left for Valparaiso, Wisconsin. June 
7, 1868, Rev. Almond Barelle' was installed as pastor 
of the church. 

We will now return to the Wallingford church. 
When the Rev. Samuel Miller was dismissed to join the 
church in Meriden, his associate, Rev. Sedgwick Rice, in 
connection with Rev. Mr. Wilson, who preached a part 
of the time, had the oversight of the church until 1825, 
when Rev. Seth Ewer was called to the pastorate. He 
continued his labors until July, 1827. From that time 
to 1 83 1, the church was successively supplied by El- 
ders Glazier, Kimball and Knowlton. In 1831, Simon 
Shailer was called to the pastorate. Under his ministry 
a good number were added to the church. Early in 
1837 he was succeeded by Francis Hawley, who, in 
1 84 1 was succeeded by Mr. Batcheler. In 1843 Mr. 
Batcheler adopted " Millerite views," and thus created 
division in the church, which resulted in the exclusion of 
many from its fellowship. In 1844 A. E. Denison was 
called to take the pastoral charge of the church. When 
he commenced his labors, the church was in a low 
state ; but with his judicious efforts there was soon, a 
good degree of union and prosperity in the church. In 
1847 they remodeled their house of worship, and added 
the front part and steeple at a cost of nearly $3,000. In 
1850 Charles Keyser became pastor of the church, and 
was succeeded in 1853 by S. B. Grant. In 1855 Rev. 
R. J. Adams was called, and during his pastorate the 



I Mr. Barelle was graduated at Madison University, and was a student 
at the Rochester Theological Seminary. He was first located at Central 
City, (^lolorado, where he remained three years. His next pastorate was 
in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he remained two years. Sept. 24th, 1864, he 
married Miss Julia E. Merchant at Central City, Colorado. 



BAPTIST CHURCH IN WALLINGFORD. 289 

church enjoyed two revivals, and seventy-one were added 
to the membership. January 19, 1870, Mr. Adams was 
installed as pastor of the Baptist church in Holyoke, 
Mass., and was succeeded by the Rev. A. C. Bronson in 
1870. The church has suffered greatly from a frequent 
change of pastors. During the fifty-two years of its 
existence it has had no less than fifteen. The longest 
terms of office were held by Messrs. Shailer and Denison ; 
the one five years, and the other seven years. 

It is worthy of notice, that at the call of this church, 
a convention of delegates from nine churches met in the 
academy at Wallingford, Sept. 15, 1825, and formed the 
New Haven Baptist Association. Since 1826, there have 
been added to the church by baptism, three hundred and 
ninety-three ; by letter, ninety-five. As nearly as can 
be estimated, there have been connected with the church 
since its formation over six hundred members.' 

The doctrinal views of the Baptist churches are like 
those of the early Puritans, and their church organiza- 
tion is strictly congregational, holding that none are 
proper subjects of Christian ordinances, but professed 
believers, and thus of course excluding unconscious 
babes from the ordinance of baptism. Their church 
government is essentially democratic. As a denomina- 
tion, it is believed they have ever in all countries, and 
at all times, been opposed to the interference of the 
civil authority in matters of conscience ; believing as 
Roger Williams has said, in that great cardinal principle, 
the full enjoyment of " soul liberty." It is worthy of 
special note, that the Rev. Asahel Morse, then pastor 
of the first Baptist church in Sufifield, was one of the 



I Minutes of N. H. Bapt. Ass., 1859. 
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290 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1818, and 
that the article in the constitution, on religious liberty, 
is from his pen.' 

The following is a list of the regular pastors who have 
been settled over the church in Meriden : 



Daniel Wildman, 


1789, 


Served one year. 


Nathaniel Norton, 


1791. 


u u u 


Samuel Miller, 


1806, 


" twenty-three year 


Russell Jennings, 


1830, 


" two years. 


Nathaniel Hervey, 


^^33, 


" one year. 


George B. Atwell, 


1835, 


" two years. 


Leland Howard, 


1837, 


" one year. 


Harvey Miller, 


1838, 


" eighteen years. 


D. Henry Miller, 


1857. 




H. G. Mason. 






Henry A. Cordo, 


1864, 


" two years. 


Almond Barelle, 


1868. 





During the vacancies in the pastoral office at different 
times, the pulpit has been supplied by Rev. S. Wheat, 
and Elders S. Higby, Parsons, Graves and Beach, and 
Rev. Messrs. William Bentley, Otis Saxon, and other 
clergymen. The following have served the church as 
deacons : 



Ephraim Hough, 1788. 
Jesse Dickerman, 1789. 
John Hall, 1800. 
Sedgwick Rice, 18 14. 
Othniel Ives, 1816. 
Gershom Birdsey, 1830. 
Augustus Hall, 1830. 
Samuel I. Hart, 185 i. 
Lyman Clark, 1853. 



Charles Ives, 1788. 
Jeduthan Higby, 1792. 
Ambrose Hough, 1802. 
Asa Butler, 18 14. 
Ransom Ives, 1816. 
John Hall, re-elected, 1830. 
Nathan F. Goodrich, 1830. 
Horace Pratt, 185 i. 
RussEL B. Perkins, 1853. 



Alanson Birdsey, i860. 



I Hollister, n. 561. 



291 



CHAPTER XIII. 

SETTLEMENT OF MESSRS. NOYES AND GILBERT. 

In 1785 Dr. Dana's health had become so much en- 
feebled that he found himself inadequate to discharge 
all his duties ; and by request, the church and society 
with great unanimity chose Mr. James Noyes to be his 
colleague. Mr. Noyes belonged to a line of ministers 
which at the time of his death had existed during two 
hundred years in uninterrupted succession. The family 
of Noyes is of Norman descent, and originated in Eng- 
land with William de Noyes, one of the followers of 
the Duke of Normandy in his conquest of England 
in 1006. The family settled in Cornwall, England, in 
the reign of Charles I. William de Noyes of St. Burian, 
was Attorney General, and his son Humphrey was a 
Colonel in the Royal army and married to the heiress of 
Lord Sandys. 

Rev. James Noyes, the emigrant, was born at Choul- 
derton, or as Brook has it, Chaldrington, in Wiltshire, 
England, in the year 1608. His father, who had a high 
reputation for learning, was a minister and school-master 
in that town ; and his mother was a sister of the Rev. 
Robert Parker, a famous Puritan divine. Mr. Noyes 
was graduated at Brazenose college, Oxford. After he 
had entered upon the work of the ministry, he felt that 



292 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

he could not conscientiously conform to all the instituted 
ceremonies of the Established Church ; he therefore 
formed the purpose of seeking a home on this side of 
the ocean. Shortly before carrying this purpose into 
effect, he was married to Sarah, the eldest daughter of 
Joseph Brown, of Southampton. He came to this coun- 
try in 1634, being accompanied by a younger brother, 
Nicholas Noyes, and his cousin, Thomas Parker. Shortly 
after his arrival he was called to preach at Mystic ( now 
Medford), and remained there a year. A church was 
gathered at Newbury, of which Mr. Parker was chosen 
pastor, and Mr. Noyes teacher. Mr. Noyes, at the close 
of his life, endured a long and tedious illness with the 
most cheerful submission. He died October 22, 1656, 
in the forty-eighth year of his age, having been minister 
at Newbury more than twenty years. 

Mr. Noyes left six sons and two daughters, all of 
whom lived to become the heads of families. His 
eldest son James, was born March 1 1, 1640 ; was gradu- 
ated at Harvard college in 1659 ; began to preach at 
Stonington, Connecticut, in 1664; was ordained pastor 
of the church there September 10, 1674; and died 
December 30, 17 19, in his eightieth year. Moses, 
another son, was born at Newbury, December 6, 1643; 
was graduated at Harvard College in 1659; ^^^^ or- 
dained the first minister of Lyme, Connecticut, in 1693, 
having preached there twenty-seven years before a 
church could be formed ; and died November 10, 1726, 
aged eighty-three.' Joseph Noyes was the son of Rev. 
James Noyes of Stonington. He was graduated at 
Yale College, 1709, and was a tutor there from 17 10 to 



I Mather's Magnalia, in. Brook'.s Lives, i6i. Coffin's Hist, of New- 
bury. Sprague's Annals. I. 



REV. JAMES NOYES. 293 

1715 ; was ordained pastor of the First church in New- 
Haven, July 4, 1716; where he died June 14, 1761, 
aged seventy-three years.' He left two sons ; John, 
who was graduated at Yale College in 1753, became 
a preacher, but was prevented from settling in the min- 
istry by imperfect health, and died greatly lamented in 
1767. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. Joseph Fish 
of Stonington, and had three sons, two of whom after- 
wards became clergymen. One of them, John, was 
graduated at Yale College in 1799, was ordained pastor 
of the church at Norfield, parish of Weston, Ct., May 31, 
1786, and died May 15, 1846, in his eighty-fourth year. 
He published a Half-century sermon in 1836. 

The other son, James, the successor of Dr. Dana at 
Wallingford, was born in New Haven, August 4, 1764. 
He was graduated at Yale College in 1782, and ordained 
colleague pastor with Rev. James Dana, May 4, 1785, 
being then in his twenty-first year. He continued to 
discharge the duties of the pastoral office till June 5, 
1832, i. e., for forty-seven years ; in all which long period, 
almost half a century, he was prevented from performing 
his public duties, by ill health, only on two Sabbaths. 
His relation with his people was dissolved amicably and 
at his own request. He continued, however, to reside 
among them until his death, February 18, 1844, sus- 
taining with them and with his successor, the Rev. Mr. 
Gilbert, the most friendly relations. His funeral was 
attended on February 20. Several members of his 
family being ill, prayer was offered at the house by the 
Rev. Stephen Dodd, of East Haven. An excellent and 
very appropriate sermon from Hebrews 13:7, was pro- 
nounced by the Rev. Edwin R. Gilbert, with sacred 

I Bacon's Hist. Dis., p. 200. Allen's Biog. Diet. 



294 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

music from the choir, while an attentive audience (almost 
the entire population), listened, with manifestations of 
deep feeling. An address was delivered at the grave by 
the Rev. Saul Clark, of Meriden ; it was solemn and 
affectionate, and the sick family were warmly commended 
to favor and sympathy. 

Mr. Noyes was distinguished for a sound judgment 
both in his public discourses and in his personal deport- 
ment, which was always discreet, amiable and concili- 
ating. He was a lover of peace and harmony, and passed 
through difficult times, in a trying position, in so happy 
a manner as at once to maintain the dignity of his office 
and character, and still to command the respect and 
good will of all ; for it is not known that he ever had a 
personal enemy. His prayers, especially on peculiar, 
occasions, such as cases of domestic affliction, were re- 
markable for their elevation, spirituality, and adaptation 
to the circumstances of every case. His language was 
select and happy, and so peculiarly his own, that it ap- 
peared always original but still met every feeling of the 
mourner ; and he never hesitated or use 1 an inappropri- 
ate word. His house was eminently hospitable, and a 
hearty welcome was given to the friend and the stranger, 
both by him and his excellent partner, who died in 
January, 1838. Out of fourteen children, they buried 
eight, and most of them of mature years. The death of 
Mr. Noyes was peculiarly happy ; during the week of his 
illness with lung-fever he was patient, cheerful, affec- 
tionate and joyful in hope ; he took leave of his family, 
one by one, with counsels and prayer, and when he died 
those who loved him most could not wish that he might 
return, for 

" Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." 



REV. JAMES NOYES. 



295 



No picture of the " good parson" that was ever drawn 
could exceed in beauty that of the Rev. Mr. Noyes, 
whose Hfe and manners had that indescribable beauty, 
completeness, and sacredness, which rehgion sometimes 



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296 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

"From the day of my ordination May 4th, 1785, I was 
continued in office till Jvnie 5th, 1832 ; having preached to 
the people of my charge, forty-six years and six months. 
During this period with the addition of four months, two 
hundred and seventy-nine have been admitted to com- 
munion ; fi\'e hundred and forty have received baptism ; 
and six hundred and ninety have died. 

"James Noyes."' 

Rev. Mr. Gilbert,- then in his twenty-fourth year, and 
a recent graduate of the Yale Theological Seminary, 
succeeded to the pastoral office, and was ordained Octo- 
ber 3, 1832. He still remains pastor of the church, 
being the oldest pastor in Connecticut performing the 
duties of the office, with one exception ; viz.. Rev. Dr. 
Elbridge of Norfolk, his college and theological class- 
mate. The church membership in 1832 was about one 
hundred and fifty. Notwithstanding deaths and remov- 



1 For descendants of Mr. Noyes, see genealogies. 

2 Edwin Randolph Gilbert, son of Peyton K. and Anna Gilbert, of He- 
bron, Conn, (ecclesiastical society of Gilead), was born Feb. 10, 1808. 
His father was a plain, substantial farmer, of more than ordinary intelli- 
gence and worth. He enjoyed the confidence and esteem ot his fellow citi- 
zens, and was several times elected their representative in the Legislature, 
and once a member of the State Senate. Rev. Mr. Gilbert was fitted for 
college by Rev. Amos Bassett, D. D., of Hebron, and in the academies of 
Monroe and Westfield, Mass. He entered. Yale college in 1825, and was 
graduated in the class of 1829. One of his classmates says of him, that 
he was a diligent student, and much esteemed by members of his class, 
especially by those most intimately acquainted with him. He passed im- 
mediately into the theological department of Yale college, and was licensed 
at the end of the second year by the New Haven East Association, and 
was installed pastor of the First church in Wallingford, Oct. 3, 1832. 
While in college, Mr. Gilbert was a great admirer of Dr. Taylor, and has 
ever been one of the best representatives of his theological system. Mr. 
Gilbert was elected a member of the corporation of Yale college in 1849 ; 
the mantle of his father-in-law, Rev. Aaron Button, fell most worthily 
upon him. 




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REV. EDWIN R. GILBERT. 297 

als, it is now two hundred and eighty-nine. During his 
ministry a new church edifice, designed to seat seven 
hundred and ten persons, has been erected at an expense 
of about $40,000. The corner-stone was laid June i6, 
1868, and it was dedicated May 21, 1869. 



298 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

THE GREAT AWAKENING. REVIVALS. 

We have but little information in regard to the general 
state of religion in the churches of this town during the 
earlier periods of their existence. But we know that 
from the year 1700 and onward, throughout all New 
England, experimental and vital godliness had very 
much decayed. The doctrines of Christ grew more 
and more unpopular ; family prayer, and all the duties 
of the gospel were less regarded ; ungodliness prevailed, 
and infidelity was making alarming progress. Out of 
the church, was to be seen a general carelessness. In 
it, a spirit of deep slumber ; a want of discipline ; want 
of active brotherly love; want of everything, almost, 
but cold profession. As the good people who planted 
the town died and the new generation came on, there 
was a sensible decline as to the life and power of godli- 
ness. The generation which succeeded were not in 
general so eminent and distinguished in their zeal and 
strictness of morals, as their fathers. The third and 
fourth generations became still more generally inatten- 
tive to their spiritual concerns, and manifested a greater 
declension from the purity and zeal of their ancestors. 
This is not the place to enter upon a discussion or even 
a full enumeration of the causes of this declension. The 



GREAT AWAKENING. 299 

" half way covenant," the numerous and almost incessant 
wars which oppressed and harassed the people, and the 
fierce political agitations of the day, were, no doubt, 
among these causes. 

In 1 71 5, the General Association said, "that there 
was a great want of Bibles, great neglect of public wor- 
ship on the Sabbath," and complained of intemperance and 
other vices. Trumbull remarks, " that there was little 
of the power of religion ; that professors were worldly 
and lukewarm, the young people loose and vicious, fami- 
ly prayer was neglected, the Sabbath was profaned, 
taverns were haunted, intemperance and other vices 
increased, and many of the ministers preached a cold 
and lifeless morality."' Wallingford did not differ much 
in these respects from the rest of New England, and 
in our town as elsewhere, formality, irreligion and 
declension prevailed to a mournful extent. From the 
records we find that year after year not more than one 
or two united with the church annually. 

In 1735 there began a most remarkable religious 
awakening under the preaching of the celebrated Jona- 
than Edwards, at Northampton, which was the cause of 
the greatest revival of religion ever known in New Eng- 
land. It spread throughout Connecticut, and the feeling 
and interest manifested in the great themes of religion 
were intense and absorbing. Childhood, manhood, old 
age, the learned and the ignorant, the moralist and the 
skeptic, men of wealth and the highest official position, 
as well as paupers and outcasts, were numbered among 
its converts. Says Trumbull, " Negroes and Indians, on 
whom before no impression could be made, were heard 

I Hist. Conn., 11. 137. 



300 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

with Others making the great inquiry."' In some places 
not a soHtary person could be found whose mind was not 
concerned for his soul's interest. In 1740 and 174 1, 
various towns in Connecticut were most wonderfully 
affected. People flocked together on all days of the 
week in great crowds to hear the word of God ; they 
would fill the houses and then stand clustered around 
the doors and windows, pressing eagerly to hear ; they 
would go from one town to another wherever there was 
public worship. 

In the autumn of 1740, the Rev. George Whitefield 
arrived in New England directly from Charleston, and 
produced an excitement never before known in our re- 
ligious history. Hig itineracy, like the blazing cross of 
the Lady of the Lake, was the signal for an uprising. 
Fired by his passionate oratory, the masses revolted 
from the chill formalism of a dead ministry. He sailed 
from Charleston to Newport, where venerable parson 
Clapp, tottering with age, welcomed him as though he 
had been an angel of God. All classes caught the 
enthusiasm, and New England was in a blaze of excite- 
ment. A revival such as modern times had not before 
witnessed was the consequence. There was great in- 
tensity of feeling, and great diversity of sentiment and 
angry controversy followed. Those who favored the new 
doctrines and practices were called New Lights, while 
those who chose to adhere to the good old ways of their 
fathers, discountenancing innovation, were denominated 
Old Lights. The clergy were divided, " while the mag- 
istrates and principal men of the commonwealth " were 
on the side of the Old Lights. 

Notwithstanding Whitefield was a priest of the Epis- 

I Hist. Conn., Ii. 144. 



WHITEFIELD. 3OI 

copal Church, he grew more bold under the impulse of 
his successes and excited feelings, and finally threw aside 
as an oppressive yoke, all reverence for the authority and 
teaching of the Church ; and thereupon the Congrega- 
tional ministers opened wide their arms to embrace him, 
and their sanctuaries to admit him, that he might be 
heard by the vast crowds which everywhere crowded to 
their portals. 

He preached in Wallingford in Mr. Whittelsey's church 
about the middle of October, 1740, and also in Mr. Hall's 
church in Meriden parish. Our records of that date in- 
form us of considerable accessions to the church. From 
Wallingford Mr. Whitefield proceeded to New Haven, 
and shortly after preached again at Wallingford, taking 
for his text the eighth verse of the eightieth Psalm: 
'* Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt, thou hast cast 
out the heathen and planted it." While in Wallingford 
his wife joined him, having come from Hartford. Before 
leaving the town he preached while standing in his 
chariot to a large multitude, and soon after started for 
New Haven, large multitudes following him several 
miles on foot or on horses. When a church or meeting- 
house could not be obtained he preached in the open air, 
a practice which he had inaugurated in England, and 
justified by saying, " I thought it might be doing the 
service of my Creator, who had a mountain for his 
pulpit and the heavens for a sounding-board, and who, 
when his gospel was refused by the Jews, sent his 
servants into the highways and hedges." When he took 
his leave of Boston, it was supposed that twenty thou- 
sand persons assembled to listen to his farewell sermon. 
Late in October he reached New Haven, and was 
affectionately welcomed and entertained at the house of 



302 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Mr. James Pierrepont, a brother-in-law of Edwards, and 
a sympathizer with his rehgious views. People came in 
from the country a distance of twenty miles to hear 
him, and many neighboring ministers also sought the 
opportunity of personal intercourse with a clergyman 
whose zeal and eloquence were so widely known. 

Whitefield seems to have been a man of more zeal 
than judgment ; better fitted to rouse and agitate than 
to guide and instruct ; and in the few years between 
his first visit and his second, a thick growth of mischiev- 
ous enthusiasm and disorganizing extravagances had 
sprung up in his track, and were unquestionably the 
result in part of his unbalanced and unguarded teaching. 

In 1745 the following resolve was "come into," by the 
General Association of the State : 

" Whereas there has of late years been many errors in doc- 
trine, and disorders in practice, prevailing in the churches of 
this land, which seems to have a threatening aspect upon 
these churches ; and whereas Mr. George Whitefield has 
been the promoter, or at least the faulty occasion of many of 
these errors and disorders, this association think it needful for 
them to declare that if the said Mr. Whitefield should make 
his progress through this government, it would by no means 
be advisable for any of our ministers to admit him into their 
pulpits, or for any of our people to attend upon his preach- 
ing and administrations." 

But after all we honor the name of Whitefield. Doubt- 
less 

" The tear 
That fell upon his Bible was sincere." 

He was no doubt a true evangelist, earnest, faithful, 
fervent, self-sacrificing, eloquent as if gifted with a 
tongue of fire. Whitefield's power was .comparable to 



WHITEFIELD. 303 

the supernatural ; and it was in this view that John Foster, 
at a later day, found the only solution of his success. 
Says a writer, " In the pulpit his appearance and man- 
ners exceeded the dreams of apostolic grace. A youth 
of elegant form, with voice of enchanting melody, 
clear blue eyes, endurance which knew no exhaustion, a 
fancy which ranged both worlds, were all fused by a 
burning zeal for the salvation of souls. Such was 
Whitefield at twenty-five, and as such he was worthy of 
that ovation which he received at Boston when governor 
and council went out in form to welcome him. The 
evangelist bore his honors meekly, and hospitality did not 
weaken the vials of wrath which he poured upon the 
unfaithful. He found, as he said, in New England, ' a 
darkness which might be felt.' "' 

A great many itinerant clergy traversed the State. 
Among the most efficient and zealous laborers in the work 
were Tennant, Bellamy, Pomeroy, Mills, Davenport, and 
others. Many of the clergy of the colony however, strenu- 
ously opposed the measures employed and the effects pro- 
duced, and many of the magistrates and other leading men 
joined with them in denouncing the " itinerating clergy" 
and their converts as enthusiasts, new lights, and ranters. 
On the 24th of November, a grand council of ministers 
and messengers delegated from all parts of the colony, 
met at Killingworth, as directed by an act of Assembly, 
to discuss the whole subject of traveling ministers, 
the disorders occasioned by them, the odium they 
brought upon settled ministers, and the countenance 
they gave to separatists. This council condemned as 
disorderly the preaching of one minister within the 

I W. Frothingham. 



304 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

parish of another without his leave. In conformity with 
this ecclesiastical decision the General Court, in May, 
1742, enacted a stringent law directed chiefly against 
irregular ministers and exhorters, entitled, " An act for 
regulating abuses and correcting disorders in ecclesiasti- 
cal affairs ;" by which, 

" Any person not an ordained or settled minister who should 
attempt publicly to teach or exhort without the express desire 
and invitation of the pastor or a major part of the church 
and congregation, should be bound in the sum of one hun- 
dred pounds lawful money not to offend again." 

Any foreigner or stranger not an inhabitant of the 
colony, whether ordained or not, was ordered "to be 
sent as a vagrant person from constable to constable, 
out of the bounds of the colony." The assembly not 
only passed laws against these alleged irregularities, but 
the several ecclesiastical bodies interposed their author- 
ity to check the innovations of the new lights. After 
numerous attempts to discipline the refractory preachers, 
the consociations and associations proceeded to suspend 
or expel all the new light pastors in the colony. In 
May, 1742, the General Assembly passed an act very 
severe on itinerant preachers. This act, in part at least, 
had its origin in the consociation of New Haven county, 
as appears from the instructions which they gave to their 
delegates whom they sent to the council, which were 
suggested first by the Rev. Samuel Whittelsey, of Wall- 
ingford, who had in the beginning received Mr. White- 
field with open arms. Trumbull considers this act of 
the General Assembly as an " outrage to every principle 
of justice." 

The trial of Rev. Philemon Robbins of Branford for 
preaching to the Baptists at Wallingford in 1742, was 



REVIVALS. 305 

continued till 1747, and resulted in his deposition from 
the ministry. In 1744 the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy was 
brought before the assembly in consequence of a bill of 
indictment filed against him by Elihu Hall, Esq., of 
Wallingford, for publicly saying that the late laws of the 
colony, made concerning ecclesiastical affairs, were a 
great foundation to encourage persecution, and to en- 
courage wicked men to break their covenants ; and that 
if they did not, it was no thanks to the court ; and that 
the law which was made to stop ministers from going 
about to preach in other towns, was made without reason, 
and was contrary to the word of God. He was found 
guilty, and ordered to pay the cost of prosecution, which 
was ;^32 los. Sd., and to be bound to his peaceable and 
good behavior in a bond of ^50. 

It is not to be denied that many gross errors and 
irregularities followed in the train of this remarkable 
revival. Many of the most enthusiastic of its subjects for- 
sook their pastors and their usual places of worship, and 
followed the " itinerants " from parish to parish and from 
town to town. Some of the preachers and exhorters 
encouraged the most boisterous manifestations of feel- 
ing during the public worship on the part of the audi- 
ence, and sought to arouse them by raising their own 
voices to the highest key, accompanied by violent gest- 
ures and the most unnatural agitation of the body.' From 
that period there appears to have been no season of 
revival in this town for the space of seventy-four years. 
As a natural consequence, both religion and the church 
had arrived at a point of great declension and feebleness. 
The congregation had become very small, and was daily 
becoming weaker. 

I Hollister, i. 470. 
V 



306 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

In 1 8 14, while Rev. Mr. Ripley was in the pastoral 
office, a revival occurred. Previous to that time, the 
church for several years had annually diminished by 
deaths and dismissions, without corresponding additions. 
In the fall of that year a few of the brethren in connec- 
tion with the pastor commenced a weekly prayer 
meeting, and the pastor commenced a series of pastoral 
visits to all the families of the congregation. He found 
with equal surprise and joy, that in all the houses at 
which he called, one or more persons were under deep 
religious impressions, and that the whole community 
seemed pervaded by divine influence. The revival soon 
developed itself in the increased attendance on public 
worship, in the deep conviction of sin evidently produced 
on the minds of large numbers, and probable conversion 
of many individuals. In the course of three or four 
months it is thought that nearly one hundred were con- 
verted, and about eighty of them subsequently united 
with the church. In 1822 eighty-one families were 
connected with the church, and one hundred and forty- 
nine persons constituted its members. Another revival 
occurred in 1829, during the ministry of Rev. Mr. Hins- 
dale, resulting in fifty persons uniting with the church. 
In the winter of 1833-4, while Rev. Wm. McLean was 
supplying the pulpit, a revival occurred in which seventy 
persons united with the church. In 1837 about forty 
were converted and united with the church. In the 
month of February, 1840, during the ministry of Rev. 
Charles Rich, commenced a revival more extensive and 
powerful than had ever before been witnessed in this 
place. For some time previous Rev. Dr. Taylor had 
preached statedly on the sabbath, and as afterwards ap- 
peared, his powerful and solemn discourses had prepared 



REVIVALS. 307 

the minds of the people for the scenes which were to 
follow. About one hundred and thirty were converted, 
and one hundred connected with the church, and about 
as many more with the other churches of the town. The 
first sabbath school was commenced in 1818 with one 
hundred and thirty pupils ; it was kept only during the 
warm season until 1830. In 1831 it contained two hun- 
dred and thirty-one members ; and in that year seventeen 
of them united with the church. In 1832 adult classes 
became connected with the church. In 1837 it contained 
two hundred and seventy-four members. In 1841 the 
school contained two hundred and sixty-five members, 
and in 1847 five hundred and seven. 



308 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XV. 



SCHOOLS. 



In New England, ever since the first free school was 
established amidst the woods that covered the peninsula 
of Boston in 1636, the schoolmaster has been found on 
the border line between savage and civilized life, often in- 
deed with the axe to open his own path, but always looked 
up to with respect, and always carrying with him a valu- 
able and preponderating influence. Next to the minister, 
ruling elder and magistrate, he was regarded with the 
profoundest respect ; and when he walked through the 
village, or rambled in the fields, with his head bowed 
down in meditation upon some grave moral question, 
or solving some ponderous sum, the boys dared never 
pass him without pulling off their hats. He was 
among the few who received the title of " Mr.," and stood 
next to the minister in the minds of the people ; just as 
he does in Goldsmith's inimitable description in " The 
Deserted Village." 

The school-boy's situation at that day was no smecure. 
He was compelled to make many a deep indentation in 
his brain with the sharp points of sums in arithmetic 
not easy to do, and with sentences not readily subjected 
to the rules of grammar, and long words difficult to 
spell. Tough points in theology, seasoned with texts of 



SCHOOLS. 309 

scripture, and coupled with knotty questions of election, 
of faith, of works, and saving grace, formed a wholesome 
sauce to the more secular learning. Bits of practical 
philosophy, maxims that had been tested and found to 
be solid old English proverbs, scraps of experience 
pickled down in good attic salt ; something of civil 
polity and political economy, reverence of gray hairs, 
and respectful treatment to woman, were among the 
things that he was obliged to learn. Rough he might 
be and often was, but stupid he could not be ; for knowl- 
edge, and that of a kind not easily digested, was beaten 
into his skull as if by blows upon an anvil. Gentle or 
simple, he must submit to the same dry rules of appli- 
cation.' 

Connecticut has long been distinguished for her 
common schools. The code of Laws established by the 
General Court in 1650 recognized their importance. 

" It being one chiefe project of that old deluder Sathan to 
keepe men from a knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former 
times keeping them in an unknowne tongue, so in the latter 
times by perswading them from the uce of Tongues, so that 
at least the true sence and meaning of the originall might bee 
clouded with false glosses of saint seeming deceivers, and 
that learning may not bee buried in the grave of o"" Fore- 
fathers, in church and common wealth, the Lord assisting our 
endeavors. It is there fore ordered by this Courte that every 
Townshipp within this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath in- 
creased them to the number of fifty householders, shall 
appoint one within their town to teach all such children as 
shall resort to him, to write and read, whose wages shall be 
paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by 
the inhabitants in general. "^ 

1 Hollister. 

2 Trumbull's Colonial Records, Vol. i. p. ^54. 



3IO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

In 1677 a fine often pounds annually was imposed upon 
any county town that should " neglect to keep a Latin 
School according to order;" and upon any town in the 
colony that should neglect to provide a school for more 
than three months in each year a fine of five pounds 
was levied. In 1690 the schools in Hartford and New 
Haven counties were made free schools. The ancient 
records of Wallingford contain no allusion to the matter 
of public schools at an earlier date than 1678, eight 
years after the settlement of the village. On the twenty- 
seventh of November in that year it was voted in town 
meeting that 

" The towne complyed with what y^ select men motioned & 
consented for y*^ incouragement of such a schoolemaster as y 
select men shall approve of to alow ten pounds a yeare and 
three pence a weeke for all schollers males or females from 
six to sixteene years ould so long as they goe to schoole." 

It is quite evident that schools had existed long before ; 
probably here as elsewhere, the school and the church 
took root together, and grew up with the first log cabin 
in the forest. For in Connecticut the schoolmaster has 
not been far off when the minister has been settled, and 
the school-house has been side by side with the church. 
Thus did our predecessors, like all the other founders of 
New England, develop a far-sighted religious wisdom, 
and a profound sagacity, which none of the princes and 
statesmen of this world knew. For all possible and 
conceivable ends had the power, blood and wealth of 
nations been squandered for thousands of years, except 
for the only true ends of the state, the formation and 
elevation of 7nen. The fathers of New England designed 
to raise up religious and intelligent men. They alone 
ever conceived, or at least actually carried out, the 



SCHOOLS. 311 

scheme of educating the people. In this point of view, 
the everlasting pyramids, the matchless splendors of 
Babylon, the great masterpiece of architecture, St. 
Peter's, are less imposing and valuable than the log 
school-houses of primitive New England. 

In 1680, Elijah Preston agreed to teach such children 
as should be sent to him for four months for ten pounds, 
and he "to find house-room, and the schollors wood." 
In 1684, the town granted ;^io to the teacher out of 
the public treasury, and required the pupils to pay ;^5 
in addition. In 1689, the town voted ;^5 for a school, 
and the next year ^^4. In 1691, the town voted that 
all the money for schools should be raised by those 
who sent children to school. October 4, 1693, the 
town voted to give, and did sequester all the land 
lying between the old country road and the old mill, 
including the mill-pond, to the use of the school. De- 
cember 15, 1693, John Parker and Joseph Thompson 
were chosen a committee with instructions to employ 
a teacher ; and ^6 were appropriated for the mainte- 
nance of the same, part in winter, and part in summer. 
In 1694, they gave ;£6 to schools. In 1695, Eleazer 
Peck, John Parker, and John Moss, were chosen a 
school committee, and £6 were given for the use of 
schools. The same year the town authorized the 
committee to employ a woman to teach in summer, 
and a man in the winter. The next year £6 were 
appropriated to schools. In 1697, the care of pro- 
curing a school-teacher was given to the selectmen 
to procure one as cheap as they could, and to enquire 
about building a school-house. The town also decided 
that the school-house should stand in the street between 
John Moss's and Joshua CuK-er's. The same year they 



312 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

voted to forbear building the school-house, but in 
December following they decided that the school-house 
should be twenty feet long and fourteen feet wide, and 
to be built at the expense of the town. In 1698, it 
was voted that each pupil should pay a penny a week. 
In 1702, it was voted that a school-house be built, they 
having hitherto hired a room for that purpose. The 
same year at a Court of Assembly at Hartford, it was 
ordered that the respective constables of the towns in 
the colony should levy the sum of forty shillings upon 
a thousand pounds, and deliver it into the hands of 
the committee, 

" Provided the said committees or select men will give 
them certificate under their hands of their receit of said 
money and improvement thereof for the maintenance of 
schools in their townes respectively according as the said law 
directs, which the said committees and select-men upon receit 
thereof are hereby required to doe." 

In 171 1, fifty acres of land and money were voted to 
schools. In September of the same year, 

" Ye town voated that they would chous a commity to treet 
with ye Scool Master concerning his terms in order to a set- 
tolment & bring report to y^ town. At y^ same Metting M'' 
Henry Bates scool Master gave the following proposals 
Namely. 

"Gontel Men. Upon second considerations I doe hereby 
propose that if y^ town for incoragment will be pleased for to 
make sure and conferme to me fifty acres of land whar I 
shall care to take it up whar it is not already taken up ; & let 
me have the improvement of y^ old Mill pon so called and 
all other Lands that belongs to the scool and fifty pounds a 
year for ye time we shall agree upon the town appointing a 
commity to agree with me and all those that sends chilldren 



SCHOOLS. 313 

to cast in thar mite towards purchaseing a horn sted and 
upon condition i may be yours to serve, 

" Henry Bates. 

" Att ye same meting y^ town voatted thar accepttans of y<^ 
above s'' proposell, and chose capt. Merriman, Sam^' Mun- 
son, s''. John ives, for thair comitte to agree with y^ s^ scool 
mastter. December 24, 17 13, y town voated y' the money 
conserning y^ scool Respecting chilldren shall be raised upon 
all y^ children that live within a mille & half of y<= scool 
hous, from six year old to teen, Whether they go to scool 
or nott." 

If we were to judge by some of these records, there 
were among these teachers some who were but poorly 
qualified for their employments. They are well de- 
scribed by John Trumbull in his ''Progress of Dulness:" 

" He tries, with ease and unconcern. 

To teach what ne'er himself could learn ; 

Gives law and punishment alone. 

Judge, jury, bailitf, all in one ; 

Holds all good learning must depend 

Upon the rod's extremest end. 

Whose great electric touch is such, 

Each genius brightens at the touch. 

With threats and blows, excitements pressing, 

Drives on his lads to learn each lesson ; 

Thinks iiogging cures all moral ills. 

And breaks their heads to break their wills." 

Female instruction must have been greatly neglected, 
when the daughters of men who occupied important 
offices in the town artd church, were obliged to make a 
mark for their signature. December 29, 171 3, it was 
voted that all children between the ages of six and six- 
teen that reside within a mile of the school house, 
whether they go to school or not, and those who attend 



3 14 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

one week shall pay for half a year. And John Moss and 
Samuel Culver were appointed to see that the teacher 
keeps his hours. The next year it was voted that all the 
children that go to school shall pay two shillings a head, 
and all the rest to be paid out of the town treasury. To 
this the following persons dissented, viz. : 

"John Hodgkins, 

Benjamin Beach, 

Thomas Willshine, 

Joseph Parker, 

Thomas Brooks, ] West side of the river. 

Joseph Clark, 

Nathaniel Andrews, 

John Parker, 

Mather Bellamy." 

December 19, 171 5, the following petition was pre- 
sented at town meeting: 

" The farmers residing on the west side of the river, to the 
town of Wallingford humbly show, that your neighbors have 
for some considerable time many of us dwelt remote from the 
town and under great disadvantage as to the great duty of 
educating our children, and the time allowed we wil keep a 
school according to law, and the bounds we desire is that 
West of the River as high as Timothy Tuttles and Timothy 
Beache's, and we hope that you will grant our request, in 
consideration whereof we subscribe friends and our names, 
"John Hotchklss, Jacob Johnson, 

Joseph Parker, John Doolittle." 

The request was granted, and the town was divided 
into two school districts in 1715. in 1719 they voted to 
have three schools, one over the river two months, and 
in the north part near Samuel Andrews', one month. In 
1720, "every scholar that enters the school between the 
twentieth of September and the last of April, shall each 



SCHOOLS. 315 

bring half a load of wood, and if they fail, then they 
shall pay a fine of sixpence, to be looked out for by the 
committee." January 10, I72i,the town gave Mr. Bates, 
the schoolmaster, liberty to sit in the first pew in the 
front gallery of the new meeting-house. April 25 of the 
same year, " the farmers on the west side of the river, 
and the north farmers shall have the proportion of our 
schools, and this vote shall stand until the town see 
cause to alter it ; " and a committee was chosen to see 
that it was carried out. December 11, 1722, one far- 
thing was added to the pound for the benefit of teaching 
at the farms such as could not comfortably come to the 
town to the school, they paying poll money, the same as 
those attending in town. 

About this time the management of schools was 
transferred to school society committees, by an act of 
the General Assembly. December 29, 1724, it was deci- 
ded that a new school-house should be built in the lane 
where the old pound was ; to be twenty-five feet long 
and twenty feet broad ; and Lieutenant Moss, Sergeant 
Nathaniel Curtis and Henry Turhand were chosen a 
committee to build said house. 

The school-house in what is now the Yalesville dis- 
trict was originally on the east side of the river, near 
the residence of Elijah Hough ; and was not removed 
from there until about the year 1800, when a new school- 
house was built, and the bounds of the district changed 
and enlarged. The present school-house is the second 
one built on the site situated on the west side of the 
river. 

The Union Academy' in Wallingford was chartered 



I The term "Academy," which in England had been applied to semina- 
ries of learning established by non-conformists, to distinguish them from 



3l6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORO. 

in 1812, upon the petition of Samuel Cook, and for 
many years was in a flourishing condition. The academy 
building stood on the land now occupied by the house of 
Mrs. Samuel H. Button. In 1818, there were forty-five 
pupils. Our elegant Academies and highly improved 
schools are but the developments and natural growth of 
the early schools at Wallingford. 

For a long time the only books in common use in 
district schools, were the " New England Primer' and 
the " Psaltery The edition most commonly used was 
entitled, "The New England Primer, improved for the 
more easy attaining of true reading of English. To 
which is added The Assembly of Divines, and Mr. 
Cotton's Chatechism. Boston, Printed by Edward Draper 
at his Printing Office in Newbury street and Sold by 
John Boyle in Marlborough street, 1777."' This book 
contained a frontispiece of "The Hon. John Hancock, 
Esq., President of the American Congress," and a pic- 
ture of John Rogers in the flames, and his wife and nine 
children looking on ; also an illustrated alphabet begin- 
ning with 



and ending with. 



" In Adam's Fall 
We finned all," 

" Zacheus he 

Did climb the Tree 

Our Lord to fee." 



the schools and colleges of the Church of England, seems to have been 
applied, very naturally, by the sons of the Puritans to similar institutions 
in this country ; and though not confined to schools founded by Congrega- 
tionalists, was generally applied to such. Some of these institutions ceased 
to exist after a few years, while others were merged in the higher depart- 
ments of common schools ; but many of them were incorporated by the 
General Assembly, and became permanent educational institutions. 

I The first edition was printed by R. Pierce for Benjamin Harris at the 
London Coffee House in Boston, 1692. 



SCHOOLS. 317 

Arithmetic was taught in their common schools, the 
teacher only having a book, and writing the sums for 
the pupils, and showing them how to do them. "Dil- 
worth's Spelling Book, or New Guide," was introduced 
in 1740. The author was an Englishman, and died in 
England in 1781. His book was for a time in common 
use. Trumbull alludes to it thus, in 1772 : 

"Our master says, ( I'm sure he is right), 
There's not a lad in town so bright, 
He'll cypher bravely, write and read. 
And say his catechism and creed, 
And scorn to hesitate or falter, 
In Primer, Spelling Book, or Psalter." 

Dilworth's " Schoolmaster s Assistant" or arithmetic, 
was published after his spelling book had been well re- 
ceived, in 1743. It was much used in Connecticut.' 

The school ma'am taught the children to beJiave, to 
ply the needle through all the mysteries of hemming, 
over-hand, stitching and darning, up to sampler ; and to 
read from ABC through the spelling-book to the 
Psalter. Children were taught to be inaimerly and pay 

I The following books were in use in the schools of Connecticut at the 
various dates : Spelling Books : Dilworth's, 1740; Dyche's, 1750; Perry's, 
1780 ; Webster's, 1802; Murray's, 1819. Arithmetics: Jeak's, 1713 ; 
Hill's, 1752; Pike's, 1786; Adams', 1802; Daboll's, 1814. Readers: 
Webster's Selections, 1785; American Preceptor, 1792; Columbian Ora- 
tor, 1800. Geographies: Gordon's, 1708 ; Guthrie's, 1785; Morse's, 1790 ; 
Cumming's, 1813; Adams', 181 5. English Dictionaries : Bailey's, 1745; 
Dyche's, 1750 ; Johnson's, 1759; Entick's, 1770; Perry's, 1783; Walker's, 
1806. English Grammars : Salmon's, 1759; Lilly's, 1761; Webster's, 
1785; Alexander's, 1797; Murray's, 1806. Latin Gratntnars : Garret- 
son's, 1704; Burr's, 1757; Adams', 1800; Biglow's, 1809. Latin Diction- 
aries: Ainsworth's, 1736; Cole's, 1743; Young's, 1762; Entick's Tyro 
Thesaurus, 1808. Greeh Grammars: Vossius', 1700; Wettenhall's, 1739; 
Milner's, 1761 ; Valpy's, 1808. Greek Lexicon : Schrevelius, 1700 to 1774. 
Book-Keeping: Snell's, 1710; Perry's, 1777 ; Booth's, 1789; Turner's, 1800. 



3l8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

respect to their elders, especially to dignitaries. In the 
street they stood aside when they met any respectable 
person or stranger and saluted them with a bow or cour- 
tesy, stopping modestly till they had passed. This was 
called making their manners. Peculiar reverence was 
paid to the minister. Bold was the urchin who dared to 
laugh within his hearing. That reverend personage was 
accustomed to catechise them once a month in the 
meeting-house, and to accompany the exercise with 
many a stern reproof or grave admonition. 

The early schools were somewhat rude, and we may 
smile at their evident defects. But the world had never 
yet seen such men — so poor that they could not build a 
hut twenty-four by thirty feet ; so harassed and perilled 
by a savage war that they went to their Sabbath worship 
armed with muskets, while night and day their little vil- 
lage was guarded by block houses and patrols ; and yet 
in that deep poverty and from their first day in the wil- 
derness nobly sustaining the preaching of the Gospel 
and schools, virtually free to every child among them. 
The early settlers in the towns which composed the two 
original colonies of Connecticut and New Haven, came 
with their families and all the family relations existing 
from the first. They came with all the elements of the 
state combined in vigorous action, and with a firm pur- 
pose to make the then wilderness their permanent home. 
They came with earnest religious convictions, made more 
earnest by the trials of persecution. United in a com- 
mon faith, bound together by strong sympathies and 
already organized in churches for religious improvement, 
it was in harmony with their circumstances that they 
should seek the intellectual and moral culture of their 
children. 




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CHAPTER XVI. 

WYOMING AND THE SUSQUEHANNA COMPANY. 

In the year 1754 a company was formed in Connecticut 
for the purpose of purchasing a large tract of land lying 
west of the province of New York, on the Susquehanna 
river, and belonging to the Six Nations. This tract 
extended about seventy miles north and south, and 
from about ten miles east of the river Susquehanna 
westward two degrees of longitude. This territory was 
admitted, by the best lawyers of the nation, to belong to 
Connecticut by virtue of her charter. It had been 
conveyed away by King James I. in the most ample man- 
ner possible, by letters patent under the great seal of 
P^ngland, bearing date November 3, 1620, to the Duke 
of Lenox, the Marquis of Buckingham, the Earls of 
Arundel and Warwick, with divers other persons, by 
the name of the council established at Plymouth, in the 
county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and 
governing of New England in America. This patent 
describes the bounds of Connecticut as extending 
" throughout the main lands," ''from the western ocean to 
the south sea." This would include the whole of New 
York, and the principal part if not the whole of Penn- 
sylvania. 



320 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The Susquehanna company consisted at first of eight 
hundred and forty persons, and included a number of the 
inhabitants of WalHngford. The project of establishing 
a colony in Wyoming had been started by sundry indi- 
viduals in Connecticut in 1753 ; and in the following- 
year, after the Susquehanna company was formed, a 
number of agents were commisioned to proceed thither, 
explore the country and conciliate the good will of the 
Indians. A purchase was made which included the 
whole valley of Wyoming and the country westward to 
the sources of the Alleghany. 

Here was nature in unconcealed loveliness. The mag- 
nificent forests, the luxuriant fertility of the soil and 
the climate gave promise of golden harvests and pleas- 
ant homes as the rewards of industry and enterprise. 
Game of every sort was abundant. The quail whistled 
in the meadow ; the pheasant rustled in its leafy covert ; 
the wild duck reared her brood and bent the reed in 
every inlet ; the red deer fed upon the hills ; while in the 
deep forests, within a few hours' walk, was found the 
stately elk. Standing upon " Prospect Rock " on the 
Pokono mountain range, and looking westwardly, the 
entire valley can be surveyed at a single view, forming 
one of the richest and most beautiful landscapes upon 
which the eye of man ever rested. Through the center 
of the valley flows the Susquehanna, the winding course 
of which can be traced the whole distance. Several 
green islands slumber sweetly in its embrace, while the 
sight revels amidst the garniture of fields and wood- 
lands ; and to complete the picture, low in the distance 
may be dimly seen the borough of Wilkesbarre.' 

I The greatest effort of Campbell's genius was undoubtedly his "Ger- 
trude of Wyoming," a poem in the old style of English pathos and poetry. 



WYOMING. 321 

When the agents returned with such glowing ac- 
counts, no wonder that every town in the colony was 
ready to furnish emigrants to this paradise ; but the In- 
dian war for several years prevented their settlement. In 
1763 a number of emigrants from Connecticut visited 
the valley, cleared up some land, sowed their grain, and 
returned home. During the following spring they went 
back to Wyoming with their families, with the determina- 
tion of making a permanent settlement ; taking with 
them their stock, farming utensils and household furni- 
ture. Their crops had proved abundant, they were 
delighted with their new homes, and they began to an- 
ticipate a life of peace and plenty. If we may believe 
Campbell, 

" The happy shepherd swains had nought to do 
But feed their flocks on green declivities, 
Or skim perchance the lake with light canoe, 
From morn till evening's sweeter pastime grew." 

But on the 1 5th of October they were suddenly startled 
by the sound of the warwhoop, which was followed by a 
fierce attack from a large party of savages. The settlers 
were entirely unprepared for such an assault, and about 
twenty men were killed and scalped. The remainder of 
the men, women and children fled to the mountains, and 
ultimately found their way back to Connecticut. 

In 1768 the Susquehanna company determined to 
renew the attempt to settle the lands at Wyoming. Two 
hundred pounds Connecticut currency ($667,00), was 

founded upon the desolation of Wyoming by the Indians in 1778. The 
Wyoming of Campbell is and will be a creation lovely to the heart and 
imagination of mankind. But the poet has given to the world a creation 
that is only imaginary. The " lakes," the " flamingo," and the " mock 
bird " are all strangers to Wyoming, and the historical allusions in the 
poem are not correct. 
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322 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

appropriated to provide implements of husbandry, pro- 
visions, arms and ammunition, for those who might 
require assistance, and forty persons were to set out 
forthwith, and two hundred others were to follow the 
succeeding spring. At a meeting held at Hartford it 
was resolved that five townships, each five miles square, 
should be surveyed and granted each to forty settlers, 
on condition that those settlers should remain upon the 
ground, " man their rights," and defend themselves and 
each other from the incursions of all rival claimants. By 
the tenth of April two hundred and seventy able bodied 
men had left their homes in Connecticut for Wyoming. 

In January, 1773, the General Assembly determined to 
extend their jurisdiction to the settlers, and incorporate 
them into a town by the name of Westmoreland, with 
the same privileges as other towns in the colony enjoyed. 
As the Susquehanna company had its opposers, and as 
many imagined that the claim of the colony was un- 
founded, the measures which the Assembly adopted, 
produced considerable excitement in the colony. A 
meeting was called at Middletown to take the subject 
into consideration. At a town meeting held at Walling- 
ford, March 21, 1744, the selectmen presented the 
petition of a great number of the inhabitants, requesting 
a legal town meeting for the purpose of consulting 
proper measures relative to the afiairs of the Susque- 
hanna lands, " so far as they Judge Conducive to the 
Interest of this Colony." 

" It was thereupon motioned by a Prop' of said Purchase 
so Called that a peice printed and Published at New London 
addressed to the candid Publick should be read to said 
Meeting and said Motion was opposed, and that a peice 
Published at New Haven in the Connecticutt Gazette, Signed 



WYOMING. 323 

many, Should be first read which proposed a Convention at 
Middletown of the respective Towns in this Colony by their 
agents or Committee to Consult Salutary Measures touching 
the Matters aforesaid, and the same was agreed to be read 
accordingly, then the first mentioned peice was read pur- 
porting an answer to the Same, and followed with peices 
Published in the New Haven Gazette with the State of the 
Case of said Claim with the opinion of the attorney General 
&c., and others Councel Learned in the Law, also Several 
Manuscripts were offered and read ; particularly the Speach 
of Gov Fitch on the Subject matter to the Deputies of the 
Six Nations in General assembly of this Colony may 1763, 
the List of the Colony and the Proceeding and Votes of the 
Susquehanah Company at Windham on the 9th Instant, and 
after a full Debate and Consultation thereon," 

The question was put whether they would nominate 
and choose a committee to represent the town of Wall- 
ingford at Middletown on the last Wednesday of March. 
It was voted in the affirmative, and Col. Elihii Hall, 
Benjamin Hall and Capt. Thaddeus Cook, "were Nomi- 
nated and Chosen a Committee in behalf of said Town 
to attend upon and Join s'd Convention." At this 
convention twenty-three towns were represented, and a 
petition and remonstrance were ordered to be printed 
and dispersed through all the towns in the colony, that 
the general sense of the public might be had thereupon. 
This petition called in question the right of the Assem- 
bly to extend its jurisdiction to lands west of the 
province of New York : 

" Measures which your remonstrants conceive to be of 
a very dangerous tendency, and pregnant with the greatest 
mischief to them and their posterity, and highly derogatory 
to the honour and interest, and destructive to the peace of 
the colony, and a great grievance." 



324 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

They claimed that the proprietors of the Susquehanna 
company were members of the last General Assembly, 
and deeply interested in the questions discussed, and did 
sit and act in the Assembly in the very matters in which 
they were deeply interested. The Assembly were re- 
quested to suspend the Wyoming settlers from interfering 
in the voting, being represented or otherwise transacting 
in the affair of government. 

This party and their memorials met with very little 
countenance by the people in general ; by many they 
were made a subject of banter and ridicule. At a town- 
meeting of the inhabitants of Wallingford, held April 
II, 1774, the committee who were appointed to attend 
the Middletown Convention, presented the " Remon- 
stance," which being read, a stormy debate arose, and 
papers and pamphlets were produced on both sides of 
the question, and it was put to vote whether they should 
be read in the meeting ; it was decided in the negative, 
and after sundry debates the question was put whether 
the town would accept the "Doings or the Remonstrance 
agreed upon by the Middletown Convention." . 

"The Town Voted that the Moderator of said Meeting 
ordered the Vote to be recorded that they Excepted the 
Doings of said Committee at the Middletown Convention." 

In 1775, the Wyoming colony had become so nume- 
rous that it was taken under the protection of the gov- 
ernment of Connecticut, and organized into a township 
as a part of Litchfield county, by the name of West- 
moreland. The spirit that had roused the people of 
the colonies to resist the oppressive acts of the mother 
country, met with a cordial response from the settlers of 
Wyoming. In the year 1776 the militia of the town- 



WYOMING. 325 

ship were formed into the 24th regiment of Connecticut 
militia, and they furnished the continental army with 
nearly three hundred officers and soldiers to fight the 
battles of the country, which left the settlement at 
Wyoming weak and unguarded. 

Wyoming was a part of Connecticut. Her sons were 
there with their good English names, shrewd sense, 
unostentatious home-bred tastes, habits of economy, 
schools, religion, laws, industry and valor. Let us sup- 
pose that we too are there, and that it is early January 
of the eventful year 1778. Hill and glade smile as the 
morning sun glances over the mountain, to woo and 
melt at last the cold unsullied snow. The hale cattle 
and the dainty sheep nipping the hay that lies in heaps 
around the stack in the open meadow, while the farmer 
who has just fed them stands with his hands in his 
pockets, regarding their growth with a complacent smile 
that is the outward sign of the promise that his heart 
has made to itself of thrift for his sons, and marriage 
portions for his daughters, are additional features in the 
picture. Should he ask you to accompany him home 
and breakfast with him, you need not excuse yourself or 
hesitate lest his busy wife and pretty daughters, whose 
complexions show that they once belonged to New 
Haven county, should blush at the scantiness of the 
repast. They will set before you buckwheat cakes and 
venison, or it may be salt fish and the nice fragments of 
the wild turkey that flanked the loin of beef for yester- 
day's dinner.' 

But this quiet state of things was not to last long. It 



I Hollister's Hist, n. 340. Miner's Hist. Wyoming, 208 9. Chapman's 
Hist. Wyoming. Stone's Hist, Wyoming. 



326 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

began to be rumored abroad that the Indians meditated 
an attack on the settlement. The settlers began to 
guard themselves with increased vigilance. Regular 
garrison duty was performed in the several fortifications 
by classes of the militia in successive order. Message 
after message was sent to their absent husbands in the 
continental army by the now thoroughly frightened 
women, begging them as they loved them and their ten- 
der babes, to come home. But Congress refused to let 
them go until every commissioned officer from Wyoming 
except two, had resigned ; and many privates had de- 
serted. But they reached their loved ones too late. A 
combined British, tory and Indian force had spread 
devastation and waste on every side. A terrible battle 
was fought ; and a massacre, awful in its details, com- 
menced. About one hundred and sixty of the Connecti- 
cut people were slain, or more than half of the able 
men in the valley. The valley was deserted, and nearly 
every house and barn were burnt. The entire region 
presented a scene of devastation and ruin. 

"On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! 
Although the wild flower on thy ruined wall, 
And roofless homes a sad remembrance bring 
Of what thy gentle people did befall ; 
Yet thou wert once the loveliest land of all 
That see the Atlantic wave their morn restore." 

The remainder of the people endeavored to seek safety 
in Alight. The dense forests and swamps that sur- 
rounded the valley of the Wyoming were teeming with 
the widowed women and fatherless children of the 
pioneers, who were wending their way back towards 
Connecticut with blighted hjpes and broken hearts. 
Wyoming was a home to them no longer. 



WYOMING. 327 

" Waste were those pleasant farms, and the farmers for- 
ever departed ! 

Scattered like dust and leaves, when the mighty blasts 
of October 

Seize them, and whirl them aloft, and sprinkle them far 
o'er the ocean." 

The bodies of the slain lay imburied until the 22d of 
October, when a military guard of twenty-five men, 
under the direction of a lieutenant, collected their re- 
mains, dug a large hole and buried them. 

The New England spirit of enterprise and love of 
adventure were soon manifested in new settlements in 
the Wyoming valley ; a fort was built, and the few 
families who returned to the scene of their troubles 
proceeded to cultivate the fields. But by the unjust 
decree of Trenton, in 1782, the settlement was torn from 
Connecticut, and subjected to the authority of Pennsyl- 
vania, contrary to the wishes, and without the consent 
of the inhabitants. By this unrighteous act, Connec- 
ticut, which had held rank in the confederacy of I775» 
as a colony of the first magnitude, and had been literally 
the keystone State of the confederacy during the 
revolutionary struggle, had met every crisis with the 
greatest promptitude and vigor, and had made such 
great sacrifices to establish the cause of liberty and inde- 
pendence, underwent the mortification of seeing the 
integrity of her territory violated, her size diminished, 
her laws solemnly enacted nullified without her consent, 
and her rank in the Union reduced.' But compromising 
and confirming laws were passed by the legislature of 
Pennsylvania, under which the Connecticut settlers 
were allowed to retain their farms. 



3 Hinman's Connecticut in the Revolution, 17. 



;28 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKI). 



CHAPTER XVII. 

THE FIRST CORN MILL. ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF 
VALESVILLE. 

The first planters of Wallingford, as in all new settle- 
ments, soon discovered the importance of having a mill 
for grinding their corn. Consequently they were not 
long in making preparations for the erection of one on 
Wharton's brook, a little south of the late residence of 
Joseph Doolittle. As early as 1673, at a town meeting 
on the 30th day of January, it was " ordered that Lieut. 
Fowler be invited to come and confer with the towns- 
men about building a mill as he had proposed, so that 
the town might exactly know what his proposition was, 
that it might be reported to the town, and action taken 
accordingly." No further action was taken on the subject 
until February 24th of the same year, when Mr. Moss, 
Lieut. Merriman, Thomas Yale and Benjamin Lewis 
were chosen to confer with Lieut. Fowler concerning 
the mill, and liberty was granted them, provided Fowler 
would not agree to such terms as they might propose, 
to accept of his ; thus showing their great anxiety for the 
establishment of a mill in the town. Nothing appears 
to have been accomplished, as the committee made no 
report of their doings. 

A contract was however made by the committee with 



FIRST CORN MILL. 329 

Lieut Fowler, and the work of building a mill was com- 
menced. On the fifth day of the fourth month, 1674, 
John Hall Jr., Nathaniel Royce, Benjamin Lewis and 
Nathan Andrews were chosen to look after the interests 
of the mill, and to cause the work to be duly accom- 
plished. A vigorous move was now made to push the 
work. A town meeting was called on the third day of 
July, 1674, and a rate of sixteen shillings on the smallest 
lots, and twenty-four shillings on the middle lots, and 
thirty-two shillings on the largest lots, was laid, and 
ordered to be paid in the following manner : One-half 
of a third part in wheat and peas in equal proportion, 
and the remainder in Indian or other corn ; the wheat, 
if winter wheat, at five shillings per bushel ; summer 
wheat at five shillings eight pence ; peas at four shillings, 
and corn at three shillings and sixpence, to defray the 
expense of the mill, and in carrying on the work at and 
about the same, also about Mr. Street's house then being 
erected. 

The great difficulty of procuring help to accomplish 
the work about the mill, induced the town at a meeting 
held August 26, 1674, to order and direct the committee 
to call out the inhabitants of the town to work at the 
mill. The committee found some difficulty in carrying 
out the above order ; therefore on the twentieth day of 
October, 1674, a further committee was appointed, con- 
sisting of Samuel Andrews, Thomas Curtis and Thomas 
Hall, to assist the former committee in prosecuting the 
work ; and if on call any should refuse to work at the 
mill, they should pay a fine of five shillings. As this 
vote was the last one passed by the town on the subject, 
it is supposed that the committee found no further diffi- 
culty in finishing the work about the mill. 



330 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORTX 

The mill having been completed, a meeting of the 
town was called, and held December 12, 1674, ordering 
the inhabitants to bring in their corn to the mill, that 
the same may be ground ; and that Wednesday and 
Thursday in each week be set apart for grinding at the 
mill. As no record can be found of the contract made 
with Lieut. Fowler respecting the mill or his interest 
therein, that part of its history must forever remain in 
obscurity. During the season following, the mill-dam 
was frequently damaged by the sudden rise of water in 
the stream, and frequent calls were made on the people 
to assist in making repairs. At a meeting of the town 
held September 23, 1675, an appropriation of forty shil- 
lings was made, and a committee appointed to cause the 
mill-dam to be kept in order. April 6, 1675, the town 
gave Lieutenant Fowler six acres of land upon the mill 
plain, on the south side of the path that leads to the mill, 
adjoining Wharton's brook. April 27, 1675, a further 
grant was made to Lieut. Fowler of sixty acres of land 
on the east side of Wharton's brook, east of the mill, 
and adjoining said brook. The selectmen were to lay it 
out according to their best judgment, and for convenience 
to the mill and people of the town. This grant is very 
nearly, if not exactly, that tract of land which was the 
farm of the late Michael Doolittle. 

On account of some difficulty between the town and 
Lieut. Fowler, in carrying out his contract made with 
the committee, he not being willing to confer further 
with them, sent his son John Fowler to act in his be- 
half. At a meeting of the town September 16, 1676, 
John Fowler appeared in behalf of his father, as his 
agent respecting all former contracts of his father about 
the mill. He engaged in his own name, and drew up 



FIRST CORN MILL. 33 1 

and signed a contract with the town of Wallingford, 
upon condition the town granted the sixty acres of land 
as promised, situated as follows : 

" The north stake ten rods northward of the brook common- 
ly called Milking Yard brook as you go between Wallingford 
and Hartford in the Middle way between the mouth of said 
brook and the old path, and to run in a strait line south- 
ward, so as to cut the edges of the red bank by the east 
river, so called, at the utmost eastward. And so from the 
norther stake westward 120 rods, and so as to hold his depth 
on the south side paralell and the river southward till he 
have the full complement of sixty acres." 

What action the town took in relation to this matter 
does not appear ; but the following vote, passed March 
5, 1676, indicates the result : 

"Voted, in case Lieut. Fowler dissented from his former 
contract with the town about the mill, and it falls out that Jo. 
Lothrop prove to be the man that takes the matter in hand to 
procure the mill to be built anew, and kept in repair for the 
use of the town, the town will give him twenty pounds for his 
encouragement in the work.'" 

Nathaniel Royce was instructed in behalf of Jo. Loth- 
rop to call out men to work at the mill, every man accord- 
ing to his proportion until the thirty pounds were paid. 
Lieut. Fowler's management and the location of the 
mill were not satisfactory to the people of the town, and 
as he could not give further assurances, or would not 
fulfil his contract with them, the dam and race had been 
greatly damaged by the flood, and mill gearing often out 
of repair, causing much trouble and annoyance; and 
Mr. Fowler failing to perform his engagements, it was 
decided that the mill should be removed to a place that 



332 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

had been selected previously for that purpose at the 
first falls on the river, (now Yalesville). 

The old site of the first mill was on Wharton's brook 
a little south of the hill on which the village stands, and 
a little below the late residence of Joseph Doolittle. 
Traces of the old dam and race are now visible. Before 
entering upon the history of the First Falls mill, it may 
not be out of place to give some of the town's action 
relative to the old mill-site flowing ground, which being 
sequestered was rented from time to time for different 
purposes, and to different individuals. November 14, 
1679, the land where the mill stood was given to Mercy 
Moss. It is described as being on the west side of Long 
Hill, near the south end of Wharton's brook. March 13, 
1693, the townsmen were instructed to let the old mill- 
pond for seven years to John Doolittle, for two pounds 
and two shillings per year, current provision pay, he 
keeping the fences in good repair, and to leave them so. 
October 4, 1693, the old mill-pond was by a vote of the 
town sequestered, with all the land between the country 
road and the old pond place, the use of which was to be 
applied to the benefit of schools ; no part of which was 
to be disposed of or sold, without the consent of every 
individual planter. 

The site of the mill at the " First Falls" was examined 
at an early date and selected as a desirable place for a 
mill ; therefore it was decided at a meeting of the town 
on the fourth day of June, 1677, that the mill should be 
removed there, or to some other place more convenient 
if it could be found. Nothing further was done until 
the loth of September, 1677. Some three months after 
they had decided on the removal, the town voted to 
send for Jo. Lothrop to come and conclude an agree- 



FIRST CORN MILL. 333 

ment with them about the mill. It appears that this 
vote was carried into immediate effect ; for on the 13th 
day of September, 1677, three days only intervening, 
the town voted that " if Jo. Lothrop go on with all speed 
and complete his mill which he had begun, leaving all 
future agreements between himself and the town for 
more suitable time, then the town grants him his thirty 
acres of land by the mill as he desired, as a part of his 
first division as a planter ; that is, he is to go five rods 
below the mill, forty rods above the mill, and so to run 
back southward until he gets his thirty acres." The 
town also gave him forty-four acres of land peculiar to 
his mill ; that is, four acres were added to his river lot of 
eight acres, making it twelve acres in all, and this to be 
situated as follows : "forty rods by the river, and running 
back eastward until he can find twelve acres at the falls 
which had been selected as a site for the mill ; also forty 
acres of upland to be in one piece, or two, as he may 
choose, provided he does not come within half a mile of 
the river commonly called New Haven east river, or 
within two miles of the town, or interfere with any 
former grants." The town also remitted his rates levied 
for the purpose of paying for the mill-dam and other work 
about the mill which belonged to the town to perform. 
The town also agreed " that the first thirty pounds and 
the last thirty pounds granted and to be levied for carry- 
ing on the work of the mill be now levied according to the 
three ranks of allotments ; that is to say the highest rank 
to pay twenty shillings, the middle rank fifteen shillings, 
and the lowest rank ten shillings ; this for the first thirty 
pounds, and also for the second rate levied. Sergeant 
Abraham Doolittle was chosen and authorised to call out 
as many of the town as he may need to work at the mill." 



334 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

By the action of the town it appears that Mr. Lothrop 
was ahead of the town in his work, and that the town 
were behind in theirs. It also appears that the town 
were to build the dam and race. October 30, 1677, the 
town ordered that one day's work more be added to each 
man in addition to what was previously levied. The 
town ordered, November 13, 1677, every planter to forth- 
with work one day each at the mill ; "and if any refuse, 
they are to be pressed ; and should any be behind in not 
paying their former dues, they are also to be pressed." 
Liberty was given to Sergeant Doolittle to take men 
from the dam work to help goodman Lothrop about his 
work proper to the mill, the said Lothrop paying the 
town for the same. 

Up to this time the work had been driven with energy 
both by the town and Mr. Lothrop, each performing their 
part to the full satisfaction of the other, when a cloud 
came over them in the destruction of their dam, which 
had cost them much labor and expense. It was carried 
away by the great pressure of the water from above. 
Notwithstanding this great calamity the people showed 
themselves to be men of nerve, and resolved to go ahead, 
and at once sent for goodman Miller, a man of experi- 
ence in such matters, to give advice as to the best way 
to proceed in repairing the mill-dam. Goodman Thorp 
was the messenger sent to Middletown for Mr. Miller, 
carrying a letter from the town of Wallingford desiring 
him to come and advise with them. What advice he 
gave does not appear. The matter rested until spring, 
when on the twenty-third day of April, 1678, the town 
decided to take away the sluice in the former dam be- 
fore building a new one ; and on the twenty-second of 
May the work of repairing the dam was ordered to be 



FIRST CORN MILL. 335 

carried on forthwith. The training day for May was 
suspended, and each man was to work at the mill on 
that day. No doubt the work went on to completion, 
for we find no reference to the mill or mill-dam until 
May 23, 1679, when the miller was instructed to grind 
one day in each week, and that on Mondays. On the 
eighth day of September, 1679, a committee was chosen 
to look after the affairs of the mill, and it was ascertain- 
ed that the miller could not do the grinding necessary 
for the inhabitants in one day. It was therefore ordered 
September 29, that two days be set apart for that pur- 
pose, viz. : Mondays and Thursdays. 

Thus matters went on until Aug. 25, 1680, when the 
town gave the whole control of the mill into the hands 
of the committee who had been previously appointed to 
look out for the interest of the mill and its affairs gen- 
erally. The business affairs of the mill had by this time 
become of great annoyance and trouble between the town 
and the miller, and the town had become completely tired 
of the trouble arising from it ; and to allay further trouble 
passed the following order, November 8, [680: "That 
the miller attend and perform his grinding Mondays and 
Thursdays, and continue grinding until his mill be 
cleared, if the water holds out ; and that every man has 
his turn whether he is there himself or sends one of his 
children or servants, according to agreement ; that is, if 
he brings his corn first, and is there present to desire it, 
or not, as soon as the hopper is clear ; and if no such 
case occurs then he shall have liberty to attend to the 
grinding of any one of the town who may bring his corn, 
and will wait until it is ground ; and that the miller does 
not grind away his water for strangers to the injury of 
the town's inhabitants." No doubt they anticipated that 



336 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the passage of this order would be the means of giving 
satisfaction to the people of the town, but in this they 
were greatly mistaken; and we find, June 13, 1681, the 
town voting to give the whole control of the mill into 
the hands of the miller, provided that he would keep the 
same in repair and grind the town's corn as it ought to 
be. October 14, 1681, the town entered into a contract 
with John Lothrop, and were for a time partially relieved 
from the care and perplexity of the mill, and no more 
was heard about it until September 27, 1686, when it 
was found that it needed great repairs. 

A committee was chosen to fix upon a site for a mill 
on the river, and two days afterwards an order was 
passed ordermg its removal. Thus it would appear that 
a site a little further down the stream would be better 
than the one originally selected, and there appears to be 
no doubt but that the mill was removed several rods 
down the stream ; and in order to make the location 
sure forever as a mill-site, the people of the town in 
town meeting assembled, October 3, 1687, agreed and 
voted that all the land about the mill and that on which 
it stands, and the river, shall be sequestered as town's 
commons, not any part thereof or parcel of the same 
ever to be sold or granted to any person or persons ex- 
cept by the consent of every individual planter belonging 
to the town. This land was bounded west by the 
entailed land, foreign to the mill, by the river and the 
highway on all the other parts (the mill being on the 
west side of the river) ; and as there was no means of 
crossing except by fording the river, the town at a meet- 
ing held December 27, 1687, ordered that a canoe be 
procured for the purpose of crossing the river to get to 
the mill from the east. 



FIRST CORN MILL. 337 

The work of removing and repairing the mill having 
been accomplished, the town, at a meeting held January 
21, 1689, passed an order directing how the affairs rela- 
tive to grinding were to be performed at the mill, and thus 
assumed the entire control of its affairs. December 17, 
1694, the people having become dissatisfied with crossing 
the river in a canoe, resolved to build a bridge, so that 
persons could get to the mill horseback. This was a great 
improvement over the old plan of crossing the river in a 
canoe. January 22, 1695, a tax of one-half penny was 
levied to defray the expense of the bridge at the mill. 
The bridge was no doubt built almost exactly where the 
bridge now is, just east of Parker's factory, and on the 
old road leading to Wallingford. At this meeting Samuel 
Lothrop, a son of John Lothrop, was appointed to take 
charge of the mill for two months, on condition that he per- 
formed his work well, and ground every man's corn well ; 
but he was given to understand that he could not stay 
in the mill if he failed to perform his work in a satisfac- 
tory manner. He appears to have given satisfaction, as 
he continued in charge of the mill until 1697, when 
Thomas Hall was chosen miller. December 31, 1700, 
it was ordered that the miller devote four days to grind- 
ing in each week in the winter, viz., December, January 
and February, and three days in each week for the 
remainder of the year. 

On or about the ninth day of March, 1704, John 
Lothrop's heirs sold to Tyler and Stanley all of their 
interest in the mill, and in 1707 William Tyler made a 
contract with the town concerning it. From this time 
the town seems to have surrendered all control over the 
mill and miller, the mill having passed into the hands of 
Wm. Tyler, who had purchased the interest of Mr. Stan- 
X 



338 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ley. The mill and all of the privileges connected with 
it remained in the Tyler family nearly a hundred years, 
until the decease of the late Samuel Tyler, who left it to 
one of his daughters, and it was sold by her guardian, 
Nehemiah Rice, to the late Charles Yale, who made ex- 
tensive repairs and alterations, and changed the name of 
Tyler's mills to Yalesville. The old buildings were de- 
stroyed by fire a few years ago. 



339 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



SLAVERY. SMALL POX. 



Slavery had existed in Connecticut, though to a very 
Hmited extent, from an early period. There were a 
number of slaves in Wallingford and Meriden who 
labored on farms and in families. These slaves were 
some of them brought directly from Africa, or quite as 
often from the West Indies, with which a brisk com- 
merce was carried on by the people of Connecticut, 
they often sending for a likely young negro and paying 
for him with the productions of their farms. In 1680 
thirty slaves were brought from Barbadoes and sold at 
an average price of ;£22 each. In a letter on the 5th 
of July, 1773, his Majesty's secretary inquired of the 
Governor of Connecticut as to the population of the 
colony. The answer of the Governor in 1774 was that 
the number of whites was 191,372, and the number of 
blacks 6,464. Nearly all the blacks were slaves. At 
an early period some Indians or Indian families who had 
become by treachery or crime peculiarly obnoxious, were 
sold as slaves. In 1646 we are told that " an Indian 
woman fled from her master" to the Dutch.' We find 
in the Connecticut Gazette for January 5, 1764, the fol- 

I This took place at Hartford, near which, at a place still called " Dutch 
Point," the Dutch had then a small fort and garrison. 



340 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

lowing advertisement: "Just imported from Dublin, in 
the brig Darby, a parcel of Irish servants both Men and 
Women, and to be sold cheap, by Israel Boardman, at 
Stamford." 

Joseph De Mink, a freeman, born in Bravo, one of 
the Cape Verd Islands, with the consent of his father 
went to Buena Vista, March, 1755 ; and being desirous 
of returning home met with Captain Phineas Cook 
of Wallingford who promised to take him to Bravo, 
but passed by that Island to the West Indies, brought 
him to Wallingford, and delivered him to David Cook, 
his father, who sold him as a slave to Noah Wadhams of 
Goshen, for ^^52 los. Wadhams being satisfied that he 
was a negro and a freeman, brought action against Cook, 
who compounded with him, and Joseph was returned. 
He feared Cook might again dispose of him, and pe- 
titioned the General Assembly for relief A number of 
witnesses were brought forward, including David Bates, 
Moses Ventres, Titus Tuttle, Gad Wells, Levi Comstock, 
Street Hall and others, who testified that Joe was a 
thievish, lazy fellow, and it was not safe to turn him loose 
on the community. The Assembly appointed Thomas 
Seymour as his guardian, and declared Joseph a free 
subject of the king of Portugal, and ordered Captain Cook 
to pay him ^15 damages and ^15 costs into the treas- 
ury, and ordered Mr. Seymour to take care of Joe and 
obtain for him a passage home. 

Samuel Tyler of Wallingford, had a negro girl, Nellie, 
aged nine years, who was entitled to freedom at eighteen 
years of age, her mother being a free Indian. Tyler 
claimed her for life, and brought action before the county 
Court, April, 1746, and before the Suprerior Court, Feb- 
ruary, 1748, and judgment was rendered against him. 



SLAVERY. 341 

One of the first slaves in Wallingford was Caesar, the 
property of the late Samuel Cook, whose father and 
grandfather had each in succession been his owner, from 
his infancy. He died about the year 1820 at the age of 
eighty-two years. Colonel Edward Barker, Elihu Hall 
and others were owners of slaves. At an earlier date 
Isaac Brockett owned a negro boy by the name of 
Esau. Cato was the name of Col. Barker's negro. He 
ranked high as a fiddler in the community, and was 
generally called upon to furnish the music for balls on 
the nights preceding the annual thanksgiving, and other 
occasions when dancing was expected. By an old 
colonial law white men were sometimes sold into slavery 
for intemperance, theft, idleness, etc. Simon Smith and 
Daniel Clark were frequently sold to Samuel Cook, for 
a small annual payment to the town. By an early 
statute of the colony, all single persons who lived in 
idleness, might be bound out to service. 

Immediately after the Revolution, a statute was made 
declaring that no negro or mulatto child born in this 
State after March i, 1784, should be held to servitude 
after he or she should arrive at the age of twenty-five 
years. By this statute any negro, mulatto, or Indian 
servant found wandering beyond the bounds of the 
town to which he belonged, without a pass from a jus- 
tice of the peace or his master, might be arrested by 
any one as a runaway. If a slave was caught out at 
night, after nine o'clock, without an order from his 
master, any person might apprehend and bring him 
before a justice of the peace, who might sentence him 
to be publicly whipped on the naked body. In 1848 
the Legislature enacted for the first time that no person 
should be held in slavery in this State. 



342 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

When slaves were married it was done only with the 
consent of their masters, just as children in their minori- 
ty were married with the consent of their parents. This 
consent was carefully recorded by the minister who 
married them. They were indeed considered as mem- 
bers of the family and baptized as such on the plan of 
"household baptism." For we meet with entries on the 
church records like the following: 

"March i, 1741, baptized London, servant of John Webb." 
"Sep. 12, 1742, baptized Primus, servant of Lazarus Ives." 
"Sep. 6, 1747, baptized Champe, a negro of Lazarus Ives." 
"April 24, 1748, baptized negro child of John Merriam." 

About twenty of these baptisms are recorded within a 
period of forty years. The deaths among the slaves 
were also recorded no less carefully than the decease of 
the whites, though in somewhat less respectful terms. 
Thus in the register of burials for 1736, is this entry: 

"Aaron Lyman's negro." "Nov. 15, 1737, Theo. Mix's 
negro man." "Feb. 25, 1745, a negro man of Serg't. 
Jerom." " Feb. 28, 1748, Serg't. Jerom's negro child." 

Even the reverend man who officiated at funerals 
met with losses of the same nature, for I find this entry: 
"June 8, 1758, my negro child. Gin." The following are 
copies of two from among a number of legal instruments 
of sale, which are regularly signed, sealed and witnessed 
by the parties respectively, like deeds of land. The 
names of the contracting parties are omitted. 

" Know all men by these presents that I of Meriden, 

Widow, for the consideration of thirteen pounds Lawful 

money, already received of of s'd Meriden, do sell and 

make over unto the s'd his Heirs and assigns forever, 

all my Right and title to and Interest in the Negro Girl 
named time, that was the Estate of the s'd deceased, and that 



SLAVERY. 343 

was let out to me for the settlement of s'd estate, and do 
hereby promise to warrant the same against all claims what- 
soever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand 
and Seal this Second day of May, Anno Domini, 1760. 

" L S. 

" Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of 



'' Know all men by these presents, that I , of 

Wallingford, the County of New Haven, and colony of Con- 
necticut in New england. Have Sold and Delivered unto 

, of s'd Wallingford, one negro man called by the name 

of Steep, about eighteen years old who is in perfect health 
acording to the best of my knowlidg, for which negro I have 

Received of s'd , , the sum of one hundred and 

eighty pounds, old tenor,' to my full satisfaction and do 
promise to warrant and defend the sale of the above s'd 
negro, dureing the term of his natureall life against all the 
lawfull claims of any person whatsoever, in witness whereof, 
I have set my hand and seal, this first day of March, A. D. 
1743. L. S. 

" Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of 



" Middletown, July 8, 1760. 
" Received of Abel Curtis (of Meriden) Forty Pounds, In 
full of a Negro Boy Called Ben, about nine years old which 
Sd negro Boy I Promis to warrant and Defend against all 
Lawful Claims & demands of any Person whatsoever as wit- 
ness my hand. Geo. Phillips." 

At a town meeting held in Wallingford, April 7, 1766, 

I This "old tenor" money consisted of bills of credit issued by the 
State in the terrible embarassments and debts consequent on the English, 
French and Spanish wars ; which wars always involved the colonies in 
great danger and expense. These bills at one time became so depreciated 
that they were received as ten for one, and even twenty for one. 



344 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

" Voted, with regard to the poor of the town, that the 
selectmen of said town, shall meet at the dwelling house of 
Mr. Philemon Johnson, in said town on the third Monday of 
instant April, at two of the clock in the afternoon, and there 
expose them to Public Vendue to be supported by those that 
will do it the cheapest by the week, month, or year, for said 
town, and also to dispose of those under their care that are 
able to do some service for their support in the same manner." 

Chatham Freeman was a slave of Mr. Noah Yale. 
One of Mr. Yale's sons was drafted, and Mr. Yale 
offered Chatham his freedom if he would go as a sub- 
stitute and serve seven years. Chatham served seven 
years, then returned home and received his freedom. 
Mr. Yale had a female slave named Rhea, whom Chat- 
ham desired to marry. Mr. Yale told Chatham that if 
he would work for him seven years he would give the 
girl her freedom and that he might marry her. Chatham 
agreed to the proposition ; served seven years and re- 
ceived his reward. A descendant of this sable couple 
is now living in the eastern part of the town. Another 
descendant, Robert Prim, will be remembered by our old 
inhabitants, as Robert and his violin were indispensable 
requisites at every party or merry-making. 

SMALL POX. 

Vaccination was introduced into this country by Dr. 
Waterhouse of Boston, who first vaccinated his son. 
The introduction of varilous inoculation by the influ- 
ence and patronage of Cotton Mather, was a subject of 
much speculation. The clergy were defenders of inocu- 
lation. The conduct of the medical faculty, who exerted 
their whole force to annihilate it, was "violent and out- 
rageous." A sermon against the dangerous and sinful 
practice of inoculation, preached in London, in July, 1722, 



SMALL POX. 345 

by Edward Massey, was reprinted in Boston. Zabdiel 
Boylston was one of the earliest inoculators for small 
pox in this country. His experiments commenced with 
his son, in 1720, and in a year extended the disease to 
two hundred and forty-seven persons, of whom but six 
died. In Wallingford, on the 31st of March, 1777, 
it was 

" Voted that no Person belonging to any other Town shall 
be admitted to Come into this Town to Innoculate with the 
Small Pox." "Voted that no person Shall hereafter be allowed 
to Innoculate in this Town with the Small Pox." "Voted 
that the Informing officers Enter Complaint against the 
Leaders of Innoculation in this Town with the Small Pox." 
"Voted that no Person who have been Infected with the 
Small Pox in this Town shall be allowed to Go abroad 
amongst People untill they have been out and Cleaned up 
a fortnight on Penalty of the Law." "Voted that any Person 
Belonging to any other Town presuming to Come into this 
Town to Innoculate with the Small Pox Shall Suffer the 
Penalty of the Law."' 

At a Town Meeting held at Wallingford December 18, 
1792, the petition of "William B. Hall, physician and 
surgeon," was presented, 

" Praying liberty to erect an hospital on his Fathers farm 
quite remote from the publick road or dwelling house, for 
the purpose of innoculation for the small pox, or to innocu- 
late at any other place which they should think most proper, 
under the immediate inspection and direction of the Civil 
Authority and selectmen of said Town, on Condition said 
Hall be under bonds to pay all expences that the Town or 
any of its Inhabitants may be put to in case the infection 
should spread thro his Carelessness or neglect, and in every 

I Wallingford Records, Book i. p, 15. State Records, Liber D, Folio 

IIO-II. 



346 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

such case to pay into the Town Treav Forty shilHngs or any 
other sum that should be desired." 

This petition was granted by the town. In 1793 
Aaron Andrews, Ensign Hough, and Bilious Kirtland, 
"all of said Wallingford, physicians, and surgeons," re- 
quested permission to inoculate in such house or houses 
as should be judged safe, convenient and proper. Their 
petition was granted. In 1801 Dr. Ensign Hough and 
Dr. Wm. B. Hall wished to test thekine pox vaccination, 
and having obtained the house now occupied by Mr. Ira 
Preston in the eastern part of the town to be used as a 
pest-house, prevailed upon Mr. Samuel Paddock of Meri- 
den and Mr. Bradley of Middletown to become the first 
patients. Dr. Hough attended the patients one day, and 
Dr. Hall the next. Messrs Paddock and Bradley were 
each vaccinated three times, and remained sick at the 
pest-house for over three weeks. 



347 



CHAPTER XIX. 

WALLINGFORD AND MERIDEN IN THE WARS. 

Virgil, as he commenced his world-renowned epic, 
could hardly have announced a grander subject than 
when he wrote, " Anna virumque cano." Man and his 
weapons of warfare, inseparable in their close connec- 
tion, in their mutual interdependence, how much have 
they together accomplished ! We can scarcely separate 
one from the other. 

The fathers of our country were early conversant with 
a state of things widely different from what nowexists. 
Driven by religious oppression to seek an asylum on 
this side the ocean, they came in successive feeble bands, 
and planted themselves on a sod, until then, untrodden 
by the foot of civilized man. They were far from the 
influence of despotism, and no servile band could there 
burst in on their Sabbath-day ministrations, tear their 
pastor from the sacred desk and immure him within the 
walls of a prison. But we see them seated with their 
weapons by their side ready at any moment to repel the 
attacks of the ferocious Indians, who were exasperated 
by the alleged encroachments on their rights. Scarcely 
had the first log cabin been built by the pioneers, when 
the Indians, forecasting the growth and fruitfulness of 
resources incident to the English race, began to devise 



348 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. • 

means for their destruction. While the Indians ap- 
peared friendly to the new settlers, they stole their cattle, 
they shot arrows from their secret lurking places, at the 
farmer when he went into his field in the morning, or 
murdered his wife and children when they were left 
unprotected at home. 

At the time Wallingford was settled it was thought 
that Philip, chief sachem of the Wampanoags, was using 
all his address to incite a general insurrection of the 
Indians for the purpose of exterminating the English. 
Philip was a sachem whose proud spirit of independence, 
whose heroism and whose misfortunes, have rendered 
him the most famous of all the New England aborigines. 
Philip formed no general league, no great conspiracy 
against the English ; but he was smarting from humilia- 
tions inflicted upon himself and his brother ; and, like 
most of his race, he looked with anger and dismay upon 
the steady progress of the foreigners in spreading over 
and occupying the country.' The inhabitants of the 
newly formed settlement of Wallingford were greatly 
troubled at the warlike rumors which reached them every 
day, and 

. . . . " Short of succor, and in deep despair, 
Shook at the dismal prospect of the war."- 

Houses were fortified, sentinels were appointed, and 
on the Sabbath in the little log building without chimney 
or steeple, while the voice of Mr. Street is engaged in 
solemn thanks to God for his mercy and faithfulness in 
bringing them to their land of promise, the armed sen- 
tinels pace backwards and forwards in the narrow space 



1 DeForest's Hist, of the Indians of (Ilonn., p. 279. 

2 Multaque durasuo tristi cum corda putabant. Virgil's ^Eneid, vin. 522. 



INDIAN WAR. 349 

which they call a street. Every man has a loaded mus- 
ket by his side, and powder-horn and shot-bag slung 
around his neck ; for the savages may burst like thunder 
on their homes and let loose the tomahawk and scalping- 
knife on their families at any moment. 

In 1673 the General Court ordered "That five hundred 
dragoons be forthwith raysed, to be ready upon one 
bowers warning to defend any place in this colony, as- 
saulted by an enemie." The proportion for Wallingford 
was eight. The war broke out in the summer of 1675, 
just about a century before the commencement of our 
own struggle for independence, and continued with unin- 
terrupted fury until the autumn of 1676. Connecticut 
entered with spirit into the struggle. Her sons left their 
husbandry and followed Treat and Talcott to the scene 
of danger. It was a fierce and bloody war, in which 
both parties aimed at extermination. The war on the 
part of the Indians was a war for freedom and existence, 
and when that was no longer possible it became a war 
for revenge. August 27, 1675, Mr. Street's and Lieut. 
Merriman's houses were ordered to be fortified. At the 
same time, 

" In respect to the present doings of y*^ Indians itt was 
ordered that the inhabitants secure themselves and the prin- 
cipal! of theyr goods by fortifiing about too houses. Also 
that eveure man bring his armes and amunition compleat on 
the Saboth day that he may be able in a fitt posture to doe 
service if need Require." "That selectmen gaurd as sentinells 
on yi^ Saboth, and ye rest of the town ward 4 men every 
Saboth and 2 every weeke day ; that they begin to ward when 
the watch breaks up and hould on till y^ watch be sett again ; 
that they begin and end, at the dawning and shutting in of 
the day." "October 15, 1675, Ordered that those persons at 
the end of the town if they see cause to fortifie any of theyr 



350 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

houses which they can agree upon for theyr saftie in these 
times of dainger what theyr full charg is shall be defraied out 
of ye town's treasurey. Also that any that are willing to be 
asistant to make too flankers att Lef' Merriman's barne shall 
have due recompens out of y*^ towne treasurie." 

Their mode of " fortyfiing a house" was as follows : 
At a short distance from the house, ten feet perhaps, 
and all around it a log wall was erected, with the ends 
of the logs dove-tailed into each other at the corners, 
and carried up to ten or twelve feet in height, with such 
openings as might suffice for pointing muskets at an 
attacking enemy. The " Seymour fort," which stood in 
Christian Lane just back and south of the residence of 
the late Mr John Goodrich of Berlin, was made of pali- 
sades sixteen feet long, sharp at the top, and firmly set 
in the ground near together.' Such erections were 
ample protection against any strength which the Indians 
were able to exert. Though no battle was fought near 
them, yet the inhabitants were kept in a constant state of 
alarm which greatly hindered their agricultural operations, 
and were compelled to fortify and garrison their little 
village as if actually in a state of siege. 

In fact every settlement within the bounds of Con- 
necticut was mercifully preserved from the presence of 
the enemy. No village was swept away by the storm of 
war. No rural sanctuary was laid in ruins. No laborer 
shot by the ambushed savage, fell in the furrow. No 

I Within this fort the settlers repaired at nightfall for safety against the 
Indians and for quiet rest. The well at which they quenched their thirst 
still furnishes the best water. The fort was built about 1686. Thomas 
North, ancestor of the North families of New Britain, the Seymours and 
Gilberts clustered about the fort. Dr. Joseph Steele, the Standleys, Rootes, 
Harts, Nortons, Cowles, Nehemiah Porter, Joseph Lankton, Newel, Grid- 
ley, Bronsons and others were located south of the fort. 



INDIAN WAR. 351 

father returning to his house, found all desolate — the cal- 
cined bones of his children mingled with the ashes of 
his dwelling. No mother torn from her sick bed, saw 
her babe dashed in pieces against her own hearth-stone. 
Such things there were in other parts of New England, 
but they were not in Connecticut. Yet here were alarms 
and watchings ; here were levies of soldiers ; here every 
store-house, every dwelling yielded its supplies to feed 
the army ; here was that sad sight — the young, the brave, 
the hope of gray-haired sires, the strength and pride of 
the plantation, marching away from the homes that looked 
to them for protection. Here were dreadful tidings from 
the camp and the battle.' Although there were no bat- 
tles fought in Connecticut, yet five men at least, within 
her limits, were sacrificed by sudden shot from a lurking 
foe.^ 

April 28, 1674, eight persons were chosen in Walling- 
ford as a guard for the Sabbath. In 1681 forts were 
ordered to be erected in the town, and in 1690 a fort was 
built around the meeting-house. The arms of private 
soldiers were pikes, muskets and swords. The muskets 
had matchlocks or firelocks, and to each one there was 
" a pair of bandoleers or pouches for powder and bullets," 
and a stick called a rest, for use in taking aim. The 
pikes were ten feet in length, besides the spear at the 
end. " Ten foot in length, at least, is the wood." A 
train-band consisted of not fewer than sixty-four men, 



1 Bacon's Hist. Dis., p. 162. 

2 Josiah Rockwell and John Reynolds of Norwich were slain January 
28, 1675-6, on the east side of Shetucket river, which they had crossed for 
the purpose of spreading fla.\. John Kirby of Middletown, was slain be- 
tween Middletown and Wethersfield. Edward Elmore or Elmer, was 
slain in East Windsor. Henry Denslow slain in Windsor. William Hill 
of East Hartford, wounded but not killed. These were all in 1676. 



352 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

and not more than two hundred. It was constituted of 
twice as many musketeers as pikemen ; the latter being 
selected for their superior stature. The officers of a 
band were a Captain, Lieutenant, an Ensign and four 
Sergeants. 

Wallingford furnished her quota of troops for the 
French and Indian wars of 1690, and again in 1694 for 
the defense of Albany. The whole amount of taxes 
paid by Wallingford in common with other towns for 
the defense of New York and Massachusetts, amounted 
to the enormous burden of about twenty pence on the 
pound ; so that at the close of the year 1695 the colony 
had drawn from the pockets of the people and paid out 
seven thousand pounds. We cannot but admire the 
self-sacrificing spirit of the citizens, especially when we 
remember that they submitted to this heavy drain from 
their resources from the most magnanimous and un- 
selfish motives that ever actuated a people.' 

In 1 69 1, there was great difficulty and disturbance in 
Wallingford in regard to the choice of military officers ; 
and there being but little majority in the choice, and 
dissatisfaction growing out of the same, it was carried 
to the General Court, who could 

" See good reason not to confirm the choys, and order that 
L"* Merriman and Ensign Yale shall continue to be the com- 
ission officers of the traine band of Wallingford as formerly, 
untill this Court shall order otherwise, or the Governor." 

This did not seem to settle the difficulty, for in Octo- 
ber, 1 69 1, we find that, 

" Whereas the good people of Wallingford, by reason of 
some variaty of apprehensions that hath fallen out between 



I In 1684, there were sixty-one taxable persons in Wallingford. Amount 
of tax, ;f 2,967. 



INDIAN WAR. 353 

them, sit uneasy, and their seams to be a breach made of 
their peace, and differences seem to be increasing among 
them ; for the issue of all matters and controversies between 
them that are not for the present stated and determined by 
this court already, this court doe nominate and appoynt L"' 
Col. Allyn, Capt. Sam. Talcott, M"- W'" Pitkin, and the Rev. 
M"" Sam" Hooker, and M'' Perrpoynt, they or any two or three 
of them, to be a comittee in behalfe of this court to hear and 
determine all maters of controversie that have arisen between 
the good people of Wallingford since their looking towards of 
military officers, and the good people of Wallingford to 
aquiesse so far as to be peaceable under the same." 

In 1692, it was ordered that Lieut. Nath. Merriman 
and Ensign Thomas Yale should have the rule and 
command of the train-band, until the court should order 
otherwise. In October of the same year, 

" This court having heard and considered the matter of 
Wallingford in respect of their militar}" officers, doe declare 
that they cannot see reason to confirm the former choyse of 
military officers formerly, but do order and appoynt L"' Col. 
John Allyn and capt. Stanly in som convenient time to 
appoynt a meeting of the trayne souldiers in Wallingford, 
and to lead them to an orderly choyse of a captain, lieuten- 
ant, and ensign, and sargt% and they are to receive blanck 
commissions from the Gov, and upon the choys, if they ap- 
prove of the said choys, they are to deliver such as shall be 
chosen commissions, impowering of them to take the charge 
of the trayne band of Wallingford under their care and dis- 
cipline according to law." 

Whether this settled the matter, history or tradition 
showeth not. In 1704 Lieutenant Samuel Hall was 
appointed Captain of the train-band, Sergt. John Merri- 
man Lieutenant, and Sergt. Thomas Curtis, Ensign, 
" and all the said officers are to be commissionated 
respectively." In October, 1698, the General Court 



354 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

granted to Sergt. John Merriman of Wallingford, fifty 
acres of land, in consideration of his father's service in 
the Pequot war, to be taken up where it would not 
prejudice any former grant. At the same time fifty 
acres of land were granted to Thomas Hall of Walling- 
ford, in consideration of his father's service in the Pequot 
war. Captain Thomas Yale, and Sergeant John Merri- 
man were appointed to lay out these grants. In 1709, 
the proportion of troops for Wallingford was twelve. 

REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 

The origin of the Revolutionary War was to be traced 
to the imperial instincts of England. The colonies 
wished for their freedom ; the mother-country was not 
sufficiently disinterested to grant it ; the colonies de- 
clared their independence, and the English people felt 
insulted, and determined to put the rebels down. But 
the capacity to do so did not wait on the inclination, 
and the English found a vigorous resistance from a 
people of their own race, whose habits, political tra- 
ditions and moral courage were kindred to their own. 
The ideas of Lord Chatham towards the colonies were 
those of a great, but splendid tyrant, who thought more 
of the power of England than of the happiness of 
America. Only one man, Edmund Burke, regarded 
the whole contest with a philosophic mind. But he 
had no social influence or personal authority correspond- 
ing with his genius and ambition. The people through 
the whole contest were uncertain and capricious, neither 
ready to part with their ambition and the colonies, nor 
desirous of the expenditure of wealth requisite for 
carrying on an internecine contest with the descendants 
of the outcast Puritans. 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 355 

The American Colonies were inhabited by an earnest 
yet philanthropic people. They had sprung from the 
blood of the better order of England, and their culture 
had eminently fitted them to think before they ventured 
to act. Historians have loved to eulogize the manners 
and virtues, the glories and benefits of chivalry. But 
what have the Puritans and their descendants accom- 
plished.-' If they had the sectarian crime of intolerance, 
chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. The knights 
were brave from gallantry of spirit ; the Puritans from 
the fear of God. The knights were proud of loyalty ; 
the Puritans of liberty. The knights did homage to 
monarchs in whose smile they beheld honor, whose 
rebuke was the wound of disgrace ; the Puritans, dis- 
daining ceremony, would not bow at the name of Jesus, 
nor bend the knee to the King of Kings.' 

On the 22d of September, 1763, three men high in 
power, held an interview in a dingy chamber in London, 
and there sketched the outline of a plot that was to rob 
the British Empire of half its glory, and deluge a con- 
tinent in blood. The result of the meeting was, " to 
write to the commissioners of the stamp duties to pre- 
pare the draft of a bill to be presented to the parliament, 
for extending the stamp duties in the colonies^ This act 
required that all paper and parchment used in the 
transaction of business, should be stamped, for which a 
duty should be paid ; and all writing on unstamped 
materials was declared null and void. When the news 
of the passage of this act reached Boston, there were 
visible everywhere tokens of astonishment and appre- 
hension. When the news reached Hartford, the General 



I Bancroft's History, i. 468. 



356 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Assembly appointed a committee to assist Governor 
Fitch in preparing a protest. Such was the exhibition 
of popular feeling against it, that the law was repealed 
in March, 1766. At a town meeting held in Wallingford, 
January, 1776, it was voted, that 

"Whereas it appears from antient Records and other 
Memorials of Incontestible Validity, that our Ancestors 
with a great Sum Purchased said Township, at their only 
Expence Planted, with great Peril possessed, and Defended 
the Same, we are Born free (having never been in bondage 
to any) an Inheritance of Inestimable Value. Voted and 
Agreed diat if any of said Inhabitants, shall Introduce Use 
or Improve any Stampt \'^ellum Parchment or paper, for 
which tax or Tribute is or may be Demandable, such Person 
or Persons shall Incurr the Penaltie of 20s to be recovered 
bv the Select Men of said Town for the Time being for the 
Use of the Poor of said Town." 

The following petition was sent by the first society, 
to " the Inhabitants of the Society of Wells assembled 
in Society Meeting, Dec. ist, Tuesday, A. D. 1766:" 

" Gent" : The General Assembly of this Colony have set 
a ven" Laudable Example in Disavowing the authorit)' of 
the Parliment of Great Brittain in regard to the Late Ameri- 
can Stamp Act, because in their private Judgment the same 
was inconsistant with the true principals of the freedom of 
the English Constitution. A Noble Spirit of Liberty was 
roused in this and all the Colonies through this Extended 
Continent and they made a Bold Stand for their Liberty. 
When Reasoned humble Petitions decent Remonstrances, 
prevailed not with the British Parliment, America as well 
as this Colony like bold and brave Sons of persecuted 
Puritans, Resisted, and the great and renounded Right 
Honorable Comoner M"" Pitt, declared in a British Senate 
speaking of the Stamp Act and of the Americans, 'I rejoice 
that thev have resisted.'" 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 35/ 

The repeal of the Stamp Act was followed by other 
oppressive statutes of a kindred sort ; but the most 
prominent and immediate cause of the war was undoubt- 
edly the Boston Port Bill. This act of the British 
Parliament to destroy the trade of Boston, excited uni- 
versal sympathy throughout the colonies. Numerous 
town meetings were held, speeches were made, and 
resolutions were passed, many of which found their way 
to England and caused the ears of the British ministry 
to tingle, and their cheeks to redden with anger. 
Almost every town sent donations to Boston for the 
relief of the poor of that place. At a town meeting 
held at Wallingford in November, 1774, 

" In consideration of the sufferings of the people of Boston 
in the Common Cause of Libert}', a committee were 
appointed to collect subscriptions for their relief, and it was 
voted that the Committee send to the selectmen of the town 
of Boston such donations as shall be received by them, to be 
disposed of at the discretion of said selectmen of the town of 
Boston for the benefit of the indigent sufferers by the Port 
Bill." 

In October, 1774, the General Assembly met at New 
Haven, and a law was enacted to raise one-fourth of the 
militia for fhe special defense of the colony, formed 
into companies of one hundred men each, and into six 
regiments. The companies from Wallingford were com- 
manded by Captains Isaac Cook and John Couch. In 
May, 1775, WaUingford received by order of the General 
Assembly, ;^i46 I4i-. \od. for the services and expenses 
of the men of that town in the Lexington alarm in 
April. In 1776, Wallingford, in connection with 
Waterbury, Cheshire and Durham, formed the loth regi- 
ment. On the 14th of June, 1776, Governor Truinbull 



358 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

convoked by his special order a General Assembly of 
" the Governor and company of the English Colony of 
Connecticut, in New England, in America." Samuel 
Beach and Captain Thaddeus Cook were the Represen- 
tatives from Wallingford. At this Assembly it was 

" Resolved nnanimoiisly, that the delegates of this colony in 
General Congress, be and they are hearby instructed to pro- 
pose to that respectable body to declare the United American 
Colonies Free and Iiutependeiit States, absolved from all 
allegiance to the King of Great Britain, and to give the 
assent of this colony to such declarations." 

While the members of the Assembly were without a 
dissenting vote promulgating these sentiments to the 
world, the committee of Congress, composed of Thomas 
Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sher- 
man and Robert R. Livingston, were engaged in prepar- 
ing the form of the Declaration of Independence, to 
which, on the 4th of July, was affixed the signature of 
Lyman Hall, a native of Wallingford, who was chosen a 
member of the Continental Congress in May, 1775, from 
Georgia, of which state he was elected Governor in 1783. 
This was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the 
only legitimate foundation of civil government. In the 
eloquent words of Adams, "it was the corner-stone of a 
new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. 
It demolished at a stroke, the lawfulness of all govern- 
ments founded upon conquest. It swept away all the 
rubbish of accumulated centuries of servitude. It an- 
nounced in practical form to the world, the transcendent 
truth of the inalienable sovereignty of the people." Had 
we remained subject to England, the Aravsrican colonies 
would have been without doubt what we see to-day in the 
Australian colonies — a great country without greatness ; 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 359 

living a reflex life and not an original one ; without art, 
without literature, without originality, an instrument of 
civilization still material and gross. But after all 
England is dear to us. There are the graves of the 
ancestors of our Carvers, our Brewsters, our Hancocks, 
and our Adamses ; of our Henrys, and our Pinckneys ; 
of Washington. Its language is ours. Its religion is 
ours. Its history is ours. We delight to think that 
Milton, and Cowper, and Shakspeare, and Newton, and 
Bacon are no more theirs than ours. 

In January, 1777, it was voted that the selectmen of 
Wallingford provide tents according to the act of the 
General Assembly requiring said town to provide tents. 
A tax of two pence on the pound was levied for that 
purpose. It was also voted that the selectmen provide 
all articles necessary for the comfort of the army in 
accordance with the act of the General Assembly. A 
two pence tax was laid to cover such expenses. March 
31, 1777, it was voted that the town would give a bounty 
to those engaged in the continental service. Also 
voted, 

" That Each Soldier that Engage in the Continental Service 
for the Quota of Wallingford Shall be paid by the Town the 
Sum of five pounds Lawful money by the year for three 
years unless Sooner Discharged, to be paid the Beginning of 
Each year. Voted fourpence halfpenny on the pound for the 
aforesaid Purpose." " December 16, 1777, Voted a tax of 
three-pence on the pound for the Benefit of the Soldiers and 
their Familys that are now in the Continental army." 

In September, 1777, Wallingford was appointed a 
place of render^ous for the second brigade. The same 
year it was voted, ^ 

" That the Families of all those who are Convicted of 



360 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Torieism or Inimical to the States of America and the heads 
of all the Familys that have absconded to Lord How, they 
and their Family shall be removed to Lord How." "Voted 
that the Select-men of said Town Secure the Estates of all 
those Persons that are Inimical to the States of America." 

At the General Assembly held at Hartford August 13, 
1777, James Benham of Wallingford stated that by the 
influence of designing men he w^as induced to go to 
Long Island, and was there induced, partly by threats 
and partly by necessity, to enter the service of the 
enemy, until the proclamation offering pardon to such as 
should leave the British service and return to Connecti- 
cut was issued ; but by sickness was detained after the 
ist day of August, 1777 (the time limited in said procla- 
mation); that he escaped on the 7th day of August 
1777, and returned home with the determination of be- 
coming a good subject of the State. The Assembly 
pardoned him, on condition of his taking the oath of 
fidelity, and discharged him from imprisonment, upon 
his paying the cost of apprehending and confining him, 
to the time of his discharge. 

Governor Franklin of New Jersey (son of Dr. Frank- 
lin), was brought to Connecticut in 1776 (taken by a 
convention of his province, as a virulent enemy of the 
colonies), to be confined there in such manner and place 
as Congress should direct. Governor Trumbull having 
taken his parole informed him that he might go to Wall- 
ingford ; after remaining there a few months he was 
permitted to go to Middletown. While in Middletown 
he wrote several letters to Governor Trumbull, more 
sharp than respectful, and he was finally confined with- 
out pen, ink or paper, and sent under guard to the 
Litchfield jail. In 1777, Ralph Isaacs of Durham was 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 36 1 

supposed to be inimical to the State, and it being con- 
sidered dangerous to the American cause to suffer him 
to be at large in Durham, he was arrested, and by order 
of the Governor and Council, sent to Wallingford to be 
under the civil authority and selectmen, and kept in one 
of the societies of that town. Abiathar Camp, who was 
a noted Tory, resided in New Haven, but also had a 
house in Wallingford. He was arrested at New Haven 
by order of the Assembly, but was permitted to remove 
to his home in Wallingford. But it seems that he did 
not conduct himself in a manner agreeable with the feel- 
ings of the inhabitants of the town, for we find that they 

"Voted that Abiather Camp formerly of New Haven now 
being in the town of Wallingford, Shall not Dwell in said 
Town nor be an Inhabitant of Said Town." " Voted that the 
Selectmen of said Town Go and Warn said Camp Abiather 
Immediately to Depart said Town." 

Mr. Camp went to Eastbury and shortly after applied 
to the Assembly by petition, in which he stated that he 
was a professor and member of the Church of England ; 
and asked to be indulged in a free exercise of his religion 
in attending religious worship at Middletown on Sab- 
bath-days, &c., which was the nearest church of England 
to Eastbury. The petition was negatived. Feb. ii, 
1777, Col. Hall of Wallingford appeared before the Gov- 
ernor and Council for directions concerning the tories at 
Wallingford. At a town meeting held at Wallingford 
January 14, 1778, a committee of nine persons'., were 
chosen to consult the articles of Confederation proposed 
by Congress, and make a report at an adjourned meet- 
s' I Caleb Cooke, Andrew Andrews, Deacon Samuel Street, Deacon Da- 
vid Hall, Major Reuben Atwater, Timothy Hall, Samuel Beach, Deacon 
Ebenezer Cowles, Deacon John Hough. 



362 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

ing. The committee appointed, reported at an adjourned 
meeting as their unanimous opinion, that the following 
instructions be immediately forwarded to the representa- 
tives of the town, viz. : 

" To Col. Street Hall and M'' David Brooks, representatives 
of the Town of Wallingford in the General Assembly of the 
State of Connecticut, now Setting at Hartford : 

"Gentlemen: — Your Constituants Confiding in your 
abilities, & public Spirit think it unnecessary to give you 
direction in the General business of your appointment, but as 
the Important Subject of acceding to the 'articles of Confed- 
eration and perpetual union between the united States of 
America ' lies before the General Assembly, we shall freely 
'offer you our sentiments upon it — these articles have been 
considered by us as far as the Time would allow, with a de- 
liberation and impartiality due to so interesting a subject. We 
admire and applaud the wisdom of the illustrious patriots, 
representatives of the united States in General Congress — 
the liberality of their Sentiments ; their mutual Candor and 
Condesention ; their patient attention to the weighty enquiry 
on what basis an independent, free and permanent empire 
may be erected by these States. an Empire which may 
equally secure to the respective States their distinct preroga- 
tives, and unite their Councils against a Common Enemy, an 
empire which from its advantages for Commerce, population 
and extension together with the Singular Circumstances of 
the present Struggle for its existance, Promiseth to be the 
most stable and formidable on the globe. the result of the 
deliberation of the public Council of these States on this 
great Subject we have waited for with much expectation. We 
are Sensible it is of importance that a Form of Government 
for the united States be agreed upon as soon as possible — it 
gives us great pleasure that we can so cordially acquiesce in 
much the greater part of the Articles of union proposed and 
thought it would have been agreeable to our own inclination 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 363 

had we one or two things in Several of the Articles been 
different yet we would not be so illiberal as even to mention 
things of small Comparative moment. 

"We therefore concur with the Articles in every particular, 
except that which determines the proportion of each State 
Shall bear of the public expence, according to the value of 
their Lands, buildings, and improvements Respectively, the 
mode of estimating the value thereof to be directed and ap- 
pointed from time to time by Congress, Art. viii. To this 
you are directed to dissent first, because the mode of esti- 
mating Land &:c. is not ascertained. In a matter which so 
nearly affects us and our posterity, we Cannot place an im- 
plicit Confidence even in the wisest and greatest of men. 
Secondly, Because it is difficult to know the differences of 
real estate, and Still more so to find people that are not 
interested in mistaking them. In addition also to the diffi- 
culty and expence which must attend the proposed estimate, 
its being Subject to frequent alterations will probably excite 
jealousies and tumults which will bear an unfriendly aspect 
on the wished for union, thirdly and especially, because lay- 
ing the whole of Each States proportion of the Common 
Expence on Land, buildings, and Imprcfvements will be 
unequal — buildings are a perishing Interest, attended with 
expences not profit. In the northern states their number, 
and in general their quality much exceed the proportion in 
most of the Southern States, this mode therefore Subjects 
the former to a disproportionate part of the public burthen it 
moreover lays an heavy tax on the necessaries of Life, and 
tends to introduce great inequality of condition both which 
are incompatible with a Free government. Besides the 
various improvements and Profits of the soil in the different 
States, the Same improvements are attended with very dif- 
ferent expence, in the Northern and Southern States ; In the 
former, from the coldness of the Climate and high price of 
Labor, the neat profits of a farm Small, it is often observed 
that after a deduction of the Expences the owner instead of 



364 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Income from his farm is involved in debt. In the Latter 
from the plenty of Laborers and low price of labor added to 
the fertility of the Soil, the Clear profits are great Rich plan- 
tors in the vSouthern States are better abel to Pay the public 
tax on their polls, than the greatest part of the husbandmen 
in the northern States on their Lands, from which with all 
their diligence and discretion they get but a Scanty Subsis- 
tance for their families, the Length and Severity of the winter 
Consuming all that is gathered in Summer, when the Inhab- 
itants of a State are all free Subjects, taxes says the great 
Montesquieu, may be laid either on persons, on Lands, on 
Merchandise, on two of these or on all three together, the 
duties felt least by the People are those on Merchandise. 
The same inimitable writer remarks ' that taxes Should not 
follow the proportion of peoples property, but the proportion 
of their wants Every man is entitled to an equal Share of 
what is necessary for Nature ; and whatsoever is necessary 
for Nature ought not to be taxed, if the Body of the people 
in any State are permitted to enjoy only Just what is neces- 
sary for Subsistence the least disproportion in the tax will be 
of the greatest Consequence.' to what is necessary for 
nature. Succeeds the usefull which ought to be taxed, but less 
than the Superfluity and the Largeness of the Taxes on what 
is Superfluous prevents Superfluity. Such were the Senti- 
ments of the Greatest civilian of the Present age. While 
you are to dissent from the 8th article for the reasons afore- 
said you will submit it to Consideration, whether the following 
mode of proportioning the part each State Shall Defray of 
the Common expence may not be equal, viz., one third of the 
tax to be laid on Land, Provided Some mode of ascertaining 
the Value can be pointed out, one third on the polls — and 
the other third on exports — any State can pay taxes according 
to the Number of Laborers or according to its exports so far 
at least as this exceeds the import of necessary articles. We 
have only time to offer hints of our Sentiments on the impor- 
tant subject, corroborated by the greatest name in the 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 365 

Political world, your own Judgment and opportunity will 
readily suggest many things coincident herewith — you will 
consider gentlemen, that the proposed confederacy is to be 
perpetual that it will when once established. Collect Strength 
Daily — that if there are any material objections to the plan 
of Confederation before you now is the only opportunity to 
State them — that it is of the last moment to lay the founda- 
tion of a new empire right in every Respect ; especially in 
a point so essential as taxation, which thing forced these 
States into the present war with Britain — that the State of 
Generations yet unborn depends on the confederacy now 
forming. However solicitous we are to have a Confederacy 
of these States Speedily accomplished, we had rather it were 
Deferred a Little longer, than that any wrong principles 
Should be interwoven with it. Should an inequitable mode 
of taxation be adopted into the Constitution of the confede- 
rate States, we could not even apply what the eminent writer 
before named Says of the Constitution of England, his words 
are, it is not my business to Examine whether the English 
actually enjoy Liberty, or not, it is sufficient to my purpose to 
observe that it is established by their Laws. 

"Voted at said Meeting to accept the above Report of the 
committee. 

"July, 1 78 1, voted that those men who were Draughted for 
three months Tower of Duty be paid by the Town 20s a 
month in Silver or Equivalent in other Money while in 
Service." 

The struggle which succeeded the Declaration of In- 
dependence was long and arduous, and nobly was it 
maintained. One spirit seemed to animate the whole 
country, that of resistance to oppression. The injuries 
inflicted, the battles fought, the sacrifices of property 
and life endured, and the final victory and triumph, are 
written on the pages of history. Wallingford men were 
to be found in many a hard fought battle ; they carried 



366 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

with them marks of honor from Bunker Hill, the blazing 
lines of Saratoga and Yorktown, the blood-dyed waters 
of the Brandywine, the dreary snows of Valley Forge, 
the streets of Lexington and Concord, from Trenton 
and Monmouth, Camden, Bennington, and other hard 
fought fields of battle. Dr. Dana while at Wallingford, 
took an early and decided position in favor of our na- 
tional independence. At that time, while the revolution 
was approaching, public sentiment in Connecticut had 
by no means become unanimous as to the expediency 
of attempting to stand against the British government, 
or of taking any measures which might sever the tie 
between the colonies and the parent empire. The east- 
ern part of the State was somewhat in advance of the 
western, and if I mistake not, the " new lights," as a 
body, were a little before the old light or conservative 
party as a body. So slow was Governor Fitch in coming 
up to the grand movement of the day, and consenting to 
the adoption of strong measures, that during the agita- 
tions consequent upon the stamp act, he lost the 
confidence of the people and lost his office. 

It was not far from this time that Dr. Dana, then a 
young man, was invited to preach for Mr. Whittelsey in 
New Haven, on one occasion while the Legislature was 
in session in that place. Many, particularly of the 
eastern members, would have refused to hear so sus- 
pected a preacher if they had not understood that he 
was strongly on their side in politics. Their curiosity 
and their confidence in his political orthodoxy overcame 
their dislike of his ecclesiastical irregularity. His 
audience therefore included all the leading political 
men of the colony. Expecting, or at least hoping for 
such an audience, he had prepared himself for the oc- 



REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 367 

casion. His text was Heb. ii: 24, 25. "By faith, 
Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called 
the son of Pharoah's daughter, choosing rather to suffer 
affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the 
pleasures of sin for a season." And though to men not 
in the habit of looking for a double sense, the sermon 
might have seemed far enough from having any politi- 
cal bearing", there were few in that audience who did not 
see the meaning. As the preacher illustrated and 
vindicated the conduct of Moses " when he had come to 
years," it became very plain that Connecticut having 
come to years was old enough to act for herself, and 
trusting in the God of Israel, to refuse to be any longer 
dependent upon Pharaoh.' 

In the eloquent language of Boutwell,- " the American 
Revolution was a clear indication, in itself, of what the 
colonies had been, and what the republic was destined 
to be. Had the Revolution been delayed, no history, 
however minute, could have given to the world so accu- 
rate a knowledge of the colonists from 1770 to 1780 as 
it now possesses. It was the full development of all 
their past history ; it was the concise, vigorous, intelli- 
gible introduction to their future. It was a great illus- 
tration of preexisting American character. Neither 
religious nor political fanaticism was an element of the 
American Revolution. It was altogether defensive ; 
defensive in its assertion of principles, defensive in its 
warlike operations." 

At this late day it is impossible to obtain a complete 
list of the persons who served in the war. In addition 

1 Bacon's' Hist. Dis., p. 273. This incident is related on the authority 
of Judge Chauncey, one of the hearers of the sermon. 

2 Dedication of the Davis monument, at Acton, Mass. 



368 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

to those who as miUtia men were called occasionally 
into service, the persons whose names are annexed were 
soldiers in the regular army from Wallingford, including 
the Meriden parish. The greater part of the names 
were found in contemporaneous records, manuscript or 
printed, and a very few have been added on the tes- 
timony of descendants whose account the author deemed 
trustworthy. Let us pay to their memory and their 
virtues the most respectful and acceptable tribute, by 
cultivating a love of the principles by which they were 
actuated, and by assiduously striving to preserve the 
blessings which they won. 

CoL. Thaddeus Cook, Capt. Elihu Yale, 

Capt. John Couch, ^ Capt. Isaac Cook, 

Lieut. Joseph Shailer,^ Lemuel Collins, 

Lieut. Divan Berry, Joseph Twin, 

B. Rexford, Jun., Lamberton Clark, 

Abner Andrews,3 - Edward Merriam, 

Daniel Roberts, Silas Bellamy,4 

1 John Couch held a commission, and was prisoner for several years on 
Long Island. 

2 Joseph Shailer was a lieutenant in the regiment of Col. Meigs, a corps 
distinguished for its gallantry and efficiency. Subsequently he was engaged 
in the frontier war with the Indian tribes in the year 1791. Having re- 
ceived a Captain's commission, he raised a company of soldiers from this 
town and vicinity, and joined the forces of General St. Clair in their expedi- 
tion against the Indians on the Miami. At the time of St. Clair's disastrous 
defeat, with terrible slaughter of his troops, Captain Shailer was absent as 
commander of some garrisoned fort in the rear. About that time he and 
his son venturing to hunt a short distance from the fort, were attacked by 
Indians. His son was killed and scalped, but Capt. Shailer escaped. He 
settled in Ohio at the close of the war and died there. I find the following 
in the church records of this town : " 1789 Capt. Joseph Shailer is de- 
barred from church privileges for using profane language." 

3 Lost the use of one arm in the service. 

4 Died of yellow fever. 



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James Baldwin, John Ives, 

Chatham Freeman,' Enos Hall, 

Ephraim Merriman, Ambrose Hotchkiss, 

) „ Oliver Collins, Josiah Merriman, 

f Black Boss,- Asahel Merriam, 

JoASH Hall,3 Daniel Crane, 

Serg't. Levi Munson,-* Isaac Hull, Jun.,5 

Ralph Rice, George Hall,6 

Aaron Rice, Eldad Parker.? 

1 A slave of Mr. Noah Yale. The circumstances of his enlistment are 
related elsewhere. 

2 Black Boss was a slave of Abel Curtiss ; and like his colored friend 
preferred the harsh discipline of the camp and the perils of battle even, to 
that very mild form of slavery which existed in Connecticut. The name 
here given is a nickname ; but is the only one by which he was ever 
known, according to the information of those elderly people who remember 
him. 

3 Joash Hall rode on horseback to aid the troops of Connecticut when 
they pursued the British troops on their retreat from Danbury ; he rode 
within half a mile of the action at Compo, there left his horse and engaged 
the enemy for some time ; but at last retreated to his horse and mounted 
him ; but the horse was soon shot under him by the enemy. The Assembly 
ordered Mr. Hall to be paid for the horse the sum of £i() lawful money. 

4 Levi Munson was at the battle of Ticonderoga, and was taken prisoner 
with Col. Ethan Allen in his attempt upon Montreal, and was confined 
with others in a room at Halifax, among felons, thieves, and negroes. 

5 Isaac Hull Jun. was a lieutenant in the third company, first regiment 
of light horse in this State. The troops were ordered by an act of 1776 to 
the western part of the State, to join the forces under General Wooster — 
the captain of the company being at the time sick — and Hull took com- 
mand of the company from the 25th day of October, 1776 to the last day 
of December, 1776, for which service neither himself or his company re- 
ceived any pay. The Assembly in October, 1773, ordered the pay-table to 
adjust the pay roll of said troop of light-horse, by the rule before allowed 
by Congress to the troops of light-horse in this State while in service of 
the country ; and "draw on the Treasurer, and charge the same to the Conti- 
nent J''' 

6 Killed in army in 1791. 

7 Eldad Parker was killed with twenty-six others during the attack on 
West Haven by the British in the summer of 1779. In the same engage- 
ment Mr. Atwater and a negro both from Wallingford, were wounded. 

Z 



370 history of wallingford. 

Goodrich,' Moses Baldwin,3 

HoTCHKiss,2 Samuel Rice,4 

Moses Hull.s 

Robert Rice of Wallingford was drafted and ordered 
to join the continental army, but by lameness of his feet 
for years he was unable to march and do the duty of a 
soldier, and was therefore dismissed from the draft and 
service in the battalions raised in this State for the con- 
tinental army. At the alarm in Danbury, Aaron Ives of 
Wallingford volunteered and went to Compo, and was 
in the engagement at Compo hill, where he was wounded 
in his leg, by which misfortune, when he was helped from 
the battle-field his horse was missing, with his saddle, 
bridle, great-coat, blanket, and a bag with three days' 
provisions. His horse he afterwards found, but lost the 
other articles, which were ordered to be paid for by the 
Assembly. 

In 1776, the following persons from Wallingford en- 
listed in the regiment commanded by Colonel Philip 
Burr Bradley, of Ridgefield : Jarius Wilcox, Francis 
Wilcox, Samuel Abby, Thaddeus Ford, James Francis, 



1 Killed in army in 1791. 

2 Killed in army in 1 791. 

3 Moses Baldwin was in the six months campaign under Capt. Couch 
in Colonel Bradley's regiment in 1777, and received from the State £() 8j-. 
6d. for sickness and losses sustained after he was taken prisoner in the 
above campaign. In 1778 he received £2 \s. on account of loss of clothes 
at Fort Lee. 

4 Samuel Rice received from the State £6 ^s. for sickness and losses 
sustained while a prisoner during the six months campaign. 

5 Moses Hall was the father of the late Chauncey Hall of Meriden, and 
was in Canada at the surrender of Fort St. Johns. He was also at New 
Haven, Danbury, New London, and was at Albany when Burgoyne sur- 
rendered. 



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37' 



Jonathan Hall, jun., Asahel Deming. Each of the above 
signed the following document: 

" I of Wallingford, do hereby acknowledge myself 

inlisted a Soldier in a Regiment now raising by the Colony 
of Co/inccficiit, to be under the Command of Philip Burr 
Bradley Esq., subject to the Orders and Regulations of 
said Regiment and entitled to their Privileges, until the 
first day of January, 1777, unless sooner discharged by proper 
Authority. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
Hand this 26th Day of June, A. D. 1776." 

The following persons composed the company raised 
by Captain John Couch, in Meriden, July, 1776 : 



Lieut. Divan Berry, 
Corp. Asahel Deming, 
Street Yale, 
Reuben Bellamy, 
Justin Rice, 
Samuel Johnson, Jun., 
Wate Rice, 
Asaph Merriam, 
Daniel Yale, 
RuFus Hall, 
Moses Baldwin, 
Joel Hall, 
Thomas Iggleston, 
Joel Marchant, 
Moses Warner, 
James Francis, 
Caleb Hall, 
Samuel Abbey, 
Ebenezer Hough, 
Enos Mix, 
Caleb Hough, 
Jared Benham, 



Sergt. Timothy Hall, 
Benj. Rexforu, 
Jonathan Hall, 
Samuel Rice, 
Nathaniel Yale, 
Steven Atwater, 
Samuel Johnson, 
Nathaniel Douglass, 
David Hall, 
Gideon Ives, 
Amos Hall, 
Benj. Austen, 
Ephraim Merriam, Fifer, 
Daniel Collins, 
Thaddeus Averitt, 
Francis Wilcox, 
Sergt. Jarius Wilcox, 
Jesse Cook, 
Amasa Hall, 
Thomas Mix, 
John Robinson, 
Holt, 



Josiah Merriman. 



372 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

December 19, 1780, Captain Berry received orders 
from Colonel Thaddeus Cook, to have his company in 
readiness to march at short notice for Horseneck. Let 
us honor these noble men, for they perilled their lives in 
behalf of liberty when 

" T'was treason to love her, and death to defend." 

CIVIL WAR. 

Events of unparalelled magnitude have succeeded 
each other with unprecedented rapidity, " as if," to use 
the language of an eminent Scotch writer, " they had 
come under the influence of that law of gravitation, by 
which falling bodies increase in speed as they descend, 
according to the distance." Within the last century, 
our country has emerged from the condition of a weak 
and dependent colony, has passed through one long and 
bloody war to achieve a national existence, and a ten-fold 
bloodier one to preserve that existence and make it worth 
preserving; and having extended its territory from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific and increased its population from 
less than three millions to more than thirty-three, it 
stands to-day equal to any of the empires of the other 
continent, if not superior to the greatest of them in all 
that constitutes true greatness. 

During the last few years we have passed as individu- 
als, and as a nation, through the greatest and darkest 
crisis the earth has ever beheld ; one where the most 
gigantic crime that can be committed against man, strug- 
gled for conquest against the highest blessings he can 
enjoy ; wherein the noblest nation upon the globe, with 
agonized exertions, tried to save its bared throat from 
the bloody knife in the hands of her own children — chil- 
dren nursed from her own bosom and reared by her with 



CIVIL WAR. 373 

excess of all tenderness — while others of her children 
sought to pinion her hands and stifle her cries that the 
diabolic deed might be accomplished. 

Grand providential movements sweep in a wide orbit. 
They may seem intensely destructive, while they are 
the needful preparations for future blessings. The little 
republic of Greece, whose heroic history has filled so 
large a space in the world's annals, had a baptism of fire 
and blood many times repeated. Marathon, Thermopy- 
lae, Salamis, Plataea, crowned names in the legends of 
civilization, were but the graveyards of her heroes. The 
fall of Rome and the extinguishment of the old pagan 
civilization, seemed to cover the world with the starless 
night of settled barbarism. But we know that above 
the wide social ruin there sprung better races, better 
institutions and a better life, personal and national, 
than paganism in its best state ever produced. Great 
Britain had her full share of perilous crises and torturing 
trials. From the bloody meadow of Runnymede, where 
Magna Charta was wrung from the infamous John, to 
the Revolution and Declaration of Rights under William 
of Orange, for four and a half troubled centuries, Eng- 
land's green fields were crossed and re-crossed by the 
deadly tramp of armies. Yet her conflicts have made 
England what she is. The wretched dynasty of the 
Stuarts in England, which according to Macaulay, 
" had produced seditions, impeachments, rebellions, bat- 
tles, sieges, proscriptions and judicial massacres," seemed 
an interminable age of darkness and blood to both 
Puritans and Presbyterians. But we have lived to see 
that it cemented the English Constitution so firmly, 
that over changeful centuries it has held the nation to- 
gether, and evoked a rare civilization. 



374 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The fiery and frosty trials of our Puritan ancestors on 
both sides of the Atlantic — their colonial sufferings, 
their Indian wars and massacres, and especially their 
terrible struggle for independence — purified and elevated 
them, burned up the dross of their characters and fitted 
them for their great career. In the progress of nations, 
principles have survived powers, and honest hearts have 
conquered dishonest hosts. We have passed through 
terrible scenes of strife and bloodshed, but we live to see 
one Capital, one President, one Congress, one Govern- 
ment for all this land. And one flag, the same whose 
stars twinkled cheeringly in the dark night of Revolu- 
tion, of 1812, of Mexican struggles, and of the recent 
most hideous rebellion ; the same whose stripes twice 
drove England from our shores, silenced Mexican hos- 
tility, and crushed the most monstrous hydra-headed in- 
surrection that ever arose in any nation ; that flag we 
now see peacefully waving over every hamlet, in every 
state and territory from the St. Lawrence to the Rio 
Grande, from the rocky headlands of Maine, to the 
golden shores of the Pacific. 

Nearly every battle-field of the rebellion had its 
Meriden representatives. With Grant in his repeated 
and telling blows against the main army of the rebel- 
lion ; with Sheridan in his brilliant movements in the 
Shenandoah ; with Sherman in his arduous but glorious 
march through the " hollow shell " of the so-called 
Confederacy ; with Hooker " above the clouds ; " with 
Terry at Fort Fisher, and wherever call has been made 
for brave and valiant work, Meriden sent to the war 
the flower of her young men. Ardent and enthusiastic 
lovers of their country, they freely relinquished the allur- 
ing prospect of a useful and in many instances a brilliant 



CIVIL WAR. 375 

future, to encounter the mortal dangers of the field and 
the camp. Enduring and indefatigable on the march, 
cool and steadfast in action, patient under privation and 
ready in obedience, they offered their talents, their hopes, 
their health and their lives on the altar of patriotism, for 
the safety and welfare of their country. 

In the beginning of the war, the Meriden company, 
constructed on the basis of a militia company, was the 
first accepted by the Governor. An immense war meet- 
ing was held, at which Charles Parker presided, and 
speeches, exhorting to action, were made by O. H. Piatt, 
Dexter R. Wright, Rev. D. Henry Miller, and G. W. 
Wilson, afterward captain. A company was immedi- 
ately raised, and a Colt's revolver presented to each man 
by Charles Parker. The sum of $5000 was raised for 
equipments. It would be interesting to follow the 
history of each company that went from Meriden, but 
we must be brief, and bear in mind the maxim of Cicero 
that " there is nothing in history more delightful than a 
pure and perspicuous consciseness."' 

While we are now writing, the first chapters of this 
work are passing through the press. It would be impos- 
sible in the brief time allotted us, to make this chapter 
complete, as we have not yet been able to make a com- 
plete list of the men who served in the war from Wall- 
ingford and Meriden. It is the author's intention to 
publish soon a " Soldier's Memorial," giving a full account 
of the part borne by Meriden and Wallingford during 
the war ; a full list of the soldiers, personal incidents 
concerning them, the battles in which they were en- 
gaged, and full biographical details. We can only add 
here the Meriden Roll of Honor: 



I Nihil est in historia, pura et illustri, bvevitate dulcius. Cicero in Bruto, 75. 



3/6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 



A LIST OF THE MERIDEN SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED 
IN THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY. 

Lieutenant and Quartermaster Marshall C. Augur, Henry 
Avery, Henrjf D'Angelist, William F. Ackerman, George W. 
Andrus, Alonzo S. Atkins, Capt. Julius Bassett, Oscar M. 
Bailey, Francis D. Baker, Wallace W. Bates, John E. Bar- 
low, A. H. Barr, Lyman A. Beach, Marshall Belden, George 
Blake, John C. Brooks, George Burrows, James Butler, 
John Byxbee, Andrew Carlin, John D. Comstock, James 
I. Cook, Daniel Crowley, Oscar Crusius, James Cassada, 
William Cassada, Charles Catlin, Maurice C. Clark, Silas 
Davis, George V. Dagle, John K. Doolittle, James Doran, 
Watson W. Davis, David Dunham, Captain and Chaplain 
Jacob Eaton, James S. Ely, James M. Ford, Henry Finken, 
James M. Foster, Sergeant Alfred P. Green, James Green- 
land, Charles Ganglotf, George M. Garrett, Patrick Green, 
Charles F. Green, Julian A. Griffin, Sylvanus A. Hall, 
Thomas Harvey, George Harwood, Andrew B. Hitchcock, 
Sylvanus Hull, Captain William H. Johnson, John S. 
Jameson, Alvin Kenney, Henry W. L. Keach, Lieutenant 
Henry B. Levi, Harrison Lamphear, Madison Lamphear, 
William Lewis, Charles H. Lewis, George H. Lewis, 
Henry A. Lathrop, George W. Lester, Charles P. Lewis, 
Lieut. Edwin J. Merriam, Abraham ]Miner, Jas. A. Miller' 
Henry W. Miller, Charles T. McWhinnie, William Masch- 
meyer, Edward Maschmeyer, Michael Mallory, Michael 
Magee, Charles R. McCorney, Jacob Meyer, Giles Norton, 
Aaron Johnson Pratt, Henry A. Plumb, Edward Parmelee, 
James B. Parker, William H. Peterson, Felix Quinn, John 
Quinn, J. G. L. Roberts, Joseph Rancorn, Lawrence Riley, 
A. I. Richards, William W. Richardson, L L. Richmond, 
Derrick A. Roberts, Cyrus Root, Chauncey W. Roberts, 
Oliver Sellew, Selleck Scott, Benjamin R. Sherman, John 
H. Simmcmds, Lieut. William W. Thompson, F. A. Taylor, 
Elihu Talmadge, James Thrall, Edward D. Todd, Thomas 
Waldron, Joseph H. Walker, John E. Warner, Edmund E. 
Westerhood, Joel Yale, Henry A. Edgerton, Henry Butler. 
Total, one hundred and eight. 



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Of the above, the following are interred in Meriden : 

MERIDEN CEMETERY. 

Jas. S. Huley, 15th Conn., David Dunham, 15th Conn., 
Oscar Bailey, 15th Conn., Edward A. Parmalee, i6th 
Joel Yale, 3d Conn., Conn., 

Geo. L. Roberts, 15th Conn., Charles F. Green, i5lh Conn., 
Lieut. Wm. H. Johnson, 8th Corp.WiM. G. Lewis, 8th Conn., 

Conn., Giles Newton, 15th Conn., 

Chas. H. Lewis, 8th Conn., Silas Davis, 7th Conn. 
Geo. H. Lewis, 15th Conn., James Greenland, 15th Conn., 
Morris C. Clark, 8th Conn., James Thrall, 7th Conn. 

west meriden cemetery. 

James Foster, ist Conn. Charles Catlin, 5th Conn., 

Cavalry, Alfred P. Green, 7th Conn., 

John C. Brooks, 12th Conn., Lieut. Hen'ry B. Levi, 15th 
Lieut. Marshall C. Augur, Conn., 

15th Conn., Joseph Jones, Navy, 

Henry A. Lathrop, 8th Conn., Henry W. Butler, ist Conn. 
Lieut. Edwin Merriam, 7th Artillery, 

Conn., Harrlson Lamphear, Sea- 

Madison Lamphear, 14th man, 

Conn., George Blake, 7th Conn., 

Wm. Giescke, nth Conn., Edmund D. Todd, 2nd Heavy 
Henry Avery, 2nd Conn., Artillery, 

Lewis Osborne, 42nd Mass., N. C. Jonas, 8th Conn. 

CATHOLIC cemetery. 

Felix Quinn, 9th Conn., Joseph Cassady, 9th Conn., 

Wm. Cassady, ist Conn. James Butler, 9th Conn., 

Artillery, John Richardson, died in 1870. 

" Many in sad faith for her. 
Many with crossed hands sighed for her ; 
But these, our brothers, fought for her, 
At life's dear peril wrought for her. 
So loved her that they died for her." 



378 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The expenditure of Meriden for bounties, premiums, 
commutations and support of families, was $91,371 33. 
The estimated amount paid by individuals for bounties 
to volunteers and substitutes was $10,715 53. Grand 
List for 1864, $4,300,981. In Wallingford, the town ex- 
penditures were $40,750 00. Individual expenditure, 
$6,200 00. Grand List, $1,796,416. The following is a 



LIST OF THE WALLINGFORD SOLDIERS WHO DIED 
IN THE DEFENCE OF THEIR COUNTRY. 



Col. Arthur Button, 21st Conn. Vols., and Capt. 
Engineer Corps, U. S. A. ; buried at Baltimore. Nehe- 
miah Hough, 32d Iowa Vols., buried at Vicksburg. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE BURIED IN WALLINGFORD : 

Henry T. Hough, 15th Conn. ; Thomas Lynch, 
15th Conn.; Augustus Morse, 15th Conn.; Austin 
Phelps, 15th Conn. ; Delevan W. Ives, 15th Conn. ; 
Oliver S. Munson, 15th Conn. ; Gilbert Clark, 15th 
Conn.; James Parker, 15th Conn. ; John Webb, 17th 
U. S. Reg. ; Ralph W. Pomeroy, 189th N. Y. ; Der- 
rick S. Pomeroy, 29th N. Y. ; Joel Camp, 27th Conn. ; 
Patrick Condon, 27th Conn. ; Timothy Carral, 27th 
Conn. ; John Callahan, 15th Conn. ; John Regan, 
15th Conn. ; Francis Rourke, 2d Ky. Rifles. 




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379 



CHAPTER XX. 

FUNERAL CUSTOMS, GRAVEYARDS, &c. 

A WELL known writer has said that nothing is more 
characteristic of the early state of New England than 
the old grave-yards which solemnize her ancient towns. 
Their monuments, epitaphs and decorations show at 
once the prevalence of religion, the backwardness of 
taste, and the poverty of the times. The number of 
buried octogenarians attests the steady habits and sa- 
lubrious clime, while the superior funeral state of the 
ministers and deacons, bears witness to the social import- 
ance of those dignitaries of the church. The ancient 
burial grounds chain with a spell of which the modern 
cemetery with its showy marbles knows nothing ! We 
turn from the fresh mortality which chills us with its 
recent sorrows, to those mossy headstones whose faint 
inscriptions tell of generations long since freed from toil. 
Here one may find the rude monuments of those who 
still walk the earth and lead its progress, and here the 
heart may run over, as Byron says, 

" With silent worship, of the great of old ! 

The dead but sceptered sovereigns, who still rule 

Our spirits from their urns." 



380 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

They still live, though their bodies have been mingled 
with the earth. In those seasons when " calling shapes" 
walk the earth, and " aery tongues syllable men's names," 
we can, by the united aid of imagination and memory, 
see them singly, or in gathered groups, like a cloud of 
witnesses looking down upon us ; we can hear them 
utter words of encouragement, or warning, to be heeded 
by the living. 

One of the earliest records in relation to grave-diggers 
was in 1677, when we find that "Will. Ebernatha's price 
for digging graves is five shillings for grown persons and 
two shillings and sixpence for children." It was the 
custom when a person died during the night, to toll the 
church bell at sunrise ; if the death occurred in the day- 
time, the bell was tolled at sunset. Three distinct 
strokes were given for a male adult, two for a female, and 
one for a child. On the brow of a large, sloping hill, in 
the southeastern part of the town, peacefully rest the 
remains of some of the first settlers of Meriden. Here 
the frail memorials, 

"With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, 
Implore the passing tribute of a sigh." 

Several years ago, the town properly determined to 
perpetuate the memory of the original inhabitants in an 
appropriate monument, to be erected in the early burial 
ground. This monument, which is surrounded by a high 
iron fence sixty feet square, is of freestone, and contains 
the following inscriptions : 

On the south side. 

Erected 

By the town of Meriden, 

T857. 



GRAVEYARDS. 38 1 

On the east side, 

In Memory of the First Settlers of the Town of Meriden 

who were buried within and near this enclosure, and 

whose names so far as known, are inscribed on 

this Monument. 

The Meeting-House in which they worshiped, and the first 

erected in the town, stood about 50 rods west of 

this memorial. 

On the north side, 

Obituary. Rev. Theophilus Hall, Pastor of the First 
Church, March 25, 1769, £e. 62; Mehitable Hall, Sept. 11, 
1767, £e. 16 ; Timothy Jerome, Feb. 23, 1757, ae. 26 ; Abigail 
Way, Sept. 12, 1741,0;. 12; Daniel Hough, July 25, 1768,3;. 49; 
Tho^ Beech, May 14, 1741, ae. 83; Phebc Merriam, Feb. 23, 
1753, ae. 23 ; Hannah Ives, Nov. 5, 1770, £e. 70; Capt. Josiah 
Robinson, Apr. 2, 1766, ae. 67 ; Theophilus Mix, July 3, 1750, 
ae. 53; Rachael Andrus, Jan. 11, 1756, £e. 33; Timothy 
Andrews, Nov. 25, 1743, a;. 23 ; Hannah Royce, Jan. 12, 
1761, ffi. 91 ; Samuel Johnson, Mar. 2, 1777, ae. 23. 

On the west side, 

Obituary. Benjamin Curtiss, Oct. 29, 1754, ai. 52; Aaron 
Curtiss, Dec. 18, 1763,0;. 20 ; Rebekah Lyman, Nov. 8, 1748, 
ai. 44; Joseph Cowles, Nov. 30, 1760, ae. 83; Mindwell 
Cowles, April 17, 1770, ae. 89; Sarah Bishop, May 31, 1760, 
it. 43 ; Elizabeth Merriam, June 11, 1767, ae. 70 ; Elizabeth 
Penfield, Nov. 20, 1765, ae. 18 ; Deacon Samuel Royce, May 
14, 1757, ae. 85 ; Ezekiel Rice, Esq., Sept, 4, 1765, as. 66 ; 
Kbenezer Roys, Jan. 20, 1759, ae. 53 ; Joseph Merriam, Aug. 
24, 1752, ae. 49 ; Deborah Merriam, August 12, 1761, ae. 52 ; 
Ruth Merriam, Nov. 12, 1755, £e. 72 ; Mindwell Rice, June 
75, 1769, a;. 27. 

Most of the grave stones have either been displaced 
or broken, and many are entirely unintelligible. We 
copy a few inscriptions : 



382 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

In Memory of 

Theophilus Hall, 

Pastor of ye Church, who having for 37 years difcharged the 

duties of his function with diftinguifhed fideHty and 

accompliflied Chriftian Hfe, the uniform difciple 

of Jefus Chrift deceafed March 23, 1769, 

in the 6o"i year of his Age. 

They that be wife shall shine as y^ brightnefs of 

ye lirmament. 



In Memory of Mrs. Mehitable Hall Daugh"" of the Rev"^ 

M"" Theophilus & Md>" Hannah Hall died 

Sepf ii"i 1707 aged 16 years. 

Happy ye dying youth whofe early fteps have trod 

ye Chriftian road of pious virtue up to god. 



In Memory of M>' Chriftopher Robinfon died Dec^"- 6'"^ 
1760 in ye 2 6t'i year of his Age. 
as you are now fo once was I, 
Prepare for death for you-muft die. 



Here lies ye Body of Oliver Son of M'' Ebenezer & 
Abigail Roys he died Dect"- ye 6'^ 1753 in ye 
7th year of his Age. 
These forewarnings Remember Well 
Death and judgment heaven & hell. 



In memory of M'' Samuel Johnfon Ju'"' who Departed 

this life March 2"<^ A D 1777, in ye 23'"'^ year of his Age. 

Come Blooming youth when this you Read, 

O, See my Fate. 

Dea" Ezekiel Rice Esq., Aged 66 years Departed this 
Life Sptr 4* 1765. 
To God and Man a faithful f>iend ; 
In Serving both his life did spend. 
His Sun is set his work is done, 
Lies here beneath this Gloomy Stone. 



GRAVEYARDS. 38- 

So Great & Good both High & Low 

To Conquering Death their knee must bow. 



In Memory of Sarah wife of Mr. Yale Bishop, 

died May 31^' 1766 in ye 43i-d year of her Age & was buried 

with her infant on her arm. 

The following is the deed of the old burying-ground, 
corner of Broad and Olive street : 

" I, John Hubbard of Wallingford, in the County of New 
Haven, for the consideration of the sum of nine pounds 
lawful money received to m.y full satisfection, of the inhabit- 
ants of the parish of Meriden, do give, grant, bargain, sell 
and confirm, one certain piece of land situate and being in 
the parish of Meriden, containing three quarters of an acre 
of land, off from the northeast corner of said Hubbard's 
land, northward of said Hubbard's house, beginning at the 
highway, a heap of stones the corner, from thence running 
twelve and a half rods westwardly to a heap of stones, from 
thence running nine rods southwardly to a heap of stones, 
from thence running eleven rods eastwardly to the highway 
to a heap of stones, from thence running eleven and a half 
rods by highway to the first lands, and is bounded north upon 
Mary Hall's lands, and west and south upon said Hubbard's 
land, and east upon the highway. To have and to hold the 
above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenan- 
ces thereof, unto the inhabitants of the parish of Meriden, 
forever, for their proper use and behoof, as a burying place. 
[Here is inserted the usual form of guarantee.] Given 
under my hand and seal the 15th day of March, in the nth 
year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George HI, of Great 
Britain, &c. king, annoque Domini, 177 1. 

"John Hubbard." 

To pay for the land, the following paper was drawn 
up and subscribed : 

"Whereas the inhabitants of the parish of Meriden, did in 



384 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

their meeting on the 18 of February last, agree to purchase a 
piece of land of the Rev. Mr. Hubbard, for a burying 
yard, we, the subscribers being desirous of a speedy accom- 
plishment of said affair, do herewith our names subscribe the 
several sums that we will give towards purchasing said piece 
of land, and do promise to pay them to the parish committee 
within nine months after said committee shall procure a deed 
to secure the same to the use of the parish as aforesaid. 
"Meriden March 11, 177 1. 

s. d. s. d. 

"Samuel Leavitt, 3 Hannah Hall, 2 

Noah Yale, 5 Abel Hawley, 2 

— Ebenezer Cowles, 3 6 Sam'l Johnson, 3 

EzEKiEL Rice, i 5 Solomon Rice, i 

Daniel Howell, 3 6 Joseph Cowles, 3 

Eben'r Cowles, Jr., i Wait Rice, i 

Samuel Whitney, i 6 Bezaleel Ives, 3 

John Miles, Jr., i - Timothy Colls, i 6 

Theo. Hall, 2 Thomas Hough, i 

- JosiAH Merriman, I Ezra Rice, 2 

Titus Rice, i 4 Aaron Hull, i 

Thomas Menhaur, i 6 Moses Hall, i 3 

Thomas Berry, 2 Benjamin Rice, 2 

Timothy Foster, 3 4 Aaron Lyman, 4 

Abigail Rice, 2 i Amasa Rice, i." 

In 1842 the question was agitated in Meriden in re- 
gard to laying out a burial ground a few rods east of the 
town, and in 1845 land was purchased from the estate of 
Wm. Yale deceased, and Lyman Collins. The stone 
arch over the entrance was built in 1847. 

The customs at funerals in different parts of New 
England were for many years somewhat peculiar, and 
were long since modified or abandoned. The distribu- 
tion of gloves, rings and scarfs at funerals prevailed to 
such an extent, that in 1721, the Legislatures of Massa- 



GRAVEYARDS. 385 

chusetts passed a law against the usage. Town 
authorities compHed with the fashion so far, that they 
distributed these articles at the burial of their paupers, 
and the expense was charged over to the town. At the 
funeral of the wife of Governor Belcher of Massachusetts 
in 1736, more than one thousand pairs of gloves were 
distributed among the attendants. ' 

A death in a small community was a great event. 
The magistrate, the minister and the fathers of the 
town came to the bed of the dying to witness his 
testament and gather up his last words. It was soon 
known to every individual of the plantation that one 
of their number had been cut down. All were eager 
to gaze once more upon the face they had known so 
well ; they flocked to the funeral ; the near neighbors 
and coevals of the dead bore him on their shoulders to 
the grave ; the whole community with solemn step and 
downcast eyes followed him to his long home. Riding 
at funerals was not then in vogue ; and a hearse was 
unknown. A horse litter may in some cases have been 
used ; but the usual mode of carrying the dead was on a 
shoulder bier. In this way persons were sometimes 
brought into town for interment even from a distance 
of five or six miles. Frequent rests or halts were 
made, and the bearers often changed. These funeral 
customs continued down to the period of the Revolution. - 

There was no spot more sacred than the one behind 
the meeting-house, marked with a few rude monumental 
stones. In the eloquent language of Dr. Holland : 
" There swelled the first mound over a white man's 
breast, and there, one by one, as the years rolled away, 



1 Hollister's Hist, of Conn., i. 439. 

2 Miss Caulkins' Hist, of New London, p. 267. 

A A 



386 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

rose other mounds. The rank grass waved over them, 
the night-straying cow stumbled among them, and un- 
seemly shrubs sprouted between them, and at long inter- 
vals, were cut away. There, one after another, those 
whose life has informed these pages were gathered, and 
there the brown sandstone, roughly finished, and quaint- 
ly carved and clumsily inscribed, was placed above their 
heads. There they lay when the wintry blast was 
driving, and when the summer sun was shining ; when 
the trees were shedding the purple of autumn and 
assuming the green of Spring. Some fell by the red 
man's arm, and were borne thither in fear, and buried in 
the presence of faithful muskets and threats of ven- 
gence. Some were borne there in old age, an old age 
that died in fear after a life of fear. Among these slept 
the maiden with the bloom upon her cheek and life's 
discipline all untried, and the sweet infant of days, and 
the mother parted prematurely from the children of her 
love, and the man just risen to manhood. Year after 
year the frost came down and heaved the ground, now 
this way, now that, till the mounds settled down to the 
level around them, and the stones sank down into the 
mould, or leaned in indiscriminate and inharmonious 
angles, or fell prone along the graves, face to face with 
the skeletons whose names they bore."' 

The earliest stones in the burial ground at Walling- 
ford dating from about 1700 to 1750, were mostly of 
slate and are pretty well preserved, though the inscrip- 
tions being shallow and somewhat lichen-covered, are 
difficult to decipher. Then followed a period of about 
fifty years in which the monuments were of sandstone ; 

I Bay Path, p. 415. 



GRAVEYARDS. 387 

and of these, most of the earliest are so far corroded by 
Hchens and the elements, that the epitaphs are quite 
obliterated. After the beginning of the present century, 
marble prevails ; and the old fashioned letterings and 
grotesque carvings of faces and figures, give place to a 
more modern style. 

We give herewith copies of some of the inscriptions : 

Here lies interred the remains of Mrs Sarah Hall relict 

of Mr Joseph Hall who departed this life July 

8th 1796, in the 30 year of her age. 

The blast which nipt my youth will conquer thee ; 

It strikes the bud, the blossom and the tree. 

Another inscription is followed by the quaint lines : 

Lovely companion come to see 

The clods that cover me 

Look at my right hand and view 

The clods that are reserved for to cover thee. 

[Doctor Isaac Lewis, 1784.] 
As I am now gone down to dust 
Five of my children came here first 
The rest may se as they pass by 
That we are now before them gone. 

The following has been copied from the original stone 
on to a new monument : 

The Reverent Mr : Street 
Departed: This Life: len: ye 16 17 17 Agged : 82 

The following are specimens of the didactic pendants 
following the name and date of some of the departed : 

He sleeps no longer on the brink of fate, 

nor leaves one loitering wish beneath the Starrs. 

Man at his Best State is Vanity. 



388 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Though death the king of terrors be 
And nature dread the awful day 
Yet Christ the King of Saints we see 
Hath took the sting away. 

Heaven gives friends Why should we complain 
If Heaven resume Our friends again. 
Farewell Vain World, Dust Hast thou Been to me , 
Dust and the Shadow, I do leave with thee. 
Life uncertain ; Death is sure ; 
Sin the wound & Christ the cure. 

The grave is honored where the Christian lies 
'Tis but the ark that wafts him to the Skies. 
From Death we see no age is free. 

At an adjourned meeting held July 4th, 174 1-2, the 
following resolutions were presented : 

" Whereas the first society in Wallingford having by their 
vote in their meeting, Dec. 1740, agreed to fence their bury- 
ing-ground with a good five rail fence, and chose a commit- 
tee for that purpose, and at their meeting in December 1741, 
upon reconsideration, voted that the committee chosen for 
that purpose should deposit therein until the society order 
otherwise, by reason of some ill conveniency in stopping up 
a highway as it must if they take in all the graves, in said 
burying-ground, for which reason the question was put to the 
town, whether the proprietors of the common field should 
have liberty to fence the plains, and adjoin it to the rear of 
the home lots from Capt. Theophilus Yale's dwelling house, 
down to Daniel Doolittle Jr's. dwelling house, and make a 
good gate at each end, and make a good gate and a good 
fence at each lane which will accomodate that affair in fencing 
said burying-yard without fencing on purpose according to 
former note." 



389 



CHAPTER XXI. 



METHODIST CHURCH. 



The first seeds of Methodism were sown in Connecti- 
cut in 1789;' and that year the Rev. Jesse Lee preached 
in Wallingford and other places, passing three months 
in the State. In 1790, when the circuits of New Haven, 
Hartford and Litchfield were established, there were but 
four Methodist ministers in New England. Yet there 
were more ministers than classes, and scarcely more 
than two members to each preacher. But under the 
earnest and devoted labors of the pioneers of Method- 
ism, the doctrine and discipline inculcated by Wesley 
gradually extended over the State. 

Quite early in the history of the church there was a 
class of five persons in the east part of Meriden. They 
had no meeting but in private houses, and were visited 
by a circuit preacher once in two weeks. There was 
also a small class of four or five which met in the west 
part of the town. Mr. Charles Baldwin, on his decease, 
bequeathed them a lot which was sold, and the money 
was used in building a school-house near the entrance to 
the cemetery. It was burned down before completion. 

I This is the date given by Dr. Bangs, though it appears from the " Me- 
morials of Methodism " by Rev. Abel Stevens, that Rev. Messrs. Cook and 
Black had preached in Connecticut a year or two previously. 



390 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

In 1838, Rev. John Parker, who has done more for the 
Methodist cause in this town than any other person, 
applied to the conference to supply Meriden with preach- 
ers, and Rev. J. E. Searles was sent. He preached in a 
hall at West Meriden, owned by James S. Brooks. Mr. 
Parker afterward applied to have him withdrawn, and 
paid back to the society all they had paid for his 
support. 

In 1840 a young man named Collins, who was filled 
with a conviction that the world was coming to an end, 
was sent. He preached earnestly and many were con- 
verted. From this nucleus the society was formed and 
was called the primitive Methodist society. Alexander 
Miller was the next preacher. He preached two years, 
and a great many were converted under his preaching. 
After him came William Somersides. 

The conference was to have sent Philo Hawkes as 
the next preacher, but believing that the world was to 
come to an end on a certain date, he did not come. 
Rev. John Parker then called a meeting and formed 
them into a church, and in 1844 the presiding elder of 
the district, Nathan Clark, sent Rev. S. Howland, who 
had then been but three weeks in the university at 
Middletown. From that time to the following annual 
conference he received eighteen into the church. 
They had the regular class-meetings and prayer-meet- 
ings. In 1845 Rev. George A. Hubbell was appointed 
by the New York conference to labor in Meriden ; and 
in 1846 Rev. J. E. Searles was sent. During these 
two years the appointment was a branch of the Cheshire 
circuit, but in 1847 it was made a station, and Mr. 
Searles was appointed preacher in charge. 

In 1848-9 Rev. Albert Nash occupied the station; in 



METHODIST CHURCH. 391 

1850 Rev. F. Chamberlain ; in 185 1-2 Rev. F. Bottome ; 
in 1853-4 Rev. N.Meade; in 1855-6 Rev. George C. 
Creevy ; in 1857 Rev. J. L. Peck ; in 1858-9 Rev. Wm. 
McAlister; in 1 860-1 Rev. George A. Hubbell, for 
the second time; in 1862 Rev. C. Kelsey ; in 1863-4 
Rev. Charles Fletcher ; in 1865-6 Rev. Frederic Brown ; 
in 1867-8 Rev. Francis B. Tower ; in 1869 Rev. John 
Pegg, Jr., a graduate of Wesleyan university, of the class 
of 1849. During the pastorate of the Rev. Mr. Tower, 
two hundred and fifty persons presented themselves at 
the altar, there were two hundred conversions, and the 
net gain to the church was one hundred and fifty mem- 
bers. In 1847 they completed and occupied their new 
church. It was built at an expense of six thousand 
dollars. Its dimensions were sixty feet long and forty 
feet wide. 

The corner-stone of the new Methodist church on 
Main street, was laid Wednesday, October 31, 1866. 
The ritual service was read by Rev. E. E. Griswold, the 
presiding elder, followed by a sermon delivered by Rev. 
Moses L. Scudder. The following clergy were present: 
Rev. Messrs. Heman Bangs, of New Haven ; F. H. 
Newhall, D. D., of Middletown ; Wm. McAllister, of 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; T. H. Burch ; C. E. Glover ; J. E. 
Searles, of New Haven ; A. M. Allen, of Southington ; 
W. W. Bowditch, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; H. B. Elkins, of 
Simsbury ; and J. M. Buckley, of Brooklyn, N. Y.' The 



I The box in the corner-stone was made of sheet-copper, sealed air- 
tight, and was twelve inches square by si.x inches deep. The contents were 
as follows: I, Bible; 2, Methodist Hymn-Book ; 3, Discipline of the 
M. E. Church ; 4, Methodist Catechism ; 5, List of officers and members 
of the Meriden M. E. Church ; 6, List of Building Committee ; 7, List of 
Centenary Committee ; 8, Architect's card ; 9, Photographof new church ; 
10, Card of mason builders, Perkins and Lines ; 11, Christian Advocate 



392 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

society were mainly indebted to the Rev. Francis P. 
Tower for the idea of erecting the edifice in the year 
1869, it having been suggested by him that it be built as 
a centenary church, in commemoration of the one- 
hundredth anniversary of American Methodism. The 
church cost about seventy-five thousand dollars. The 



and Jouiuial ; 12, The Methodist ; 13, Zion's Herald and Wesleyan Advo- 
cate ; 14, Stevens' Centenary of Methodism ; 15, Six Centenary Hymns 
by Rev. George Lansing Taylor; 16, Corner-stone hymn by Rev. F. P. 
Tower; 17. Manual of ist Cong. Church of West Meriden ; 18, Manual 
of Cent. Cong, church; 19, List of members of West Meriden Baptist 
church; 20, List of officers and members and the Confession of Faith, of 
the 1st Universalist church of Meriden; 21, List of members of the Lu- 
theran Evangelical St. John's church of Meriden ; 22, List of the number 
and names of the various Churches in Meriden ; 23, List of the officers, 
teachers, and scholars of the Sunday School of the M. E. Church of Meri- 
den ; 24, N. Y. Independent; 25, T/ie Nation; 26, Meriden Recorder; 
27, N. Y. Daily Tribime ; 28, A'. Y. Daily Times ; 29, N. Y. Daily 
Herald; 30, N. Y. Daily World : 31, iVational Temperance Advocate; 
32, Conn. State Temperance Journal ; ^t,, U. S. fractional Currency of 
the denomination of three, five, ten, twenty-five, and fifty cents ; 34, U. S. 
coins of the denomination of one, two, three, and five cents ; 35, Three 
cent U. S. Postage stamp ; 36, Price List of articles manufactured by 
Charles Parker ; 37, The same of Edward Miller & Co. ; 38, The same of 
Bradley & Hubbard; 39, The same of Meriden Britannia Co; 40, Pro- 
gramme of Exercises of the corner stone laying and the centenary cele- 
bration ; 41, 14th annual report of the State Reform School; 42, Pro- 
ceedings of the 22d annual session of the Conn. Grand Division of the 
Sons of Temperance ; 43, Constitution of grand and subordinate lodges 
of Good Templars in Conn. ; 44, Exposition of independent order of 
Good Templars ; 45, Circular of J. Wilcox & Co. ; 46, List of officers and 
members of the Ladies' centenary association ; 47, List of officers and 
members of the ist Baptist church of Meriden ; 48, List of officers and 
members, and constitution and by-laws of Meridian Lodge, No. 77, Free 
and Accepted Masons; 49, .Same of Keystone chapter, No. 27, Royal Arch 
Masons ; 50, Same of Hamilton council. No. 22, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters ; 51, Same of Center I>odge, No. 94, F. and A. Masons; 52, List of 
officers and members of Star of Hope Lodge, No. 26, independent order 
(jf Good Templars; 53, Card and samples of work of the U. S. Screw 
Company. 



METHODIST CHURCH. 393 

Messrs. Charles and John Parker jointly contributed 
between thirty and forty thousand dollars. Future 
generations will make their memory fragrant for this 
generous, noble-hearted and commendable bequest. The 
dimensions of the church are sixty feet wide within but- 
tresses, and one hundred and twenty-one feet in length, 
with a recess in the rear nineteen feet deep, making the 
entire length one hundred and forty feet. The organ 
cost six thousand dollars. 



394 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 



In the year 1821, the first sermon in Meriden by a Uni- 
versalist preacher was delivered by Rev. Mr. Brooks of 
Massachusetts. This service was held in the evening, at 
the residence of Noah Pomeroy in the eastern part of 
the town. From twenty to thirty persons were present, 
a considerable portion of them doubtless from motives 
of curiosity. No further meeting was held till Decem- 
ber, 1823, or January, 1824, when Rev. Nehemiah Dodge, 
then of New London, preached one evening in Mr. 
Pomeroy's house. Mr. Dodge had been a Baptist 
preacher of celebrity, and had preached under the 
auspices of the Baptist denomination in all this vicinity. 
He officiated from 1816 to 1821 in the Baptist church in 
New London, and remained in the church till 1823, when 
he was excluded on the ground that he had embraced 
Universalist principles. After the sermon a Baptist 
brother, Deacon John Hall, attacked the preacher's sen- 
timents and a spirited little controversy was held. 

Some six years elapsed, when next in order came Rev. 
John Boyden, then a very young man, of Berlin, who 
preached in the hall of the old tavern, corner of Main 
and Broad streets, and also in the north center school- 
house, April 4, 1830, February 26, April 25, and Sep- 



UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 395 

tember 26, 1833. The average attendance on Mr. 
Boyden's ministry here was about twenty. At this time 
the avowed Universalists in the town were Noah 
Pomeroy, Calvin Coe, Daniel Yale, Darling Dayton and 
Mrs. Calvin Coe. But very few ladies attended the 
meeting, as it was hardly considered respectable for 
females to do so.' The compensation of the preacher 
was ten dollars per Sunday, and was mostly paid by 
Messrs Pomeroy and Coe. Mr Pomeroy, being with his 
family, an attendant at the Baptist church, and a liberal 
contributor to its expenses, asked the use of the vestry 
of that church for Mr. Boyden to preach in, but was 
refused ; whereupon he withdrew his attendance and 
support. 

Soon after, late in 1833 or early in 1834, Rev. Horace 
Smith, then the successor of Mr. Boyden at Berlin, and 
who had formerly been a Baptist minister, preached three 
or four sermons in the old north center school-house. 
Early in 1834, there preached one evening in Mr. Pome- 
roy's house, Rev. Stephen R. Smith, then probably of Al- 
bany, N. Y. Some fifty persons were present. Not far 
from this time, Dr. Luther Parmelee and his father moved 
into the town and attended the meetings ; and during the 
latter part of Mr. Boyden's ministry, Hezekiah Rice 
settled here, and with his wife joined the society. Early 
in the same year, 1834, Rev. Thomas Miller, of Long 
Island, but a native of Wallingford, uncle of the late 
Rev. Harvey Miller of this town, and who had been a 
Baptist preacher, preached a single evening in Noah 



I The following is on the records of the First congregational church of 
this town, May 15, 1837 : "Mr. Alson L. Talmadge, for embracing the doc- 
trines of univers?' salvation, be no longer considered a member of this 
church." 



396 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Pomeroy's house. Beginning with April, 1834, and ex- 
tending to April, 1835, R^v. W. A. Stickney, then of 
Berlin, lectured here in the tavern hall and in the old 
north center school-house the fourth Sunday evening in 
each month, making in all twelve discourses. When the 
Baptists vacated their old meeting house (the present 
academy building), the purchase of it for the use of the 
Universalists was talked of, and Messrs. Pomeroy, Coe 
and H. Rice proposed contributing five hundred dollars 
each for that purpose, but the project failed. Scattered 
over a period of thirty-two years, viz., from 1821 to 
March, 1853, there were delivered in the town about 
forty sermons and lectures, equal to twenty Sundays 
labor, by seven or eight different clergymen. 

On the thirteenth of March, 1853, Rev. Abraham 
Norwood, then and for several years after the State mis- 
sionary, preached in the present academy hall, having in 
the morning sixty hearers, in the afternoon eighty, and 
the same number in the evening. After the close of 
the evening service he found written on the blank leaf 
of a conference hymn-book which he had supplied for 
the singing, the words of this invocation : " May the 
cuss of God go with you." Rev. J. J. Twiss, then of 
Stamford, preached the first and second Sundays of 
April, 1853. On the evening of the first day of his 
ministry, a meeting was held, and a committee of five 
appointed to see how much could be raised to build a 
place of worship. January 15, 1854, Rev. Mr. Nor- 
wood preached to fifty, seventy, and sixty hearers ; and 
the next evening in East Meriden to thirty listeners. 
March 5, 1854, a committee reported that seven hundred 
dollars had been subscribed, and that the brethren were 
ready to settle any minister that might be sent them. 



UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 397 

On the twenty-third and thirtieth of the following 
month Rev. James Gallager/ of Easton, Pa., preached as 
a candidate, and was invited to become the pastor, at a 
salary of seven hundred dollars. The call was accepted, 
and Mr. Gallager became the first Universalist pastor of 
Meriden, commencing on the second Sunday in June, 
1854. On the 30th of May, 1854, a constitution was 
adopted, and the following names attached to it, viz. : 
Noah Pomeroy, Calvin Coe, E. E. Smiley, Wm. H. 
Golden, John S. Blake, Moses Waterman, Isaac C. 
Lewis, J. V. Thayer, B. ¥. Stevens, Edwin Dayton, 
Monroe Barns, John L. Ives, B. R. Stevens, H. E. 
Welton, James T. Pomeroy, E. R. Aspinwall, John C. 



I Rev. James Gallager was born in Philadephia in 1813. At an early- 
age he learned a trade ; but while visiting Bridgeton, N. J., he met with 
Rev. Abel C. Thomas, through whose influence he became interested in 
the cause of Universalism, and was induced to enter the ministry. He 
removed to Philadelphia shortly after, and was married to Miss Frances C. 
daughter of Rev. Uavid Oliver. At the same time he continued to work 
at his trade by day, pursuing his studies with great perseverance by night 
under Rev. A. C. Thomas. In 1837, he delivered his first address before 
the Young Men's Institute in Philadelphia, and shortly after he received a 
call from the Universalist society of Pottsville, Pa., where he labored very 
successfully for five years ; then moved to Providence, R. I., where he re- 
mained but a short time, and accepted a call from the first Universalist 
society of Newark, N. J. The society prospered under his care during his 
sojourn of five years ; but he met with a sad bereavement in the death of 
his beloved wife, who died of consumption, leaving four motherless chil- 
dren to his care. In 1850, he became pastor of the church in Easton, Pa., 
where he remained six years, being united in marriage while there, to Miss 
Jane Brown, of Philadelphia. In June, 1854, he was called to Meriden. 
In 1857, he removed to Hamilton, Ohio. After supplying the pulpit there 
for three months, he was taken suddenly ill one Sunday in the midst of his 
sermon, and was removed to his house, where he lay in great suffering for 
three weeks, until his death, July 11, 1857. He was buried on Sunday, 
July 12, from the Methodist church, it being larger than the Universalist, 
their minister officiating in the services. His remains were afterward re- 
moved to Newark, N. J . 



398 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Marvin, J. V. Foster, Charles Pomeroy, Norman W. 
Pomeroy, Philip Sage Pelton, P. S. Bliss, Jr., Silas 
Gladwin, G. E. Leonard, Aaron Gardner, and Isaac 
P, Lewis. At the annual meeting held in April, 1855, 
a year later, thirteen new names were added to the soci- 
ety's list. At a meeting held January 31, i860, it was 
found that four thousand and three hundred and twenty 
dollars had been subscribed toward the building of a 
church, and that six hundred and eighty dollars in 
addition were required before further progress could be 
made. This remaining sum was subscribed by persons 
present. The church was dedicated December 5, i860. 
The whole expense incurred in the building of the 
church and adjoining sheds, not including carpets and 
upholstery, was nine thousand two hundred and fourteen 
dollars and eighteen cents. 

The Rev. Mr. Gallager remained with the society two 
years and a half, preaching his farewell sermon January 
25, 1857. He settled in Hamilton, Ohio, and died on 
the 1 6th of the following July. He was a man much 
loved and respected by all who knew him ; and the 
savor of his Christian life and influence contributed 
toward their elevation as a society in the respect of 
their fellow Christians. Rev. Abel C. Thomas, in a 
letter to the author, says, "So lived and died one of 
the best men that ever lived." 

From January up to the first of September, 1857, 
there preached as candidates for settlement. Rev. J. 
Farrington, C. A. Bradley, J. K. Shepherd, N. C. Hodg- 
don, J. G. B. Heath, and F. E. Hicks. Mr. Hicks was 
invited to become the pastor, and entered upon his 
duties August i, 1857. He suffered much from ill 
health, and his ministry terminated about the middle 



UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 399 

of the following May (1858), although he had been 
unable to preach for some two months previous. He 
soon removed to Dover, N. H., where, as is believed, he 
enjoyed a successful ministry of some three or four 
years. From this place he went to western New York 
for a space, and then accepted a call from the second 
church in Lowell, Mass., where he preached until his 
death.' 

After the removal of Mr. Hicks, for a few months 
sermons were read and the liturgy used by Norman W. 
Pomeroy, Andrew Coe and Abraham Norwood. On 
the 1 2th of December, 1858, Rev. Calvin Gardner of 
Maine preached and continued to do so for three months ; 
not as desiring to be the pastor, but making what he 
termed a " ministerial visit." He died very suddenly 
of heart disease at Waterville, Maine. Next came for 
one or two Sundays each. Revs. A. B. Manley, L. L. 
Record, Albert Tyler, G. V. Maxham, N. C. Hodgdon, 
J. Fisher, and perhaps one or two others. Some of 
these were candidates. On the first of July, 1859, Rev. 
Henry Eaton commenced his pastorate with the society. 
His health was very poor when he came, and bodily 
infirmities increased upon him, so that on the 29th of 
January, i860, he tendered his resignation. Removing 
to Worcester, Mass., he lingered a year or two, suffering 
much, and finally died, May 26, 1861.^ 



1 Rev. F. E. Hicks was born at Bristol, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1831. He 
studied for the ministry under Rev. J. H. Tuttle ; preached his first sermon 
at Fulton, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1853; was first settled at Victor, N. Y. ; was 
settled at Meriden, Oct., 1857, and dismissed Aug., 1856. Settled at Do- 
ver, N. H., from which church he was dismissed Oct., 1861. Removed 
thence to Leroy, N. Y., and afterwards to Lowell, Mass., where he died. 

2 Rev. Henry Eaton was born at South Reading, Mass., Nov. 27, 1825. 
He was the youngest of seven children. In early life he removed to 



400 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

On September i, i860, Rev. Frederick Foster became 
pastor of the society. His connection with the society 
was terminated March 3, 1861. He settled at Ware, 
N. H., where he died suddenly of heart disease. Mr. 
Foster was a graduate of Dartmouth College, of the 
class of 1840, and was an excellent classical scholar. 
After taking his degree, he pursued his classical studies 
so assiduously, that in a few years he had gone through 
nearly the whole range of Greek authors, with a digest 
of their contents. His classical studies led to a dry, 
metaphysical style of preaching, and his ministry in 
Meriden was not successful. After the removal of Mr. 
Foster, the pulpit was supplied by Revs. Thomas Bor- 
den, Benjamin Whittemore, W. A. Stickney, N. C. 
Hodgdon and A. Norwood, one or more Sundays each, 
till June 2, 1 86 1, when Rev. Moses Stoddard became 
the preacher, and continued to supply the pulpit until 
February i, of the following year. From this period, 
February i, 1862, to July of the same year, Mr. Nor- 
wood preached. Rev. J. H. Farnsworth was installed 
pastor of the church November i, 1862, and remained 



North Maiden, now Melrose, Mass. He attended the public schools until 
he was sixteen years old, when he entered a store in Boston as clerk, where 
he remained two years ; then with his brother William he established a 
shoe-store ; subsequently he set up for himself in the same business in 
Newburyport. He studied for the ministry under his brother Rev. Edwin 
A. Eaton, with the exception of a brief period spent at the theological 
school at Clinton, N. Y. He was first settled at Hanson, Mass., where he 
remained about a year ; then at East Bridgewater nearly the same length 
of time ; then at Milford for seven years ; then at East Cambridge two 
years ; then at Waltham two years ; and finally at Meriden. After his re- 
moval to Worcester his cough became very bad, and his bleeding exhaust- 
ing. He knew that his pilgrimage on earth must ere long close, and de- 
liberately prepared for the event. He died at Worcester, early Sabbath 
morning. May 26, 1 861, in the thirty-sixth year of his age. 




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UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. 4O I 

seven years, when he removed to Springfield, Vt. Mr. 
Farnsworth was a very efficient pastor, and did more than 
any other to build up the society. He was also for sev- 
eral years acting school visitor. Rev. Martin J. Steere, 
formerly of Lewiston, Maine, was settled over the church 
in the fall of 1869. Without any reference to pastoral 
changes, twenty-six different clergymen have supplied 
the Universalist pulpit since the organization of the 
society in May, 1854, to the time of the settlement of 
Mr. Farnsworth.' 



I Anniversary Discourse, delivered in the ist Univ. Church, Meriden, 
Nov. 12, 1865, by Rev. J. H. Farnsworth, I'astor. 



402 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 



When in accordance with the prevaiHng usage in New 
England, the inhabitants suspended all secular toil at 
the going down of the sun on Saturday,' and began 
their Sabbath service with an evening prayer, a psalm 
and a season of solitary self-examination, it was with 
more gladness of heart than that which Burns ascribes 
to the " Cotter's " children on coming home, after the 
week's drudgery is over, to exchange salutations around 
the old hearth stone and receive anew the paternal bene- 



I The Puritans did not all commence their Sabbath on Saturday eve- 
ning. Mr. W. Perkins, in his "Cases of Conscience" published in 1806, 
argues strongly in favor of beginning the Christian Sabbath " in the morn- 
ing and so to continue till the next morning, and not in the evening till the 
evening. [Book 11. ch. 16.] The views of Mr. Robinson, his theologi- 
cal pupil, are nowhere expressed, unless the subsequent usage of his 
ahurch at Plymouth may be taken as such an expression ; which is quite 
as likely to have been derived from John Cotton, whose opinion on all 
such points was well nigh supreme in the New England churches. This 
old custom of keeping, or pretending to keep Sabbath evening as part of 
holy time, which in many families was continued some ways into the present 
century, has nearly or quite ceased ; not so much, it is hoped, from lax 
l)rinciples of Sabbath-keeping, as from an enlightened persuasion that, in 
the words of the old Pyritan above cited, " the Sabbath is to begin where 
other ordinary days begin, according to the order and account of the church 
wherein we live." 



CHURCH MUSIC. 4O3 

diction.' On the Sabbath, with no more labor than was 
barely sufficient to supply food for themselves and their 
cattle, which had been provided as far as might be on 
the previous day ; with as few and noiseless steps as 
possible, both in-doors and out ; with but little talking, 
and that in a subdued voice, they entered upon a round 
of private meditation, family devotion and public wor- 
ship, which engaged their delighted and unflagging souls 
till the sun went down ; an event which usually found 
them with catechism in hand, or repeating the sermons 
of the day. 

For eighty or ninety years, not more than ten differ- 
ent tunes were used in public worship. Few congrega- 
tions could sing more than the five tunes now known by 
the names of York, Hackney, Windsor, St. Marys and 
Martyrs. All who were present in the church were 
expected to unite in this part of worship. In 1731 the 
town had before them a petition of certain persons for 
the use of the meeting-house, that they might there 
meet and learn to sing. After some demur, the request 
was granted. Having learned to sing, the singers 
naturally wished to give the congregation the benefit of 
their new acquisitions. This disturbed some old habits, 
and a town meeting was convened to hear the complaints 
of those who could not endure " the singing in the new 



I " Wi' joy unfeign'd brothers and sisters meet, 
An' each for other's welfare kindly spiers : 
The social hours, swift-wing'd unnotic'd fleet ; 
Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears ; 
The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years ; 
Anticipation forward points the view. 
The mother, wi' her needle an' her sheers, 
Gars auld does look amaist as weel's the new ; 
T\it father mixes a' wi' admonition due." 

The Cotter^s Saturday Night. 



404 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

way," as they termed it. The matter could not be 
settled ; dispute arose, and the meeting adjourned. 
Another meeting was called, and after much debate the 
matter was compromised by voting, 

" That this Society Desire and agree to Sing in y^ public 
assembly on ye Saboth half y^ time in y<^ new and half in y^ 
old way for six Saboths ; and after that wholly in y<= new way." 

The Bay Psabn Book, prepared by New England 
divines, of whom three were Welde and Eliot of Rox- 
bury, and Mather of Dorchester, was issued from the 
press at Cambridge in 1640. It was the second book 
printed in British America, and went through seventy 
editions. This book was used throughout the colony. 
The following two stanzas are from the nineteenth 
Psalm, which is rendered by Addison, "The spacious fir- 
mament on high," &c. : 

"The heavens do declare 

The majesty of God ; 
Also, the firmament shows forth 

His handiwork abroad. 
Day speaks to day, knowledge 

Night hath to night declared ; 
There neither speech nor language is, 

Where their voice is not heard." 

Instrumental music was absolutely proscribed ; it was 
thought to be condemned by the text, " I will not hear 
the melody of thy viols" (Amos v. 23), and was dis- 
paragingly^ compared to Nebuchadnezzar's idolatrous 
concert of the " cornet, flute, dulcimer, sackbut, psaltery 
and all kinds of music." 

Preaching with notes was very little practised. 
Mather says that Warham, of Dorchester, afterward of 
Windsor, was the first person who read sermons in New 



CLERGY. 405 

England.' The approved length of a sermon was one 
hour, measured by an hour-glass which stood upon the 
pulpit. The reading of the Bible in public worship 
without exposition was generally disapproved. Children 
were baptized in the meeting-house, generally on the 
next Sunday after their birth ; sometimes on the day of 
their birth if it took place on Sunday. 

The New England preachers were of a character 
peculiarly adapted to the severe exigences of their day. 
They stood as iron men in an iron age. However rude 
in other social features, the early settlers, as they worked 
their way to the frontier, demanded the soothing influ- 
ences of pastoral care ; and the first institution reared 
in the forest was the pulpit, the next the school-house. 
Were Davenport and his compeers alive, were Street and 
Whittelsey, and Dana and Noyes, and multitudes of the 
early ministers of New England now alive, and among us, 
there are no ministers of religion now living, who, for 
learning, eloquence, character, or anything that adorns 
humanity, could pretend to be their superiors. The 
clergy of New England have as a body, been dis- 
tinguished for a rare union of the speculative and the 
practical. In both points they have been so remarkable, 
that in observing the great development of either of 
these qualities by itself one would naturally suppose 
that there was no room for the other. 

Marriages in olden times were celebrated by the 
governor, assistants or commissioners. Clergymen 
rarely performed the ceremony before 1 700. The bride- 
groom who went to a neighboring town to be united 
with a partner whom he hoped to find a " help-meet for 
him," whether he was gentleman or yeoman, rode on 



I Magnalia, Book ni. ch. xviii. 



406 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

horseback, and carried her home on a pillion behind him. 
They had no wheeled carriages or wagons until the 
middle of the eighteenth century, and very few until the 
revolutionary war was closed. In 1789, according to 
Perkins, the first wagon was brought into Meriden. It 
was owned by Mr. Ezra Rice, and was of a very rude 
construction, being simply a square framed box placed 
on four wheels, drawn by two horses, with ropes for 
traces, and cords for the guiding or driving lines. Yet 
it was then thought to be a very elegant establishment. 
Previous to that time there had never been owned in the 
town but three two-wheeled carriages, being very rude, 
awkward chaise bodies or uncovered seats hung on two 
wheels in the manner of our modern chaise. A gentle- 
man whose business led him at various times into every 
house in Meriden, states that in 1802, there was but 
one carpet in the whole town. 

The houses at first were constructed of logs, with 
the ground, or in some cases if the soil was wet or the 
occupants were persons of taste and substance, with 
split logs, for a floor. They were " good and substantial 
dwellings, at least eighteen feet in length, and sixteen 
feet wide, and nine foot between joynts, with a good 
chimly," of stone and clay mortar, according to the 
requirements of the subscribed articles. In the course 
of time framed houses came into use. These frames were 
made of heavy oak timbers, some of them eighteen 
inches in diameter. The rafters were larger than the 
plates, sills and beams of our modern country houses, 
and supported split sticks called in the rude architectural 
language of the day, "ribs," that were laid across them 
at regular distances, and to which long rent shingles of 
cedar were fastened with tough wrought nails. The sides 



MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 407 

of the building were covered with oak clapboards rent 
from the tree and smoothed with a shaving-knife. 
Houses were palisaded in the following manner : a deep 
ditch was dug around the house ; logs were then placed 
perpendicularly in the ditch all around it, leaving a 
space only for a gate. The logs were sharpened only 
at the top, placed close together, and extended eight, ten 
or twelve feet above the ground. The earth was then 
returned and beaten around the logs, till they stood 
firmly. This with a gate well secured, was a pretty 
good defence against a sudden attack. 

Cider was the most common beverage of the country. 
Some beer was drank. They had no tea nor coffee, and 
at first very little sugar or molasses. Molasses was 
often distilled after importation. Broth, porridge, hasty- 
pudding, johnny-cake and samp, were articles of daily 
consumption. They had no potatoes, but beans and 
pumpkins in great abundance. A good cow was worth 
from twenty-five to thirty pounds, and a pair of bulls or 
oxen, forty pounds. The highest price for men's shoes 
was six shillings, for women's three shillings and eight 
pence. Pattens made of wood, with an iron ring on 
the sole to keep the feet from the moist ground, were 
sold for about fifteen shillings a pair. 

In 1702 six shillings and eight pence was equal to an 
ounce of silver. In 1749, the period when bills of credit 
were abolished in Massachusetts, there being more than 
seven millions of dollars in paper in circulation, fifty 
shillings was judged only equal to an ounce of silver. 
In 1785 Connecticut granted exclusive permission to 
Samuel Bishop, Joseph Hopkins, James Hillhouse and 
John Goodrich, to establish a mint and coin money for 
the State. The grantees subsequently formed a copart- 



408 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

nership with Pierrepont Edwards, Jonathan Ingersoll, 
Abel Buel and Elias Shipman for coining coppers. The 
amount inspected by the board appointed for that pur- 
pose, during the three years the mint was in operation, 
was 28,944 pounds of coined copper. One hundred 
and twenty pieces of the coin were turned out in a minute. 
There were twenty-nine varieties of the issue of 1785 ; 
twenty-seven of the issue of 1786; and one hundred 
and sixty-four of the issue of 1787.' In Massachusetts, 
at one time, the scarcity of small coin was so great that 
a law was enacted, declaring that bullets should pass for 
farthings. Very naturally, therefore, it was common in 
contracts for work, salaries and taxes, to make a specific 
agreement that payments might be made in various 
kinds of produce, with the prices attached. From 
various old documents, I have extracted the following 
list of prices of various articles in Wallingford : 

In 1673 corn was ^s. per bushel. In 1674 winter wheat 
was 5^'. 6c/. ; summer wheat ^s. ; peas 4^'. ,• corn ^s. In 1679 
winter wheat ^s. ; summer wheat 4s. dd. ; peas y. 6d. ; corn 
2s. 6d. : pork 3 i-2d. per. lb. ; beef 2d. In 17 10 wheat ^s. : rye 
3^. 6d. ; corn 2s. 6d. In 1755 wheat 4^-. ,• rye 2s. 6d. ; corn 2s. 
In 1770 wheat 6^'. Sd. : rye 4.S. 6d. ; corn 3 s. 6d.; oats 2^". 2d : 
pork 3 i-2d. per lb. ; beef 3c/. ,- butter is. ; cheese jd. In 1641 
mechanics' wages were is. Sd. per day in Massachusetts. 

The first stage in Connecticut ran through Meriden 
on the old colony road, in 1784. When the first stage 
went through Meriden on the Hartford and New Haven 
turnpike, it attracted crowds from the surrounding 
country, as did the first train of cars. As has been 
before stated, about 1662 a stone building was erected 



I It was supposed by some that the bust upon some of these coins was 
originally intended to represent George the Third. 



TAVERNS. 409 

on the Belcher farm, and permission granted to Mr. 
Belcher to keep a tavern there forever. In 1673, in 
Wallingford, Lieut. Merriman was chosen 

" To keep an ordaynary and promised to make trial for 
one year provided every planter resident, provide and laye in 
place wheare he apoynts 20 good sufficient rails for fence and 
4 posts redy morticed by the middle of May next." 

Amos Hall kept the great tavern in Wallingford, in 
the time of the Revolutionary war. He married Mary, 
daughter of Ephraim Johnson of Wallingford. After 
his death she married Colonel Isaac Lee, Oct. 9, 1783. 
She died Dec. 22, 18 10, aged 73. Mr. Porter Cooke, 
who died in i860, left the following document: 

" I, Porter Cooke, saw General Washington m Wallingford 
at Jeremiah Carrington's tavern over night October 18 and 
19, 1789. The General took a walk into the upper street as 
far as the Wells meeting-house and back, the citizens follow- 
ing him." 

In 1790, and for sometime before, when the whole 
population of the town was not more than nine hundred, 
and as late as 181 2, there were five if not eight taverns 
within the limits of Meriden. As these taverns always 
kept ardent spirits, and as the population of the town 
was small, and as the amount of travel then was much 
less than it is now, these facts would indicate a low state 
of morals. In 1647 the colony ordered that no person 
under twenty years of age should use any tobacco, with- 
out a certificate from a physician ; and no others, although 
addicted to its use, unless they were ten miles from any 
house, and then not more than once a day. On the re- 
cords we find this curious entry : 

" It is ordered that there shall be one good hogshead of 
beer for the captain and minister." 



4IO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

On the tenth day of April, 1775, a vote was passed 
instructing the representatives by Capt. Thaddeus Cooke 
and Deacon Samuel Beach, to ask the General Assem- 
bly to make Wallingford, with a part of Northford 
belonging to it, a probate district. Meriden was set off 
from the Wallingford probate district in 1838, the legis- 
lature of that year constituting the town of Meriden a 
probate district by that name. The first record was 
made July 19, 1836.' It was customary in early times 
to enter on the town records the sale and transfer and 
description of personal property, and particularly animals 
of all kinds. The following are specimens of many 
thousands : 

" Branded for John curtis a brown hors colt coming one 
year old with some white hairs in ye forehead & the left shoul- 
der." "Exchanged by David cook Jun"" a bay hors two years 
old to John beecher, booth of Wallingford with a star in y^ 
forehead, said cook gives beecher 30 pounds bute." "The 
beginning of Janewary, 1706, Sold to Samuell Roys to me, 
Joseph Whitin of harford, a bay hors about 5 year old sum 
whit one won of his foore feet 2 notchis, one the back sid of 
Left Ear brandid y one the left shoulder." "The 5 of March, 
1709, for sayd hall, a Blackish culered mare colt, one yeare 
coming a few whit hars in the forhad a few whit bars Below 
the Eys ' sum whit Beetwene y^ Nostrils Brandid y on the 
Left shoulder." 

The following was the Town Clerk's oath : 

" Whereas you A. B. are chosen and appoynted to be Town 



I The judges of the court have, been, James S. Brooks, from 1836 to 
1844; Benajah Andrews from 1844 to 1846; John Parker from 184610 
to 1847 ; Benajah Andrews from 1847 to 1850; James S. Brooks from 1850 
to 1851; Hiram Hall from 1851 to 1852; Orville H. Piatt from 185210 
1857; Hiram Foster from 1857 to i860; George W. Smith from i860 to 
1867 ; Levi E. Coe since 1867. 



MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 4II 

Clarke or Register of the town of Wallingford, you doe 
sweare by the great and dreadfull name of the everliving God, 
that you will faj^thfully and carefully execute the place and 
office of a Town Clarke according to your best skill, for the 
town of Wallingford, and make entery of all such grants, 
deeds of sale or mortgages of lands, as shall be compleated 
according to law, and all marriages, deaths, births and other 
writings as shall be brought to you and you desired to record ; 
and that you will grant and deliver necessary coppyes when 
required of you and pay tendered for the same. So help you 
God, in our Lord Jesus." 

In 1678 Mr. John Moss of Wallingford was 
"appoynted and impowered by this Court to joyne per- 
sons in marriage according to law, to administer oaths to 
persons upon necessary occasions, and to grant war- 
rants and take testimonies." As in every new country, 
wild animals were numerous and troublesome. The 
town offered a bounty for killing them. As early as 
1678, eight years after the town was settled, we find it 
voted that " 2 shillings more be added to the bounty 
given for killing each wolf." As late as 1702, this re- 
ward for killing wolves was still continued, and in Feb- 
ruary, 1713, we find this vote : 

" The town voatted y' they would alow five shillings to him 
that tracks a wolf or woolfs into a swamp, and then giv 
notise of y^ same, and then raises a company of men so that 
ye wolf or woolfs be killed." "January 12, 1676, the Towne 
Refused to alow Tho. yale any thing of the young wolfe yt 
were in y^ beley of y^ woolfe he killed. ' 

I In 1815 a wolf was killed in the southwestern part of Saybrook. Two 
bears were killed in Haddam in 1754 and 1767, and one in Bethany in 1796. 
Deer were in Middlesex county up to 1765. The last moose seen in that 
part of the State is believed to have been one killed in 1770 in Saybrook. 
Wild turkeys were found as late as 1790. A panther was shot in Windsor 
in 1767. 



412 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Our Puritan Fathers were men. We freely confess 
and lament that they fell into some grievous errors, 
which, however, were not so peculiarly theirs, as the 
common errors of the time. Witches were hung at that 
day in Old England as well as the New. James I, 
James II, Queen Elizabeth, Lord Bacon, Lord Coke, Sir 
Walter Raleigh and Lord Mansfield, all believed impli- 
citly in witches. If the Puritan inhabitants of New E^ng- 
land executed witches, so did the great and good Sir 
Matthew Hale ; yet the annals of human judiciaries 
know no purer name. He sentenced more than one 
poor wretch to death for familiarity with the devil, long 
after our fathers had abandoned the superstition. A law 
was enacted in Connecticut, that "if any man or woman 
be a witch, that is, hath or consulteth with a familiar 
spirit, they shall be put to death." The records of the 
New Haven colony do not show that there ever was an 
execution within that jurisdiction, for that crime ; and I 
am inclined to think that the last trial for witchcraft in 
the State took place in Wallingford. Captain Daniel 
Clark, as "attorney in behalf of our Sovereign Lord the 
king," arraigned 

"Winnifrett Denham Sen'', and Winifrett Denham Jun"', 
both of Wallingford for having familiarity with Sathan the 
•Enemy of God and mankind, and by his aid doing many pre- 
ternaturall arts by misteriously hurting the bodies and Goods 
of Sundry persons, viz., of J no. Moss Jun"", Joseph Roys and 
Ebenezer Clark, with divers others to the Great Damage and 
Disturbance of the Public peace &c." 

There was considerable excitement and much contro- 
versy over the trial, and the Denhams, father and son, 
were acquitted. The grand jury returned upon the bill 
of charges, " ignorainusr'^ The records of the colony 

I A word formerly indorsed by a grand jury on a bill of indictment, in 



MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 413 

show Strong presumptive evidence that the courts and 
the pubhc sentiment of the colony were not favorable to 
such accusations ; and while our fathers were hesitating 
and doubting if such a crime existed, England, Scotland, 
Germany and Massachusetts were sending hundreds of 
men and women to the gallows. Sir William Black- 
stone, as late as the period of the American Revolution, 
embodied the remark in his excellent Commentaries 
upon the laws of England, that " in general tJiere has 
been sucJi a tiling as witchcraft ."^ 

In early times rum was largely consumed. A half- 
pint of it was given, as a matter of course, to every day 
laborer, more particularly in the summer season. In 
all families, rich or poor, it was offered to male visitors, 
as an essential point of hospitality or even good manners. 
Women took their schnapps, then named " Hopkins' 
Elixir," which was the most delicious and seductive 
means of getting tipsy that had been invented. Crying 
babies were silenced with hot toddy, then esteemed an 
infallible remedy for wind on the stomach. Every man 
imbibed his morning dram, and this was esteemed 
temperance. There is a story of a preacher who thus 
lectured his parish : " I say nothing, my beloved breth- 
ren against taking a little bitters before breakfast, 
especially if you are used to it. What I contend against 
is this dramming, dramming, dramming, at all hours of 
the day." Tavern haunting, especially in winter, when 
there was little to do, was common, even with respecta- 
ble farmers. Balls at the tavern were frequented by the 



cases in which, after hearing the evidence, they deemed the accusation 
groundless: equivalent to "not found." 

I B. IV. Cap. 4, §vi. See also Addison's Spectator, 117. 



414 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

young ; the children of ministers and deacons attended 
though the parents did not. 

SABBATH-DAY HOUSES. 

Until a period within the memory of persons now 
living, it was not the custom to warm houses of public 
worship. Indeed, some would have deemed it an inno- 
vation sadly ominous of degeneracy, if not of actual 
profanation, to make the house of God comfortable. Of 
course the hearers, in cold weather, must have sat in an 
atmosphere the very thought of which makes one shiver. 
Those who had traveled several miles to reach the place 
of public worship, as many of them did, entering the house 
half-frozen, literally found " cold comfort." The meeting 
house was warmed chiefly by the sun, for a chimney, 
stove or furnace was unknown. It is related of the 
Rev. Solomon Williams of Northampton, Mass., that he 
used to preach in a blue great coat, with a bandanna 
handkerchief about his neck, and woolen mittens on his 
hands. As prayer and sermons then were much longer 
than people at the present day will endure, the winter 
hearers of those days must have endured a species of 
martyrdom. It is said that sometimes preachers com- 
plained bitterly that their voices were drowned by the 
noise of persons stamping or knocking their feet to- 
gether, in the attempt to get up a little warmth. 

As a partial relief to such suffering, some persons 
built near the church, what are often mentioned in the 
old records as " Sabbath-day houses." These " Sabba- 
day " houses as they were called, were about sixteen feet 
square, with small windows on three sides, and a chim- 
ney, built of stone or perhaps part brick, on the outside, 
with a large fire-place attached. This room was furn- 



SABBATH-DAY HOUSES. 415 

ished with rough seats ; and here the short intermission 
between the services was spent in mutual greetings, 
inquiries after health, and perhaps comments on the 
morning sermon. It is a curious illustration of the 
tenacity with which old habits are cherished, that here 
as elsewhere, the proposal to make the house of God 
comfortable and healthful by means of stoves, was met 
with very decided opposition. Even in 1831, when the 
new house in Meriden was built, it was with great diffi- 
culty that the society could be induced to allow chimneys 
to be built, though they were to be erected gratuitously. 
I copy the following from a number of similar deeds : 

" To all People to whom these Presents shall come, Greet- 
ing. Know ye, that I Jane Hubbard, of Meriden in New 
Haven County, for the consideration of thirteen Dollars re- 
ceived to my full satisfaction of Roswell Cowles of Said Town, 
County, aforesaid. Do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm 
unto the said Roswell Cowles his Heirs and assigns forever 
a certain ould Sabbethday Hous formerly owned by William 
Johnson and the Heirs of Dec. Isaac Hubbard late of Meri- 
den, Decesd, and Stood Southerly of Said Meriden Meeting 
hous on the West Side of the Road, Runing South from Said 
Meeting-house. August, 24, 1808.'" 

This building stood near the residence of Hiram 
Bradley. 

BEATING THE DRUM. 

One of the early customs of the town was to beat a 
drum, or blow a conch shell when occasion required the 
calling of a public meeting. To this practice the poet 
alludes : 

" New England's Sabbath day 

Is heaven like, still, and pure. 

Then Israel walks the way 

Up to the temple's door : 



41 6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The time we tell, 
When there to come 
By beat of drum 
Or sounding shell." 

We find in the old records frequent mention of this 
curious custom. As early as 1673 is the following vote : 
"June 17, 1673, Sam'U Monson shall be alowed 40^-. for 
maintaining and beating the Drum in good order for the 
yeare insuing." In 1675 it was voted, " that Jeremiah 
How, have 40s. alowed him for beating the drum, Sab- 
bath days and other days." In 1676 ^£2 i6s. were 
allowed " for beating the drum Sabbaths, lecture days, 
and for town meetings." Again it is voted, "for beating 
drum, sabbaths, lecture days, trainings, and keeping hi 
repair, 20^'." In 1694 the town voted three pounds to 
purchase a new drum. In 1696 the drum was beaten 
through the main street of Wallingford, from Daniel 
Mix's to Caleb Merriman's on Thursday night or Friday 
morning, proclaiming that a meeting of the town would 
be held on the next Tuesday at eight o'clock. This was 
considered a sufficient notice for such meetings. The 
house of Mr. Mix stood about where Mrs. Edgar At- 
water now lives, and Mr. Merriman's house where Mr. 
Peter Whittelsey now lives, so that the drummer had to 
go through nearly the whole settled portion of the vil- 
lage. With an increase of population more sound was 
needed, and of course a larger drum. We find there- 
fore, a vote for the purchase of the instrument, with the 
order to sell the old one: " December 25, 1705. The 
town sould the little drum to Thomas Hall at an outcry 
of fifteen shilings and threepens to be paid this yeare." 
In December, 171 3, it was voted that "ye towns Men 
shall take care that thare be sum sutable person agred 



THE OLD ELM. 417 

with for betting the Drum upon ye Lords Days." We 
find this practice continued in 1 714. It was probably 
kept up until a bell was purchased in 1727, when the 
town voted to build a belfry, and we may suppose that 
they then purchased a bell, and gave up the drum after 
it had done service about sixty years. 

THE OLD ELM. 

The old tree at the head of Colony street, Meriden, 
which was cut down on the 26th of August, 1868, was 
planted at the suggestion of Dr. Isaac Hough in the 
early part of November, 1834, by Mr. William J. Screen, 
who was living at Binghampton, N. Y., in 1868. He 
procured the tree, a white elm about seven inches in 
diameter, in the gap known as the Notch road. After 
he had dug the hole, the tree was trimmed by Dr. Hough, 
who, during his life, watched it with great care, and 
were he alive, it would no doubt be standing to-day. 
The planting was an affair of general interest, and was 
participated in by Major Cowles, Judge Brooks, Howell 
Merriman, Isaac I. Tibbals, Lewis S. Green, Henry C. 
Butler, and others. The tree was planted and grew, as 
the city grew and throve ; and as its manufactories arose, 
so did the elm spread forth its branches and increase in 
beauty and in strength. Under its ample shade stump 
speakers have orated, lecturers have lectured, divines 
have held forth, and quacks have gulled the public and 
carried thousands of dollars from the town. When the 
peddlers of the future flock to the usual trysting place 
they will find it no more. Ichabod ! their profit as well 
as its glory has departed. 

No vandal would have dared to suggest the idea of 
applying the axe to the roots of the old tree, had not 
an accident precipitated such a consummation. On the 
c c 



41 8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

9th of March, 1863, a terrific fire destroyed the whole 
block of buildings from the depot, including the depot 
itself, the post-office, and all buildings as far as the 
corner of Main street. Here the fire exhausted itself, 
but the heat was so intense that it destroyed one-half 
of the elm tree, damaged its foliage, burnt up its boughs 
and blackened one-half of its entire trunk. But it sur- 
vived the shock, and as the buildings arose on the 
blackened ruins, so it put forth its green boughs and 
bright leaves, and the second spring from the con- 
flagration saw it as luxuriant and beautiful as ever. 
Like the town it was progressive, and always .a sign 
of hope to the dispirited and a triumph to the suc- 
cessful. But many of the eyes that saw the old tree 
planted, are now closed in death, and the tree itself 
having seen the city at its feet grow up strong and 
healthy, and likely to outrival any of its neighbors, 
could not close its existence at a better time. 

In the year 1868 a large fissure was discovered on the 
east side of the trunk about ten feet from the ground. 
During the month of August a strong east wind in- 
creased the fissure so that every time the tree swayed 
it suggested uncomfortable reflections that it would 
fall, and the Street Commissioner, Mr. Boardman, after 
consultation with the proper authorities, decided it 
should be razed. Consequently the axe was applied to 
the roots by the commissioner in person. And after 
two and a half hours' hard work, ex-constable Pratt 
put on the flushing stroke, and as the gongs rang out 
the hour of noon, the old tree fell as the sun dies in 
the west.' 



I Obit, in Republican. 



NEWSPAPERS. 419 

MERIDEN NEWSPAPERS. 

The first paper printed in Meriden was issued in Sep- 
tember, 1844. It was edited by Mr. O. G. Wilson, and 
published by Wilson and Van Duzer, at "^i 50 per 
annum, in advance." It was called the Northern Literary 
Messenger, 2d\^ was published in quarto form, five wide 
columns to a page, and was afterward enlarged to folio 
size. It was mainly devoted to miscellaneous reading, 
with but very little of a local nature. The paper was 
originally published at New Haven, but afterwards re- 
moved to this place. The office was in a building occu- 
pied by the Odd Fellows up town, which then stood on 
the site where Rebstock's saloon now stands. The 
building was burned down. Messrs. Wilson and Van 
Duzer published the Messenger about three years, when 
Van Duzer retired from the firm, and a new series of the 
paper was commenced in quarto form, devoted to litera- 
ture and the arts, edited by an association of gentlemen, 
and published by Wilson and Bailey in the old Academy 
building up town, at ^i 25 per annum. The office was 
composed of a lot of old material, and the paper lived 
about a year, when its funeral obsequies were per- 
formed. Mr. Wilson removed to Saybrook and there 
died. 

In 1852 Mr. F. E. Hinman, who, five years previous 
had set up a job office, issued the prospectus of a pro- 
posed newspaper, of which the Hon. O. H. Piatt was to 
be editor. It was called the Connecticut Organ, "A 
Family Journal and Business Newspaper, Devoted to 
the Interests of its Patrons." Mr. Hinman, after issuing 
the paper about a year, disposed of his right and title to 
Mr. James N. Phelps, of New Haven, when to its name 
was added that of New Britain yonrnal, and it became 



420 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

"A Family Paper, devoted to Temperance, Literature, 
Science, Mechanic Arts, Morals, Education, Agriculture, 
General Intelligence, Latest News, and containing a 
compound of all the intelligence proper to be inserted 
in a Family Journal." Its pages contained very few 
advertisements, and the amount of original matter re- 
quired to be set each week, soon ate the concern out of 
house and home. 

Mr. Phelps sold out to Mr. James Lewis, who pub- 
lished the Whig, which was the largest paper ever 
published in Meriden. The Whig ran for about three 
years. With Mr. Lewis were associated as editors Hon. 
O. H. Piatt and George W. Rogers. 

In July, 1850, the Meriden Transcript was established 
by Lysander R. Webb and Co., and was continued until 
August, 1856. The Transcript was considered one of 
the best and most ably conducted papers in the State. 
It was published at one dollar and a half per year. Mr. 
Webb at last concluded to go west, and Mr. Piatt, hav- 
ing in a measure tired of editorial duties, and desiring to 
devote his time and energies exclusively to the practice 
of his profession, the publication of the Transcript was 
relinquished. 

In November, 1856, Robert Winton, a Canadian, 
who had formerly been connected with a newspaper, as 
editor, in North Adams, Mass., came to Meriden and 
being encouraged thereto, and pecuniarily aided by a 
few of our leading manufacturing firms, took possession 
of the printing establishment and issued the first num- 
ber of the Meriden Chronicle. Mr. Winton published 
the Chronicle about two years and a half, when it was 
suspended. 

About a year after this, a gentleman by the name of 



MERIDEN NEWSPAPERS. 421 

Stillman, from Midletown, established the Banner. He 
bought out Robert Winton for 1800 dollars, giving him 
his note. The Banner waved but a short time, and then 
died. The paper was published in the interest of the 
Democratic party. Mr. Stillman enlisted in the service 
of his country. 

On the 29th of August, 1863, the Meriden Recorder, 
"A Paper for the Million, Independent in Everything, 
Neutral in Nothing ; Devoted to Matters and Things in 
General, to the Pure, the Good, the True and the Beauti- 
ful, in Particular," was published by Messrs. Riggs and 
Dorman "at their ofifice in Smith's New Building, West 
Meriden, Conn." These gentlemen had purchased the 
material of Mr. Storer's office in New Haven. Mr. 
Riggs had served in the war, and commenced with a 
good list of soldier subscriptions. He also established 
a job printing office. The paper was enlarged with its 
twenty-seventh number, and has made several additions 
to its size since. Mr. Dorman's connection with the 
paper ceased with the close of the first volume. 

On the 2 1st of March, 1867, the Meriden Weekly 
Visitor was started under the editorship of Mr. Marson 
Monroe Eaton, formerly of the Waterbttry Chrojticle 
and of the Hartford Post. On the first of January, its 
editor commenced the Daily Visitor, which, in a place 
no larger than Meriden, was a bold speculation. On the 
9th of March, 1868, the Visitor was merged into the 
Daily and Weekly Republican ; and edited by Messrs. 
Marcus Delavan and George Gibbons. The name of 
the Weekly was afterwards changed to the State Tem- 
perance Journal. In 1869 Mr. Luther G. Riggs com- 
menced the publication of the Daily Nexvs, being a daily 
edition of the Meriden Recorder. 



422 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



STATISTICS. 



The population of Connecticut in 1701 was 30,000; 
1749, 100,000; 1756, white, 128,212; black, 3587; 
1774, white, 191,392; black, 6,464; 1775, 133,000 ;i790, 
free whites, 232,374 ; other free persons, 2,808 ; slaves, 
2,764; total, 237,946; 1800, slaves, 951 ; total, 251,002; 
1810, slaves, 310; total, 261,942 ; 1820, 275,248. 

The following table shows the progress of Walling- 
ford in population and property during 26 years of its 
early history : 



Year. No 


of Planters. 


Val. of Estates. Year. 


jVo. of Planters. 


V\il. of Estates. 


1678, 


49> 


;^2346 


^693, 


83, 


;^3966. 


1679, 


51, 


2419 


1694, 


60, 


4226. 


1680, 


50, 


2466. 


1695, 


95, 


4227. 


1681, 


52, 


2652 


1696, 


75, 


4298. 


1682, 


55, 


2645. 


1697, 


75, 


4464. 


1683, 


52, 


2718. 


1698, 


80, 


4862. 


1684, 


61, 


2967. 


1699, 


88, 


5057- 


1685, 


63, 


3072. 


1700, 


120, 


5492. 


1686, 


69, 


3366. 


1701, 


100, 


6096. 


1687, 


72, 


3546. 


1702, 


122, 


6216. 


1689, 


73, 


3698. 


1703, 


118, 


6522. 


1691, 


76, 


3959- 


1704, 


120, 


6662. 


1692, 


80, 


3827 


1705, 


100, 


6868. 



STATISTICS. 423 

In 1723 the number of inhabitants was 1 100. In 
1700 there had been three hundred and sixty-nine births 
in the town, and from that time to 1723, when a new 
parish was made, eight hundred and ninety-four ; in all 
1263 in fifty-two years. The deaths were about four 
hundred from the beginning of the town to the founda- 
tion of the first parish out of it. 

"The following is an account of the Number of the Inhab- 
itants of the Town of Wallingford on the first Day of Janu- 
ary, 1 7 74-. The orders for Numbering the People came from 
the King and Council. 

"The Sum of the Old Society, 2130, 

The Sum of the New Cheshire Parish, 1933, 
The Sum of the Meriden Parish, 852, 

4915- 
The Sum Total of all the whites, 4777? 

The Sum Total of all the blacks, 138, 



4915-" 
Population of Wallingford in 1790, 3375 ; 1800, 3214; 
1810,2325; 1820,2237; 1830, 2418 ; 1840, 2204 ; 1850; 

2595- 

Population of Meriden in 18 10, 1249: 1820, 1309; 
T830, 1708; 1840, 1880; 1850,3559. The census ot 
i860 gives to Meriden a white male population of 
3904; white female, 3481 ; total white, 7385 ; colored 
male, 30; colored female 11 ; total colored, 41 ; aggre- 
gate, 7426. 

In the first forty-five years from the formation of the 
parish of Meriden, there were 1 100 births, 846 baptisms, 
288 admissions to communion, and 368 deaths. 

The following persons were in Meriden in 1770: John 
Ives, Jedediah Norton, Samuel Penfield, Thomas Mix, Jr., 
Jonathan Yale, Samuel Scovill, Edward Collins, Amos 



424 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Camp, Jr., Aaron Dunbar, Noah Yale, Jr , Elisha Sco- 
vill, Stephen Perkins, Brenton Hall, Daniel Collins, Na- 
than Scovill, Jacob Webster, Daniel Scovill (1779), Amos 
Camp, Moses Yale, Isaac Hall, John Berry, Levi Yale, 
Noah Yale, John Hall, Abel Yale, Divan Berry, Yale 
Bishop, John Morgan, Reynold Beckwith, Jr., Gideon 
Ives, Nathaniel Penfield, Amasa Ives, Jr., Aaron Hors- 
ford, Joseph Higby, James Scoffield, Jonathan Collins, 
Peter Penfield, John Yale, Jr., Reynold Beckwith, Rufus 
Hall (1775), Moses Mitchel, Miles Hall, Jr., Daniel Yale 
(1775). Mitchel, Elijah Scovill. 

In 18 1 5 Jesse Ives bought of Benjamin Merriman six 
acres of land running north and west from the corner of 
Colony and Main streets, where the Meriden House now 
stands, for six hundred dollars ; and it was considered as 
money thrown away. About the same time twelve 
acres running south from where the second Baptist 
church now stands, were mortgaged for eight hundred 
dollars, the interest being forty-eight dollars a year ; 
this the owner was unable to pay, and he offered to give 
the land for the note, but the person from whom the 
money was borrowed refused to take the land, not con- 
sidering it worth the money. 

Deputies to the General Court at Hartford, from 
Wallingford : 

1678. 1679. 1680. 

John Brockett, Abram Doolittle, Lieut. N. Merriman, 

Lieut. N. Merriman. Eliasaph Preston, John Brockett. 
Lieut. Nath. Merriman. 
1681. 1682. 1683. 

Lieut. N. Merriman, John Moss, Abram Doolittle, 

John Brockett. John Brockett. John Moss, 

Lieut. N. Merriman. 



DEPUTIES. 



425 



1684. 

Abram Doolittle, 
John Moss, 
Thomas Yeale. 

1687. 
Ens. Thos. Yale, 
Dea. John Hall, 
John Moss. 

1690. 
Mr. Thomas Yale, 
Dea. John Hall. 

1693. 
Thomas Yale, 
Ens. Nath. Royce. 



1685. 1686. 

John Brockett, Thomas Yeale, 

Lieut. N. Merriman. John Moss. 



1688. 
Dea. John Hall, 
Ens. Thos. Yale. 



1689. 
Mr. Thos. Curtice, 
Ens. Thos. Yeale. 



1696. 
Capt. Yale, 
Eliasaph Preston, 
John Hall. 



1695. 
Dea. John Hall, 
Capt. Thos. Yale. 

1698. 
Sergt. Jno. Merriman, 
Sergt. Thos. Hall. 



1691. 1692. 

Dea. John Hall, Thomas Yale. 
Mr. Eliasaph Preston. 

1694. 
Capt. Thos. Yale, 
Dea. John Hall, 
Ens. Nath. Royce 

1697. 
Capt. Thos. Yale, 
Dea. Hall, 
Jno. Merriman, 
Sergt. Thos. Hall. 
1699. 
Thomas Hall, 
Nathaniel Rice, 
Lieut. Sam. Hall, 
Sergt. Jno. Merriman. 

1702. 1703- 

Ens. Nath'l Royce, John Merriman, 

David Hall, Sergt. John Hall, 

Capt. Thos. Yale. Samuel Hall. 

1705- 
Capt. Samuel Hall, Lieut. Jno. Merriman. 

Commissioners from Wallino-ford : 



1700. 
Lieut. Sam. Hall, 
Sergt. Jno. Merriman, John Hall, 
Sergt. Thos. Hall. Lieut. Sam. Hall. 



1701. 
Sergt. Jno. Merriman, 



1704. 
Capt. Thos. Yale, 
Ens. Nath'l Royce. 



1678. 
Mr. Moss, 
Lieut. Merriman. 



1680. 
John Moss, Sen. 



1681. 
John Moss, 
John Brockett. 



426 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



1682. 


1684. 


1686. 


John Moss. 


John Moss. 


John Moss. 


1687. 


1689. 


1690. 


John Moss. 


Thos. Yale. 


Capt. John Beard. 


1691. 


1692. 


1693. 


John Morse. 


John Reynolds, 


Capt. Thos. Yale, 




Mr. Morse, 


John Morse. 




Mr. Yale. 




1694. 


1695. 


1696. 


Mr. Morse, 


Mr. Morse, 


John Morse. 


Capt. Yale. 


Capt. Yale. 
1697. 




John 


Morse, Capt. 


Thos. Yale. 



In 1788 Messrs. Street Hall and Samuel Whiting of 
Wallingford were appointed delegates to the convention 
at Hartford which ratified the constitution of the United 
States. Tn 1818 the convention which formed the State 
Constitution, was holden at Hartford, and the following 
were appointed delegates : from Meriden, Patrick Clark ; 
from Wallingford, John Andrews and William Marks. 
The assistants or magistrates who constituted the Upper 
House of the Assembly, and in early times were the 
Supreme Court of the State, were the leading men of 
their times. The following were appointed from Wall- 
ingford : 

John Hall, nominated 1719; elected 1722 ; retired 1730. 

Benjamin Hall, " 1749; " 1751; " 1766. 

In 1864 the following persons in Meriden were over 
seventy years of age : Benj. Atkins, Asahel Baldwin, 
Elias Baldwin, Ransom Baldwin, Warren Beach, Ger- 
shom Bennett, Gershom Birdsey, Walter Booth, Fenner 
Bush, Elah Camp, Abel D. Clark, Asahel Curtis, John 
W. Hall, Samuel I. Hart, Phineas T. Ives (83), Simeon 



MERIDEN CITY. 42/ 

Hovey, Lauren Merriam, Samuel Paddock, NoaJi Pomeroy, 
yidius Pratt, Chester Rice, Henry Stiles (80), Benj. 
Upson, Jacob F. Whitmore, Jeremiah Wilcox, Julius 
Yale, Levi Yale, Noah Hall.' 

Meriden was incorporated as a city by the Legislature 
in July, 1867. The first city meeting was held at the 
Town House, August 12, 1867, and Henry C. Butler 
chosen moderator. The following officers were chosen 
by ballot : 

Mayor, Charles Parker. 
Clerk, John H. Bario. 
Aldermen, 
William J. Ives, George W. Lyon, 

Hiram Butler, Jedediah Wilcox. 

Councilmen, 
Lemuel J. Curtiss, Aaron L. Collins, 

Owen B. Arnold, Isaac C. Lewis, 

Charles L. Upham, Jared. R. Cook, 

Charles A. Roberts, Jared Lewis, 

Hezekiah H. Miller, Horace C. Wilcox, 

Eli Ives, Dennis C. Wilcox, 

Augustus C. Markham, John C. Byxbee, 
Eli Butler, Walter Hubbard. 

City Sheriffs, Patrick Garvey, James Belden. Treas- 
urer, Asahel H. Curtiss. Collector, Samuel O. Church. 
Auditor, Joel H. Guy. 

Andrew J. Coe was first judge of the city court. In 
1868 Ratclifte Hicks was chosen City Attorney. In 
1868 Charles Parker was re-elected Mayor. In 1869 
Russell S. Gladwin was elected Mayor. In 1870 Isaac 
C. Lewis was elected Mayor. 

In 1840 the votes in Meriden for presidential electors 

I Those in italics have since died. 



428 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

were as follows : Democratic 216, Whig 177, Abolition 
14. In 1844 Democratic 248, Whig 206, Abolition 38, 
Scattering i. In 1856 Fillmore 19, Buchanan 424, 
Fremont 604. In i860, Lincoln and Hamlin 687, 
Douglass and Johnson 293, Bell and Everett 10. 

HIGHWAYS IN MERIDEN. 

1806, Dec. I, road from Asahel Rice's across to or 
near Patrick Clark's. 18 13, Nov. 9, road from Simeon 
Perkins's shop to turnpike. 181 7, road from foot of 
high hill. 1820, road from the house of the late Samuel 
Leavit, to house of Liberty Perkins. 1820, road from 
bottom of hill near Enos Hall's, across to Nehemiah 
Rice's. 1820, road from John Yeoman's to or near 
Samuel Way's. 1825, road near Amos Austen's. 1828, 
the "Corn well road" laid out. 1829, road laid to con- 
nect with the road west of Matthew Foster's, with the 
Cat-hole road. 1832, road from Calvin Coe's to Deni- 
son Parker's. 1836, road from Noah Pomeroy's to New 
road. 1839, road near Charles Paddock's. 1839, I'oad 
near Noah Pomeroy's, Watson Ives's and John L. Blake's. 

1845, I'oacl from Julius Pratt's comb factory, to Railroad 
depot. 1845, road from Stephen Atkins's to Samuel 
Yale's land northerly. 1845, road from Harry Gris- 
wold's to or near Hough's mills. 1846, road from Ivah 
Curtis's to Yalesville. 1846, road from Ivah Curtis's 
southwest through Othniel Ives's lands. 1846, road 
from Samuel Baldwin's to Noah Pomeroy's. 1847, 
road from Episcopal Church to Caleb Austen's. 1848, 
road from Episcopal Church to Lucas C. Hotchkiss's. 

1850, road from Catholic Church to Samuel Gear's. 

1850, road from burying-ground to Andrew Mills's. 

185 1, road from Noah A. Linsley's to Moses Burr's. 
i8c;2, Hobert street laid out. 



PROBATE JUDGES. 429 

JUDGES OF THE PROBATE COURT OF WALLINGFORD. 

Wallingford was made a Probate District in 1776, in- 
cluding Meriden, Cheshire and Columbia, now Prospect. 
The following have been Judges of the District : 

Caleb Hall, 1776, 8 years, E. H. Ives, 1844, 2 years, 

Oliver Stanley, 1784, 25 " J. R. Merriam, 1846, i year, 

G. W. Stanley, 1809, 9 " E. H. Ives, 1847, 3 years, 

J. P. Kirtland, 1818, i year, Augustus Hall, 1850, i year, 

R. Hitchcock, 18 19, 10 years, E. H. Ives, 185 1, 2 years, 

J. D. Reynolds, 1829, 9 " Ebe. S. Ives, 1852, 16 " 

E. M. Pomeroy,i838, 4 " Ira T uttle, 1868, i year, 

Augustus Hall, 1842, 2 " Franklin Piatt, 1869, is the 

present Judge. 

Judges in Cheshire Probate district have been : 

Silas Hitchcock, Asa J. Driggs, Edward A. Cornwall, 

Wm. L. Foot, Wm. T. Peters, Wm. T. Peters, just 

Elihu Yale, Wm. L. Hinman, elected. 

GRAND LIST OF WALLINGFORD FOR 1 70 1 . 

£ £ £ 

John Ives, 74, Mathew Bellamy, 22, Simon Tuttle, 79, 

Wid. Merriman, 14, Henry Cook, 118, John Peck, 69, 

Tho. Matthews, 28, Tho. Hall, Jun., 2t^, Sam'l Munson, 69, 
Joseph Ives, 40, Jonathan Hall, 22, Eben. Clark, 90, 
Samuel How, 27, E. Royce& serv't,i2i, J.Hitchcock, 98, 
Zachariah How, 33, Mill, 10, Lieut. Hall, 99, 

Mathew How, 32, Francis Kendrick, 32, Dr. John Hull, 1 15, 
John Brocket, 87, R. Royce, Jun., 43, Deacon Hall, 74, 
Z. How, senr., 53, Serg'. Thorp & an 102, Thomas Hall, 112, 
Gideon Ives, 36, David Hall, ' 66, Theo. Doolittle, 45, 
Walter Johnson, 46, John Austen, 33, Samuel Street, 59, 

Nicholas Street, 43, Nathaniel Ives, 26, John Beach, 50, » 
Nath'l Hall, 29, Capt. Tho. Yale, 168, Dan'l Doolittle, 34, 
Samuel Royce, 48, Ebenezer Lewis, 52, J. Merriman, 137, 
Joshua Culver, 120, Nath'l How, 66, Wm. Hendrick, 49, 



430 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



£ 

Eleazer Peck, loi, 
Ens. Andrews, 64, 
David Hall, 41, 
John Moss, 153, 
Nath'l Curtiss, 24, 
John Cook, 39, 
Dea. Preston, 96, 
Wm. Andrews, 48, 
Edward Fenn, 60, 
John Tyler, 
John Hull, 
John Parker, 
Isaac .Curtiss, 
Sam'l Royce, 
J. Westwood, 
Joseph Cook, 
Daniel How, 
Jacob Johnson, 46, 
John Peck, 40, 
Robert Roys, 60, 
Wm. Tyler, 57, 



51, 
19, 
27, 
93> 
102, 
28, 

30- 
40, 



£ 

Sam'l Cook, Jun., 64, 
Sam'l Cook, sen., iii, 
Nath'l Andrews, 25, 
Josiah Doolittle, 40, 
Tho. Richardson, 27, 
James Ailing, 28, 

J. Royce & i ap. 78, 
Wm. Abernatha, 28, 
Joseph Parker, 24, 
Benjamin Hall, 50, 
Richard Wood, 41, 
Ebenezer Hull, 25, 
Thomas Curtiss, 80, 
John Doolittle, 45, 
Samuel Lathrop, 36, 
Hugh Chappel, 18, 
John Lathrop, 18, 
Minor Phillips, 18, 
Joseph Thompson, 73, 
James Benham, 26, 
J. How, jun., 34, 

Total, ^6261. 



£ 

J. Munson, 50, 

Wid. Merriman,ii, 

Tho. Beach, 79, 

Benj. Beach, 32, 

Sam'l Brockett, 82, 

Benj. Royce, 29, 

Wm. Kendrick, 22, 

C. Merriman, 75, 

A. Doolittle, 109, 

John Atwater, 113, 

Daniel Mix, 116, 

N. Royce, 100, 

Elijah How, 20, 

Nath'l Tuttle, 28, 

WmTTtFefhatha, 64, 

E. Doolittle, 39, 

John Parker, 74, 

Roger Tyler, 36, 

Sam'l Curtiss, 21, 

J. How, senr., 47, 

Wid. Holt, T,z- 



REPRESENTATIVES FROM MERIDEN. 

1820, Levi Yale ; 1824, Amos Curtin ; 1825, Wm. Yale; 
1829, Walter Booth ; 1830, Titus Ives; 183 1, Ashabel Gris- 
wold; 1832, Noah Pomeroy ; 1833, Enos H. Curtis; 1834, 
Eli C. Birdsey; 1836, Asahel Curtis; 1837, Horace B. Red- 
field ; 1838, Walter Booth; 1839, James S. Brooks ; 1840, Eli 
C. Birdsey ; 1842, Ira Couch ; 1843, Henry Stedman ; 1844, 
James S. Brooks ; 1846, Elias Howell ; 1847, Ashabel Gris- 
wold ; 1848, Isaac C. Lewis; 1849, James A. Tracy; 1850, 
Wm. S. Ives; 1851, Hiram Hall; 1855, James S. Brooks; 
1856, Levi Yale ; 1857, James S. Brooks; 1858, Asahel H. 
Curtiss; 1859, Wm. W. Lyman ; i860, Andrew J. Coe ; 1861, 



TOWN CLERKS. 43 I 

Owen B. Arnold; 1862, Isaac C. Lewis; 1864, Orville H. 
Piatt ; 1865, Oliver S. Williams ; 1866, Isaac C. Lewis ; 
1867, Andrew J. Coe ; 1869, Orville H. Piatt ; 1870, John 
Parker. 

TOWN CLERKS OF MERIDEN. 

June, 1806, Amos White ; Nov., 1806, Isaac Lewis; 1823, 
Patrick Lewis; 1826, Amos Curtis; 1830, Patrick Lewis; 
Feb., 1834, Albert R. Potter; Oct., 1834, Eli C. Birdsey ; 
1843, ymnes S. Brooks; 1844, Joel Miller; 1845, Lyman 
Butler; 1849, Hiram Hall; 1854, Linus Birdsey; 1854, 
John Ives; 1857, Russell J. Ives, assistant; i860, Chas. L. 
Upham, assistant; 1865, Levi E. Coe; 1866, John N. Bario. 

From Report of the Committee of the Pay Table 
Office, May 15, 1783: 

" Amount of balances due from the several Towns in this 
State on account of State Taxes for which Execution has 
been granted by the Treasurer. Wallingford : 

Continetital Ctirrency. State Curre7icv. Specie. 

Bal. \2S. Tax, 1780, ;,{^845i i3J\ wiL 



" Nov. " " 


" 


14923 


3 


8 










" Dec. 24J-. " 


a 


63393 


12 


8 










"Feb. \2d. " 


1781, 








^11 


9 4^f. 


,6./. 




" Mar. 24J-. " 


1,1. 


3447 


5 


8 










"July 2d. " 


(1 












;^I2 7 ds. 


, dd. 


"bee. 2./. " 


" 












132 6 


9 


" 2S. U. " 


n 












947 19 


8 


" Mar. 9^. " 


1782, 












226 10 


II 


" Apr. yi. " 


(( 












7615 


2 


"July 12./. " 


(( 












811 17 


4 


"Sept. 2^/. " 


(i 












131 10 


3 



;^9022I 15 II ^119 4 6 ^^"1480 16 7." 



432 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



MERIDEN DEED. 



" At a general assembly of the State of Connecticut holden 
at Hartford on the second Thursday, in May, 1806, upon 
the petition of Phinehas Lyman and others, Inhabitants of 
the Town of Wallingford in the County of Newhaven shewing 
to this Assembly, that the Parish of Meriden in said Town 
constitutes in extent, population and Property, more than one- 
third part of said Town, and that they do not in their present 
situation enjoy their just rights to which tliey are entitled in 
common with their fellow citizens ; praying that said Parish 
may be incorporated with the ordinary rights, privileges, and 
immunities which are enjoyed by other Towns in this State 
by Petition on File dated February 14th, A. D., 1804. This 
Petition was preferred to this Assembly at their Session 
holden at Hartford on the second Thursday in May, 1804, 
and was legally served on the Inhabitants of said Town, and 
returned, and by legal continuances came to this session of 
said Assembly, when the said Inhabitants were three times 
publicly called and made default of appearance. The Peti- 
tioners were heard and the facts stated in said petition were 
fully proved to be true. Hcsoh'Ci/, by this Assembly, that the 
Inhabitants living within the limits of said Parish of Meriden 
be and they are hereby incorporated into and made a Town 
by the name of Meriden, and that they and their Successors 
Inhabitants living within said limits are and shall forever be 
and remain a Town and body politic with the ordinary rights. 



MERIDEN DEED. 433 

privileges and immunities which are enjoyed by other Towns 
in this State by virtue of their respective incorporation, and 
the right to elect and send one Representative only to the 
General Assembly until by law they shall be entitled to elect 
and send two. That the dividing line between the first 
Society in said Wallingford and said Parish of Meriden be 
and remain the dividing line ; That all Persons who shall be 
resident in said Town including said Parish and supported in 
whole or in part by said Town and Parish at the rising of this 
Assembly, and also all Inhabitants of said Town and Parish 
who shall then be without the limits of said Town and Parish, 
and afterwards return and become chargeable with all charges 
and expenses which shall arise by reason of any such person 
or persons, shall be apportioned between said Town of Wall- 
ingford and said Town of Meriden according to the amount 
of their respective Lists for August 20th 1804 as completed 
and returned to the Town Clerk's Office ; said division and 
apportionment in case said Towns shall not agree, to be made 
by three disinterested Persons of whom two shall be chosen 
by said Town of Wallingford and one by said Town of Meri- 
den ; and with a just reference to the number and expense 
necessary for the support of such chargeable Persons ; That 
all Debts which shall be due to said Town at said date shall 
be divided and apportioned between said Towns according to 
the Lists and in the manner herein before prescribed relating 
to chargeable Persons ; That the said Town of Meriden shall 
repair and when necessary build the Bridge of which one-half 
is within the limits of said Town of Wallingford, across Wall- 
ingford River so called, known and called by the name of 
Falls plains bridge, at the cost and expense of said Town of 
Meriden ; That all Collectors of Taxes granted or which shall 
be granted before said time, shall have power to collect the 
same as fully as if the Resolve had not passed ; That said 
Town of Meriden shall hold their first Town meeting at the 
meeting-house in said Meriden on the third Monday in June 
next at one o' clock afternoon, and proceed to the choice of 
V D 



434 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

all Town Officers. The Moderator of said meeting shall be 
named by Warrant signed by George VV. Stanley Esquire Jus- 
tice of the Peace for New Haven County, and Posted on the 
Public Sign post in said Meriden at least ten days previous 
to said third Monday, and said George W. Stanley Esquire 
shall be Moderator of said Meeting; and in case of the 
absence of said Justice, Ephraim Cook Esquire a Justice of 
the Peace for said County is hereby informed to sign such 
Warrant and preside in said Meeting." 

"Meriden, June 24th, 1806. A true Copy of Record, 

"Examined by Samuel Wyllys, Secretary." 

"Amos White, Town Clerk." 



435 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

THE CELEBRATION AT WALLINGFORD IN 1858. 

The ceremonies connected with the erection of a monu- 
ment at Wahingford to the memory of Hon. Lyman 
Hall, took place Monday, July 5, 1858, the day after the 
Aniversary of our National birthday. The ceremonies 
attracted a large number of visitors to Wallingford, 
mostly from New Haven and Meriden, though nearly all 
the surrounding towns were well represented. The day 
was an unusally fine one ; a pleasant breeze contributed 
to render the temperature endurable, and although the 
sky was cloudless, and the sun poured down itb fiercest 
rays, there were none of the usual complaints of op- 
pressive heat. 

At sunrise the ringing of bells and a national salute, 
announced the coming ceremonies of the day. The ar- 
rival of the cars, from 9 to 1-2 past 9 o'clock, brought in 
a large number of visitors from abroad, who were 
received at Masonic Hall and the Town Hall, where 
was a bountiful supply of fruit, cake, confectionery, &c., 
prepared by the ladies of Wallingford. 

The following gentlemen were the Officers of the 
Day : President, Roderick Curtiss, of Wallingford. 
Vice Presidents, Ira Tuttle, Wm. Francis, of Wall- 
ingford ; Charles Parker^ of Meriden ; E. A. Cornwall, 



436 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

of Cheshire, and David M. Hotchkiss, of Prospect. 
Tablet Bearers ; Wallingford, Col. Ward Johnson, Calvin 
Harrison, Joel Hall, Jesse Tuttle, Sam'l C. Ford. 
Meriden, Gen. Walter Booth, Ira Twiss, Almeron Miles. 
Cheshire, Benjaman Ives, Dr. Wm. T. Peters, T. H. 
Brooks. Prospect, David M. Hotchkiss, Capt. Wm. 
Mix. Each of the above named Bearers wore the three 
cornered hat of Revolutionary times, and their antique 
appearance commanded much attention. 

The line formed in front of the Town Hall, under the 
direction of ex Sheriff Parmelee, the Marshal of the 
Day, assisted by the following Aids-de-camps : Col. 
Dwight Hall, Col. Hezekiah Hall, Major O. I. Martin, 
Turhan Cooke and Samuel Cooke, Esqs. 

The procession, under the escort of the National 
Blues, with the New Haven and Wallingford Bands, 
proceeded on its march to the Congregational church. 
The procession passed into the church in due form, the 
Orator of the day, Thomas Yeatman, Esq., the officiating 
Pastor of the Church, Rev. Mr. Gilbert, and the Presi- 
dent asc'^nding to the Pulpit. The choir then sung with 
excellent effect, accompanied by the organ, the words : 
"My country — 'tis of thee," &c. 

The Rev. Mr. Gilbert then read the looth Psalm, and 
offered an appropriate prayer, after which the President 
announced the Orator, Thomas Yeatman, Esq., of New 
Haven. Mr. Yeatman, in the course of his oration 
which was compact and brilliant, gave some details of 
the life and character of Mr. Hall, and of his service to 
his country at a period when the possibility of her 
national independence was surrounded with doubts and 
difficulties which required unwearying effort and perse- 
verance to overcome. At the conclusion of the oration 



CELEBRATION AT WALLINGFORD. 437 

the procession was again formed, and after a march 
through the principal avenues of the town, reached the 
Depot, where the marble tablet was received and was 
conveyed in the line to the Burying Ground, near the 
centre of which was the monument on which the slab 
was to be placed. Around it the military formed a 
square, within which Gov. Holley took his position, and 
delivered an eloquent address. Three guns were then 
fired in honor of Lyman Hall, and his associate signers 
of the Declaration in Georgia. 

The Declaration of Independence was then read from 
the monument by Henry Lyman Hall, a grand-nephew 
of Dr. Lyman Hall. The band then played a dirge and 
the procession took up its line of march for dinner. Be- 
fore leaving the cemetery we will describe the monu- 
ment. Upon a mound of earth, handsomely turfed, is a 
large flat freestone, which is nearly nine feet long by six 
feet wide. Upon this rests a very large block of free- 
stone, nearly three feet high, with rounded corners and 
handsome mouldings, on the fourth side of which is this 
inscription : 

" The State of Georgia having removed to Augusta the re- 
mains of Lyman Hall, a signer of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, and there erected a monument to his memoiy, the 
tablet originally covering his grave was in 1857 presented by 
Wm. D'Antignac to this State, by whose order it is deposited 
in his native town." 

Upon the tablet, which is of white marble of nearly 
three inches thickness, is the following inscription : 

" Beneath this stone rest the remains of the Hon. Lyman 
Hall, formerly Governor of this State, who departed this 
life the 19th of October, 1790, in the 67th year of his age. 
Li the cause of America, he was uniformh^ a Patriot. In the 



438 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

incumbent duties of a husband and a father, he acquitted 

himself with affection and tenderness. 

"But reader, above all, know, from this inscription, that he 

left this probationary scene as a true Christian and an honest 

man. 

" To those so mourned in death, so loved in life. 
The childless parent, and the widowed wife. 
With tears inscribes this monumental stone. 
That holds his ashes, and expects her own." 

Arriving at the pavilion, the company were soon seat- 
ed at the tables, vi^hich were spread for a thousand per- 
sons, and every seat was occupied. These tables were 
protected from the sun by the shade of the trees and a 
cloth awning. They were bountifully spread and care- 
fully attended by the ladies of Wallingford. The Presi- 
dent called the company to order, after which the divine 
blessing was invoked by the Rev. David Root. The 
wants of the appetite having been satisfied, patriotic 
toasts and speeches followed. The following were among 
the sentiments offered : 

1st. The day we celebrate — the glorious birthday of a 
nation. It was immortalized in 1776 by the act of dele- 
gates from 13 States ; it is celebrated to-day by thirty 
millions of freemen. 

2nd. The memory of Washington. It is enshrined in the 
hearts of a grateful people. 

3d. The memory of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration 
of Independence. They inscribed their names with their 
owti hands on the tablet of immortality. 

4th. Lyman Hall, the friend of human rights, the advocate 
of freedom — a signer of the immortal Declaration. His 
fame is embalmed in the hearts of the people who commemo- 
rate this occasion by placing his tomb-stone among the graves 
of his ancestors. 

5th. The President of the United States. 



CELEBRATION AT WALLINGFORU. 439 

6th. The Governor of Connecticut. 

7th. The heroes and statesmen of the Revolution. The 
fruits of their glorious deeds increased with each returning 
year. 

8th. The press — a pioneer in the cause of American 
freedom. May it be as true to the principles our Fathers 
established, as it was quick to give the signal to strike down 
the oppressor. 

9th. Connecticut as she is now. She now exports 7nen 
to every State in the Union. 

loth. State courtesies. To Georgia Connecticut sends 
grateful thanks, for honor paid the memory of a patriotic son; 
his monument in his adopted State, and his tomb-stone in his 
native State are memorials of lasting friendships between 
sister states. 

nth. North, South, East and West. "What God hath 
joined together, let not man put asunder." 

12th. Our free schools. The index of the enlarged and 
intellectual views of the citizens of our commonwealth — the 
foundation for permanancy and prosperity in our civil 
institutions. 

13th. The foir, the mother, sister, wife and daughter. The 
tenderest ties which bind us to life. Our salvation and hope 
in youth — our bliss in manhood — our solace in old age. 
How unfortunate the man destitute of her influence in either 
relation. 

The company dispersed in season for an early tea, 
after which the festivities were further continued by a 
splendid display of fireworks. The day and its associa- 
tions will be long remembered by those who participated 
in them. The whole arrangements were highly credit- 
able to the citizens of Wallingford, and norue deserve 
more praise than the ladies, who spared no pains to 
make the occasion one of happy memories. 



440 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 

CHESHIRE. 

Cheshire was originally a part of Wallingford, and 
was made a society in 1723, consisting of about thirty- 
five families. In 17 18 Homer Brooks, Stephen Hotch- 
kiss and Mathew Bellamy, complained to the General 
Assembly that 

— " By reason of the distance from the town and difficulty 
in the way, we are under great disadvantage to appear on the 
public worship of God and also for Edicating our Children," — 
and petitioned that they might have the privilege of 
setting up worship for themselves, and be constituted 
a parish. Messrs. James Wadsworth, Nathaniel Yale, 
and Samuel Bishop, were appointed by the Assembly 
to examine into the affairs of the " West Farmers," 
as they were called. They found the number of fam- 
ilies to be about forty-five, " including in ye numb'r 
sum few new beginners that have not famelys," and 
the value of estates to be about two thousand pounds, 
and thought best that they still remain with the town of 
Wallingford. But the question of separation was still 
agitated, ' and in 1723 the district was constituted a 
society. The west society had considerable trouble to 
fix a situation for their meeting-house, so they petitioned 
the General Assembly, 



CHESHIRE. 441 

" That having made some essays to fix the place for the 
Setting the first meeting House for S^ worship and finding 
our endeavors of that kind to be attended witli some difficul- 
ties and dissatisfaction among ourselves, we have unanimously 
agreed to address the Hon^e assembly and do accordingly 
thereby pray that a Committee Chosen be appointed by this 
assembly may fix and determine the place for building the 
first meeting-house in our society. Signed, 

" Thomas Brooks, 
John Hitchcock, 
Nath" Bunnell." 

A committee of three was appointed, the ground se- 
lected, and the first church built in 1724. The second 
church vi^as built in 1738, on the public common, and the 
present one was built in 1826. The following have been 
pastors : 

Samuel Hall,' Dec, 1724, died Feb., 1776. 

John Foot,^ Mar., 1767, " Aug., 1813. 

Humphrey H. Perrine, June, 1813, dismissed Apr., 1816. 
Jeremiah Atwater, D. D., Apr., 18 16, " July, 1817, 

died July, 1858. 
M. Kellogg, 
Roger Hitchcock, 
Luke Wood, 
Joseph Whiting, 
Erastus Colton, 
Daniel March, 
Daniel S. Rodman, 
C. W. Clapp, 

1 Rev. Samuel Hall was graduated at Yale College in 1716, where he 
was a tutor from 1716 to 1718; was ordained pastor of the church in 
Cheshire in Dec, 1724, and died in 1776. He preached the Election Ser- 
mon in 1746, which was published. His daughter Ann, married Nov 
13, 1752, Warham, second son of Rev. Stephen Williams. 

2 Mr. Foot was ordained colleague pastor with Mr. Hall. 



Nov. 


1818, 


(( 


Nov., 


1819. 


Sept. 


1820, 


died 


Jan, 


1823. 


Dec. 


1824, 


dismissed 


1826. 


Oct., 


1827, 


a 


Dec, 


1836. 


Jan., 


1838, 


u 


July, 


1843. 


Apr., 


1845, 


u 


Nov., 


1848. 


Oct., 


1849, 


(( 


Dec, 


1854. 


May, 


1855, 


a 


May, 


1857. 



442 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

David Root, Oct., 1857, dismissed April, 1859. 

J. S. C. Abbott, April, i860. 

The number of male members of the church at first 
was eleven. In 1770 it had three hundred male and 
female members, and at that time Mr. Hall had baptized 
2013. The number of births in forty-seven years was 
2500 ; deaths 700. The first deacons of the church were 
Stephen Hotchkiss and Joseph Ives. On the resigna- 
tion of the latter, Timothy Tuttle was chosen, and on 
the death of Deacon Hotchkiss ( Deacon Tuttle resign- 
ing) Edward Parker and Stephen Hotchkiss (son of the 
first of that name) succeeded. 

Mr. Foot received into the church 603, baptized 1767, 
and buried 1 109. Mr. Whiting received into the church 
241, baptized 165 ; Mr. Colton received into the church 
139, and baptized 61. Mr. Hitchcock had been a dea- 
con of the church, and stipulated that one-fifth of his 
salary of five hundred dollars should be reserved by the 
society annually, and put at interest for the future sup- 
port of the ministry. He was taken sick one year after 
his settlement, and was never afterwards able to preach. 
Calls were extended (not accepted) to Revs. John 
March, in 181 7, Cornelius Tuthill, in 18 18, Handel Nott, 
in 1826, Judson A. Root in 1827, and Dwight M. Seward 
in 1842. There was a continuous revival under Mr. 
Whiting's ministry, also in 1838 and 1858, which added 
88 and 104 to the church. 

In 1 75 1 Rev. Ichabod Camp formed an Episcopal 
Society in Cheshire, and for a time services were read 
by a layman named Moss. In 1760 a church was built, 
and Mr. Camp again preached for the society. In 1761 
the society was supplied by Rev. Samuel Andrews, and 
in 1770 a larger church was built. In 1786 Mr. An- 



CHESHIRE. 



443 



drews went to Nova Scotia. The church was afterwards 
suppHed by the following clergy : 

In 1788, Reuben Ives; 1820, Dr. Bronson and Rev. Mr. 
Cornwall, principal and assistant of the academy, preached ; 
1825, Mr. Cornwall ; 1828, Henry M. Mason, C. F. Cruse, 
Rev. Dr. Judd ; 1835, E. E. Beardsley; 1840, new church 
erected; 1841, Wm. F. Morgan; 1841, Frederick Miller; 
1843, E. E. Beardsley ; 1848, Joseph H. Nichols ; 1852, 
Hilliard Bryant-; 1865, Julius H. Ward ; 1868, E. M. Pecke. 



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444 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

EPISCOPAL ACADEMY. 

The project of establishing an Episcopal Academy in 
the Diocese of Connecticut, was formed soon after the 
consecration of Dr. Seabury to the Episcopate. He, in 
common with his brethren of the clergy, felt most keenly 
the want of some literary institution where the sons of 
the church might receive a thorough classical education 
without endangering the religious predilections of their 
childhood. 

It was a period of strong prejudice, and no little 
intolerance. The war of the Revolution had just closed, 
and the favor which the Episcopal clergy and their 
people had generally shown toward the mother-country 
in that struggle, was calculated to strengthen the preju- 
dice of the dominant sects in the land. The ministers 
of the church were missionaries of the " venerable 
society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign 
parts," and the oath of allegiance which they were re- 
quired to take previous to their ordination, and the 
peculiar relations in which they stood to the Bishop of 
London, made it in their view, as unnatural for them to 
resist the pretentions of the crown of England as for a 
child to oppose the wishes of its parents. If this were 
not a sufficient excuse for their loyalty, it should have 
palliated in some degree the heinousness of the offence, 
and spared the church from subsequent hostility on their 
account. The bishop and clergy might have been urged 
to the establishment of an institution of their own, by 
the illiberal policy of Yale college at that time. 

The first record relating to the establishment of the 
Episcopal Academy was made in 1792. At a conven- 
tion of the clergy holden at East Haddam, on the 15th of 



EPISCOPAL ACADEMY. 445 

Feb. of that year, it was voted, " that the several clergy- 
make inquiry of their neighboring towns and see what 
can be done toward erecting an Episcopal Academy, 
and report at the next convention." This resolution 
received only a verbal response, for nothing is found re- 
corded until the year 1794, when the convention taking 
hold of the matter went earnestly to work, appointed a 
committee to prepare an address to the members of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church of this state, pointing out 
the importance of establishing an Episcopal Academy ; 
at the same time instructing them to provide subscrip- 
tion papers for the purpose of obtaining the necessary 
funds to support such an establishment. This commit- 
tee were required to report the next morning ; and they 
reported that they had attended to the business assigned 
them, and recommended that a standing committee be 
appointed to prepare an address to be sent oat among 
the people, pointing out the importance of such an 
institution, and to present a plan of the Academy, with 
subscription papers for raising funds for it. The Rev. 
Doctor Mansfield of Derby was chairman of this com- 
mittee, and at the next annual convention held at 
Stratford, June 3, 1795, subscriptions from Wallingford 
and Cheshire were returned which were so favorable, 
that it was resolved to go on with this work at once and 
establish an Episcopal Academy. 

A subsequent committee was appointed to receive 
proposals from the towns of Wallingford, Cheshire and 
Stratford only, until the first day of July, at which 
time they were to meet at Major Bellamy's tavern in 
Hamden, and locate the institution in that town which 
they should consider the most eligible. At the same 
convention the Rev. John Bowden, Rev. Ashbell Bal- 



446 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



dow and S. W. Johnson, Esq., were appointed to draft a 
code of by-laws for the temporary government of the 
institution till the next annual meeting of the conven- 
tion, and also to form a constitution upon the most 
liberal and beneficial plan, together with a code of by- 
laws for the future government of the Academy, all to be 
submitted to the next general convention for considera- 
tion and approbation. 




EPISCOPAL ACADEMY, CHESHIRE, 1840. 

At the annual convention held at Cheshire, June i, 
1796, the subject of the Academy was brought out and 
discussed, and a board of twenty trustees appointed. 
The latter proceeded to ballot for a principal of the 
Academy, and the Rev. Dr. John Bowden was unani- 
mously elected. He accepted the call and entered on his 
duties as soon as the building was ready. The corner 
stone was laid with masonic honors, on the 28th day of 
April, 1 796. On that occasion the late Rev. Reuben Ives, 
through whose influence more than to any other one 
man the Academy was established at Cheshire, delivered 



EPISCOPAL ACADEMY, 447 

an address, and was followed by the Rev. Dr. Tillotson 
Bronson. 

The building was completed in 1796, at a cost of 
^yo2 lawful money. The principal was required to 
teach or cause to be taught the English language, 
Philosophy, Mathematics, and every science usually 
taught at colleges ; likewise the dead languages, such 
as Greek and Latin, and then French was to be 
taught whenever the funds became sufficient ; also a 
library was to be purchased and a philosophical appara- 
tus as soon as the funds would justify the expense. 
The principal had liberty to employ at any time with 
the advice of the trustees any gentlemen eminent in 
Divinity, Laiv, or Physics, to read lectures in these 
branches provided a fund be procured for that purpose. 
It was no doubt the intention of the founders to erect 
it into a college, and many of the donations were made 
upon this supposition, and some of the books now in 
the Library — the gift of private benevolence — are la- 
belled, " Seabury College in Connecticut." 

The first legitimate attempt made toward raising a 
fund for the endowment of the institution was in 1797-8. 
In the latter year a committee was appointed by the 
convention to ascertain the grand levy of the church in 
Connecticut, and a treasurer to receive all donations that 
might be procured. By a formal vote the convention 
appropriated to the benefit of the Episcopal Academy 
the money that had been previously collected for the 
purpose of sending Missionaries to the frontiers of the 
States. The next year. Bishop Jarvis alluded to the 
subject in his annual address, and measures were adopt- 
ed to solicit aid, generally from the churchmen of the 
diocese, and to send an agent to Europe with a similar 



448 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

object in view was recommended to the trustees as 
soon as they have the means. The agency to Europe 
was never accomplished. 

On the 14th day of April, 1801, the trustees met at 
Cheshire and resolved to petition the first Assembly 
then about to convene at Hartford, praying that they 
might be made and constituted a body, politic, and cor- 
porate, by the name of the Trustees of the Episcopal 
Academy of Connecticut ; Dr. Bowden stating that 
since the month of June of the year 1796 it had been 
open for the reception of students, and had generally in 
the course, sixty students. The funds amounted at this 
time to about three thousand dollars. The act of incor- 
poration was passed, and the number of students was 
increased. Every thing was now prosperous and favor- 
able to the success of the Academy. But a shock was 
given, when Dr. Bowden intimated that he should resign 
his office of principal, and accept the more compatible 
station of Professor of Moral Philosophy and Belles- 
Lettres in Columbia College, New York. This was in 
the beginning of 1802 ; and at a special convention held 
at Cheshire, April 12, of the same year, his resignation 
was accepted, and the Rev. Dr. Wm. Smith was unani- 
miously elected to supply his place. He entered at 
once upon his duties. 

Dr. Bowden was the eldest son of Thomas Bowden, a 
Major in his Brittanic Majesty's 46th regiment of Foot. 
His early life was full of incident, as his middle age was 
of trial. At the time of his birth, Jan. 7, 175 1, his 
father's regiment was stationed in Ireland. On the 
breaking out of the Old French War the major came to 
this country and made Schenectady, N. Y,, his head- 
quarters. His son John soon after followed him, under 



EPISCOPAL ACADEMY. 449 

the charge of a clergyman of the church of England. 
He entered the college at Princeton, N. J., where he 
remained two years. The fortunes of his father called 
him to return home (to England). In 1770 at the age of 
nineteen he again crossed the Atlantic and immediately 
entered King's college, now Columbia, where he gradu- 
ated in 1772. He was ordained in 1774 deacon, and was 
elected assistant minister in Trinity church, N. Y. Upon 
the breaking out of the revolutionary war the city 
churches were closed and the clergy scattered, and Dr. 
Bowden retired to Norwalk, Ct. He continued in the 
office of Professor until his death, July 31, 1817, at Ball- 
ston Springs. 

Dr. William Smith entered upon his duties as princi- 
pal of the Academy in the spring of 1802. The institu- 
tion was in a flourishing condition. Efforts had been 
made to increase the funds, and regarding then the 
procedure as perfectly consistent with the dictates of 
Christian morality, a resolution was taken in April, 1801, 
to prefer a petition to the General Assembly for a lottery 
to raise the sum of four thousand pounds, to enable the 
trustees to purchase a library and a philosophical appa- 
ratus, and support assistant instruction. This application 
was unsuccessful, as was also another the next year, to 
obtain a lottery to raise a larger amount — the sum of 
twenty-eight thousand dollars. But during the October 
session of the Legislature of 1802, the matter was more 
judiciously prepared, and the act was finally passed, 
granting a lottery to raise the sum of fifteen thousand 
dollars. After considerable delay and perplexity, and no 
little loss in the sale of tickets, the managers closed 
their drawings, and the net proceeds amounted to twelve 
thousand dollars. 

E E 



450 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

The financial affairs of the institution being thus im- 
proved, its friends began to turn their attention to the 
original design of erecting it into a college. In 1804, 
obedient to a vote of the convention, the board of trus- 
tees resolved to petition the General Assembly for a 
charter empowering them to confer degrees in the arts, 
divinity and law, and to enjoy all the privileges of a col- 
lege. This application failed, and was not again renewed 
during the administration of Dr. Smith. Though a man 
of learning, he seems not to have had the requisite 
qualifications of a teacher. The institution gradually 
languished under his care, and losing the confidence of 
the public, the annual convention in 1805 appointed a 
committee to inquire into the present condition, and 
make an immediate report ; this report is spread at large 
upon the journals of that year. On the 5th day of June, 
Dr. Smith resigned ; his resignation was accepted, and 
the convention, without appointing a successor, adjourned 
to meet at Newtown the eighth day of October. The 
missives that passed between Dr. Smith and the Trus- 
tees were not, as may be inferred from the tenor of his 
letter, altogether of a pleasant nature. Dr. Smith was 
a Scotchman, and received his education at one of the 
Universities of his native country. He left College with 
a good reputation as a classical scholar. He came to 
this country in 1787, and entered upon the duties of 
Rector of St. Paul's church and congregation, at Narra- 
gansett, R. I., where he continued three years. After 
leaving Cheshire he returned to New York, and the 
remainder of his days were passed between that city 
and Connecticut. 

The Rev. Tillotson Bronson was appointed to the 
Academy, and for the first fifteen years of his adminis- 



EPISCOPAL ACADEMY. 45 I 

tration the institution flourished and enjoyed a large 
share of the pubHc confidence and patronage. In 1810 
another petition was made for college privileges, but 
failed of success. It was again renewed and passed the 
house, but failed in the Senate. Dr. Bronson was born 
in 1762. He graduated in 1786. Ordained by Bishop 
Seabury 1786, and Priest Feb. 24th, 1788. Christian F. 
Cruse was elected to the Academy in 1831. In 1832 
Rev. Dr. J add was elected principal. He resigned in 
1835- 

In 1836 the Rev. Allen C. Morgan was elected prin- 
cipal, under whose administration the Academy flourish- 
ed. He died suddenly in New York, on the 7th of 
Nov., 1838. The Rev. Ebenezer E. Beardsley was next 
appointed to the charge. After him came the Rev. Seth 
B. Paddock ; then the Rev. Hillyard Bryant ; then Rev. 
Mr. Ballard, who was succeeded by the Rev. Dr. Horton, 
under whose administration the institution has flourished 
and been greatly enlarged by additional new buildings. 
Dr. Horton is now ( 1870), the principal of the Acad- 
emy, which is in a highly prosperous and flourishing 
condition. 



452 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



STATE REFORM SCHOOL. 



The Connecticut State Reform School, situated in 
Meriden, New Haven County, was authorized by the 
Legislature of 1851, and an appropriation of ten 
thousand dollars made for it on the condition that the 
people of the State donate an equal sum to establish 
and build the same. The location of the school was 
fixed in Meriden in 1852, and the building erected in 
1853. The amount of land purchased was about 150 
acres, of various parties, but principally of Salmon 
Merriam. The buildings are situated on a commanding 
eminence, one half mile north from the depot in Meriden, 
in full view of the Hartford and New Haven rail-road, 
overlooking the city and the surrounding country, and 
presenting one of the finest landscape views to be seen 
in the vicinity. In the front lies Mount Lamentation, 
with its precipitous caps and peaks, stretching in a lower 
range to the south below Black Pond, and gradually 
terminating in a succession of bluffs near Long Island 
Sound. 

In the rear are the Cold Spring and the Hanging Hills 
Peaks. Between these, or in the interval, lies the farm. 



REFORM SCHOOL. 453 

delightfully situated, highly cultivated, and the pride and 
admiration of all who behold it. 

The administration of the school on the part of the 
State is vested in a board of eight Trustees, one from 
each county in the state, elected for four years. Two 
of them are retired each year and their places are filled 
by the Senate in executive session. The Trustees 
elect Superintendent and other officers. The first Su- 
perintendent was Philemon Hoadley, elected in 1853. 
The second, Roswell Hawley, M. D., elected 1855 ; the 
next and present one, E. W. Hatch, M. D. The long 
continuance of Dr. Hatch in the position, is proof con- 
clusive that the people of the state are satisfied with his 
administration ; in effective management, economy, and 
progress, the institution ranks second to none in the 
country. 

Mr. Saxton B. Little was elected Assistant Superin- 
tendent in 1854, and was the first elected to that office, 
and still holds the position. He has proved himself one 
of the most successful educators of the age. With the 
class of boys that he has had no one could have done 
better, and the teachers are rare that could have done so 
well. Mr. Lucius P. Chamberlain was appointed farmer 
in 1857, and right well has he filled the position. He 
believes in progress, and acts up to his belief in his prac- 
tice. He is one of the neatest, best, and most successful 
farmers in the state. His work on the state farm shows 
it, and any one can have an ocular demonstration of the 
fact, by visiting the farm. Mr. John B. Porter as an officer 
has been connected with the school for the last thirteen 
years, and has proved himself a valuable assistant and 
a good efficient worker in the cause of reform. The 
above are worthy of mention as having held their posi- 



454 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

tions for a iong time, and discharged their duties 
faithfully. The other officers are capable and efficient, 
and doing a noble work for the State. 

The first boys were received in 1854; and up to April 
I, 1870, 15 1 5 had been received. They are many of 
them filling situations now as valuable citizens in almost 
every State of the union. The boys are taught in all of 
the branches usually taught in the common schools. 
The classes will compare favorably with the classes in 
any of the schools of the State. 

The citizens of the State may well be proud of this 
noble Institution. It is one of its noblest charities ; no 
effort which the State can make in the right direction to 
improve its citizens can be wasted ; and to take vicious 
boys and educate them to be good citizens, is worthy 
the best efforts of the State. 




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CHAPTER XXIX. 



PHYSICIANS. 



The first settlers of Connecticut came with but slender 
provision for the ills that awaited them. The pastor ot 
the flock was the chief shepherd to whom they all looked 
for protection, and the teacher upon whose instruction, 
in sickness and in health, they mainly looked for guid- 
ance. In the year 1652 the General Court granted the 
first medical license, by which Thomas Lord was author- 
ized to practice physic and surgery in Hartford and 
adjoining towns. Fifteen pounds was to be his annual 
salary so long as he devoted his time and attention to 
the sick and suffering members of the colony. The fee- 
table of Dr. Lord as established by the General Assem- 
bly, he having promised to charge no more, deserves to 
be transcribed : 

"Thos. Lord having engaged to this court to continue his 
abode in Hartford for the ne.xt ensuing year, and to improve 
his best skill among the inhabitants of the towns upon the 
river, within his jurisdiction, both for setting of bones and 
otherwise, as at all times, occasions and necessities may re- 
quire. This court doth grant, that he shall be paid by the 
country the sum of fifteen pounds for the said ensuing year, 
and they also declare that for every visit or journey, that he 
shall take or make, being sent for, to any house in Hartford 



456 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

1 2 pence is reasonable ; to any house in Windsor, five shil- 
lings ; to any house in Wethersfield, three shillings ; to any 
house in Farmington, six shillings ; to any house in Matta- 
besock or Middletown, eight shillings, (he having promised 
that he will require no more,) and that he shall be freed, for 
the time aforesaid, from watching, warding and training, but 
not from finding arms according to law !" 

Dr. Lord died in 1662. He came to Wallingford often 
on professional business, and was also called to New 
Haven. Rev. Gershom Bulkley of Wethersfield, who 
was quite noted as a physician, and for a time was sur- 
geon in a company raised to resist the aggression of 
their Indian neighbors, attended to the sick in Walling- 
ford and vicinity. It is worthy of notice that the first 
case of medical jurisprudence in the colony, perhaps the 
first in, the country, was referred to him for an opinion. 
vy Mary Brown of Wallingford was brought to trial for the 
murder of her son. As it was known that she had been 
subject to paroxysms of insanity, the court and the jury 
were in some perplexity relative to their own course of 
proceeding. To relieve themselves from this embarras- 
sing position the court granted leave to the jurors to 
consult the most learned men in the colony and obtain 
their advice. They applied to Dr. Bulkley, whose char- 
acter as a divine, whose opinion as a physician, and 
whose judgment as a magistrate were all held in high 
estimation. The following is the summary of his 
opinion : 

" If she were not compos mentis at the time of the fact it is 
no felony, and consequently no wilful or malicious murder ; 
and if she be known to be a lunatic, though she have her 
lucid intervals, there had need be very good and satisfactory 
proof that she was compos mentis at the time of the fact com- 
mitted, for the law favors life." 



PHYSICIANS. 457 

The legal opinion from which the above extract was 
taken was in advance of the age, and probably averted 
the doom of the unhappy woman who was on her trial 
for the murder of her child.' Dr. Bulkley died at Glas- 
tenbury in the year 17 13, at the age of seventy-eight. 
From an inscription upon his " obscure and modest 
grave-stone" in the church-yard at Wethersfield, it ap- 
pears that he was regarded as a man of rare abilities and 
extraordinary industry, excellent in learning, master of 
many languages, exquisite in his skill in divinity, physic 
and law, and of a most exemplary and Christian life. 

Dr James Hurlburt of Berlin, who was born in the 
year 17 17 and had his office in Berlin near the line of 
the Hartford and New Haven Rail-road, had nearly all 
of the practice in the surrounding twenty miles. Dr. 
Jared Potter of Wallingford was one of the most dis- 
tinguished physicians in the State, and the teacher from 
whom many eminent members of the medical profession 
received instruction.- He was a speculating theologian, 
and his speculations were of an infidel character ; and 
it is said that his pupils, whatever progress they made 
in medical studies, generally left Dr. Potter's office with 
minds tinged with skeptical notions. In 1775 he was 
chosen surgeon of the first regiment of Connecticut 
forces, from whence it may be inferred that he was dis- 
tinguished as a surgeon as well as a physician. His 
memory at this time is more associated with one of his 
own favorite remedies. Potter's powder has been for sixty 
years and over, a popular remedy with the physicians of 

1 Dr. Summer's Address at the 49th Annual Convention of the Conn. 
Med. Soc. 

2 One of Dr. Potter's students was Lyman Norton, who 'commenced 
practice in Durham in 1797. 



458 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Connecticut, but as employed in former days, it con- 
tained charcoal as well as the three ingredients, camphor, 
ammonia and chalk. By this combination he acquired 
the same reputation which adheres all the world over, to 
the combination of Dr. Dover. He was instrumental in 
forming the New Haven Co. Medical Society in 1784, 
and also the State Medical Society. ' 

In October, 171 7, Dr. Benjamin HulP petitioned the 
General Court as follows : " Y"' petishion of Benjamin 
Hull of Wallingford sheweth y* your petishioner having 
for some time practiced phisisik," requests the assembly 
to grant him permission to practice in Wallingford. 
Previous to 1800 there were in Wallingford Drs. Isaac 
Lewis, Isaac Bull, Isaac Hall, Gad Pond, Ebenezer 
Bardsley, Wm. B. Hall, Bilious Kirtland and James 
Porter. Dr. John Dickinson, son of Rev. Moses 
Dickinson of Norwalk, began practice in Wallingford, 
but soon removed to Middletown, from which town he 
was sent Representative to the Legislature in the time 
of the Revolution. He died in 181 1, aged eighty-two 
years. Dr. Wm. Brenton Hall, a native of Wallingford, 
graduated at Yale College in 1786, and commenced 
practice in his native town, but removed to Middletown 
where he died in 1809. 

Dr. Aaron Andrews was a son of Denizen Andrews 
and was born in the Meriden society. He settled as a 
physician in Wallingford, and built the house where he 
resided and which was afterwards occupied by his son 
Drake Andrews, and Leander Parmalee, and which is 
now owned and occupied by Samuel B. Parmalee. Dr. 



1 See Biographical Sketches in this volume. 

2 John Hull came from Derby with two sons in 1686. He .located 
himself on the top of Town Hill. 



PHYSICIANS. 459 

Andrews was considered a very skillful physician, and 
as such was highly respected.' His son, Dr. John An- 
drews, was for many years a very successful physician 
in Wallingford. He married Abigail Atwater, and for 
many years resided in the house now remodelled and 
occupied by Roderick Curtiss. After the death of his 
wife, he married Anna, daughter of Rev. James Noyes. 
After her decease he went in his old age to Ohio and 
lived with his son William, where he died in his eighty- 
sixth year. He was buried in Wallingford, as he had 
requested.^ Dr. Jared P. Kirtland came to Wallingford 
in 1 8 14 and remained about three years. ^ 

Dr. Ambrose Ives was born in Wallingford, Dec. 30, 
1786. He was the son of Abijah Ives, a respectable 
farmer, and the grandson of Abraham Ives. Dr. Ives 
was favored with fair advantages for a good English 
and sufficient classical education. He pursued the 
higher branches at the celebrated academy located in 
Cheshire. After finishing his preliminary course, he 
commenced the study of medicine under the tuition of 
the late Dr. Cornwall of the same town. From a class- 
mate of Dr. Ives, we have learned that he was a labori- 
ous student, thorough in all the branches of professional 
reading in which he was engaged. He was, as in after 
life, extremely frugal of his time, and being favored with 
a retentive memory, he made excellent progress in his 
studies. In the year 1808, after completing his medical 
pupilage, he was licensed to practice medicine and sur- 
gery, and then located in the town of Wolcott, where he 
diligently applied himself to his professional duties dur- 

1 See Biographical Sketches in this volume. 

2 See Biographical Sketches in this volume. 

3 See Biographical Sketches iii this volume. 



460 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ing a period of nineteen years. He removed from 
Wolcott to Wallingford in the year 1827, for the pur- 
pose of settling up his deceased father's estate. Here 
he remained two years, at the expiration of which time, 
he removed to Plymouth, Litchfield county, where he 
resumed the practice of medicine. In the last named 
place he soon acquired a large practice, in which he con- 
tinued until the year 1834. At this time he relinquished 
his practice entirely and removed to Waterville, and be- 
came interested in the manufacture of gilt buttons, and 
took charge of the business. In 1837 he removed to 
Waterbury, and in 1839 sold out his interest in Water- 
ville. Soon after he bought into the company of Brown 
and Elton, and continued in this connection till his de- 
cease, but without himself engaging in the management 
of the business. In the last year of his life he was 
afflicted with paralysis. He died in the year 1852, at 
the age of 66. 

Dr. Ives was a man of medium height, not tall, but 
stout, and in the latter part of his life became somewhat 
corpulent. He was an efficient town officer, serving his 
townsmen in different capacities. Several times he 
represented the inhabitants of Wolcott in the Legislature 
of the State. In the year 1818 he was a member of the 
convention for the formation of the constitution of this 
State. As a physician. Dr. Ives was sound, discriminat- 
ing and skillful, the result of thoroughness and precision, 
the leading characteristics' of his mind, made manifest 
in all his avocations. No practitioner in the vicinity in 
which he lived, was more deservedly esteemed for strong 
common sense and matured judgment. As a business 
man he was enlightened, sagacious and stable. Few 
men understood human nature more perfectly, or could 



PHYSICIANS. 461 

see farther into the course of events depending on the 
human will. By able management and financial skill 
he succeeded in acquiring a large property. In con- 
versation he was shrewd, intelligent and facetious. 
He had a fund of anecdote and illustration, and 
abounded in witty and humorous remarks. Few were 
more companionable or instructive. He was married 
in the year 1817 to Miss Wealthy V. Upson of 
Wolcott' 

Dr. Moses Gaylord was an eminent surgeon in 
Wallingford, for many years devoting his whole time 
to that branch of his profession. Dr. Gaylord was tall 
and rather spare looking, with thin face and large nose, 
and when riding horseback as was his habit, or when 
walking, was bent forward. He was a student of Dr. 
Jesse Cole of Durham.^ Dr. Gaylord died of a cancer 
on his face, and was quite advanced in years. 

Dr. Friend Cook was a son of Samuel and Mary 
Cook of Wallingford. He prepared for college at the 
Wallingford and Cheshire academies, where he ranked 
high as a scholar, and entered Union College, Schenec- 
tady, N. Y. After he had graduated, he entered the 
Medical department of Yale College, and was a pupil of 
the late Dr. Nathan Smith. After having received his 
degree of M. D. in 1821, he located himself at Windsor, 
Connecticut, where he soon had a successful practice, 
which he was compelled to surrender on account of his 



1 Proceedings of Conn., Med. Soc, i860, p. 67. Branson's History of 
Waterbury. 

2 Dr. Gaylord was probably of the Plymouth branch of Gaylords. He 
married Jemima Tyler of Wallingford, and had Tyler, who died in the 
state of New York; Harriet, who m. Noah Lindsley of Meriden, and 
Nancy, who m. Israel Harrison. 



462 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



health. After spending some time at the South, he re- 
turned to his native town, and again commenced prac- 
tice. But in a few years his faiUng health compelled 
him to relinquish his practice, and he removed to 
Atwater, Ohio. Here he practiced his profession for 
some time, but finally had to give it up. After a long 
illness he died February 8, 1857, aged sixty years, of 
cancer of the stomach. He married Abigail, daughter 
of Joshua and Elizabeth Atwater. 




1;. F. HARRISON, M. T). 

Benjamin F. Harrison, M. D., was born in what 
was then the town of Branford, and the parish of 
Northford, in the year 18 11. His father Elizur Harrison, 
and his mother Rebecca Bartholomew were also natives 
of the same place. His father was a farmer, and he 
was occupied on the farm until his eighteenth year, after 
which he was occupied with studies and teaching until 
the first of March, 1836, when he was graduated at the 
medical school in New Haven. Soon after he went to 
New York to continue his studies for a time, but in 
June he went to Old Milford where he commenced 
practice with Dr. French, but was induced to leave 



PHYSICIANS. 463 

there and come to Wallingford in September of the same 
year, viz., 1836. Here he remained extensively engaged 
in his profession for ten years, when in September, 1846, 
he sold his residence and left his business to Dr. William 
Atwater, a former pupil, and early the next month sailed 
from New York for Havre, where he arrived November i , 
and proceeded directly to Paris, where were still living 
most of the eminent physicians and surgeons of that 
country who had distinguished themselves by their works 
and writings during the early part of this century. In 
the schools and hospitals of Paris he pursued his pro- 
fessional studies with more assiduity than ever until 
May, 1847, when he left France and visited most of 
what were then the small states of Italy. In midsummer 
he returned by Switzerland, Germany and Belgium to 
Paris, and in August to England, and in September 
sailed from Liverpool for New York. Arriving home in 
October, he spent the remainder of the year in visiting 
various parts of the country, and finally selected an 
office in Cincinnati, Ohio. Circumstances afterwards 
prevented his settling there, and in February, 1848, he 
opened an office in New Haven, but in May was per- 
suaded to take again his former residence and business 
in Wallingford. Here he remained in active business 
until after the war broke out, and in August, 1862, was 
commissioned as surgeon to a New York regiment then 
in the field at Yorktown, Va., where he immediately 
joined the regiment, and remained with it in the service 
in Virginia, North and South Carolina, until the regiment 
finished its service in 1864. After this time Dr. Harri- 
son served the Sanitary Commission for a few months 
in Florida, and South Carolina. At the close of 1864 

he was again in Wallingford, resuming his old residence 
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464 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



and continuing the practice of his profession, until the 
present time. During all his long residence in Wall- 
ingford, Dr. Harrison has taken active interest in the 
public schools. He was married June 8, 1837, to Susan 
Lewis, daughter of Frederick Lewis of Wallingford. 
She died September 10, 1839, leaving an infant daughter 
who also died seventeen years after. He again married 
June 20, 1868, Virginia V. Abelle, of Franklin, Conn. 
She died December 27, 1869. 




NEHEMIAH BANKS, M. D. 

Dr. Nehemiah Banks came to Wallingford in 1852. 
He was graduated at the Yale College medical school in 
1844. In 1856 he purchased the Judge Pomeroy place 
He has had a large practice, and has been a very suc- 
cessful practitioner. 

Dr. Henry Davis came to Wallingford in 1870, 
and bought the place formerly owned by O. I. 
Martin. 

Dr. Baldwin, a Botanic physician, has practised in 
Wallingford for several years. 



PHYSICIANS. 465 

MERIDEN PHYSICIANS. 

Few are the recorded data for biography which ordi- 
narily survive the life of the practitioner of medicine in 
country districts. The uniform and familiar character 
of his vocation affords but scanty material for the adorn- 
ment of general history. Being more familiar with 
prescriptions than the pen, or more brilliant exploits of 
war or legislation, his fame is lamentably prone to expire 
with the memories and lives of those who have enjoyed 
the benefit of his professional labors.' 

The first physician in Meriden was Dr. Isaac Hall. 
He was a son of Jonathan and Dinah Hall, was born 
July II, 1714, and died March 7, 1781, ae. 66 years. 
He married Mary Morse, Nov. 5, 1739, ^.nd had six 
children, one of whom, Jonathan, was a physician. He 
resided, while living, quite in the easterly part of the 
town, on that road which now passes the residence of 
Deacon Hezekiah Rice. Dr. Ensign Hough was the 
son of Daniel and Violet (Benton) Hough, was born 
Sept. I, 1746, and commenced practice in Meriden in 
1769. He lived near the center of the town. He was a 
short, lively man, a good physician, and well known and 
highly esteemed. He died Dec. 3, 18 13, ae. 6^. Mercy, 
his wife, died Feb. 6, 1820, ae. 72. He left two sons, 
Ensign Jr., and Isaac. The last studied medicine and 
commenced practice in Meriden in 1802.^ He died Feb. 
26, 1852, ae. 71. During his residence in Meriden he 
had a large practice, but retired from the active duties 
of his profession in comparatively early life. Sally 
Bradley, daughter of Dr. Ensign Hough, died Aug. 11, 
1864, ae. 85 years. 

1 Dr. Blakeman's Address before the Conn. Med. Soc, 1853. 

2 See Biographical Notices. 



466 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Dr. Wyllys Woodruff commenced practice here in 
1825, in connection with Dr. Hough. He was born in 
Southington, Aug. 6, 1801, and was a son of Isaac Jun., 
and Abigail (Clark), Woodruff. He studied medicine 
with Dr. Jacob Brace of Newington, and Dr. Julius S 
Barnes, of Southington, and was graduated at the Yale 
College Medical School in 1823. He married ist, Jane 
Curtis, and 2nd, Mary Lewis. After Dr. Woodruft''s 
death, she married Henry C. Butler, of Meriden. Dr. 
Woodruff had two daughters ; the oldest married Thomas 
Hubbard. Dr. Woodruff was a slender built man, with 
light hair and eyes. His attention was given wholly to 
his business, yet he was of a very social disposition, fond 
of anecdote, and also took an active interest in church 
affairs. He died of typhoid fever March 31, 1842, uni- 
versally beloved for his many estimable qualities, and 
highly esteemed for his medical skill. 

The day that Dr. Woodruff died, a message was sent 
to Haddam by some of the leading citizens of Meriden, 
for Dr. Benjamin H. Catlin to come to Meriden and take 
the practice of Dr. Woodruff. He came here April i, 
made arrangements for his removal, and commenced 
practice here April 5, 1842. He is now (1870) in full 
practice.' 

Dr. Andrews commenced practice here, living in the 
old house west of the residence of Aaron Collins. He 
afterwards built the house now owned and occupied by 
Sidney Hall. He was succeeded by Dr. Gardner Bar- 
low, a graduate of the Yale College Medical School, of 
the class of 1845. Dr. Barlow died of consumption in 
1854, in the forty-seventh year of his age. He built the 



I See Biographical Notices. 



PHYSICIANS. 467 

house now owned by Dr. Tait. He was a man well 
posted in his profession, of few words, indomitable 
energy, and although possessing delicate health, had a 
larger practice than any other physician in the town in 
his day. Dr. Morris was here in 1829, for about two 
years. He returned again in 1832, but remained but a 
short time. He bought and lived in the house of the 
late Walter Booth, on South Broad Street. Dr. Brown, 
a Thompsonian doctor, came here from New Britain, and 
lived in the house now occupied by A. H. Curtis on 
South Broad Street. He remained here a few years and 
removed to Ohio. 

Dr. William H. Allen was born in Hebron, Conn., in 
1 8 19. He studied medicine with Dr. Stratton of Mid- 
dletown, and afterward with Dr. Lapham of New York. 
After practising in New Britain one year and in Goshen 
about six months, he removed to Meriden in 1840, suc- 
ceeding Dr. Fields, who had practised here about a year. 
He first lived in the house then occupied by Dr. Fields, 
and occupied now by Mr. Charles Parker, on the corner 
of Main and High streets. Dr. Allen died of typhoid 
fever, Sept. 4, 1850. He was about five feet seven 
inches in height, and weighed about one hundred and 
seventy-five pounds. He had dark hair and eyes and a 
very high forehead, was of a social disposition, fond of 
company, and well read and skillful as a physician. He 
built the house now occupied by Mr. Levi Butler, 
corner of Main and Center streets. He left four chil- 
dren. 

Dr. Edward W. Hatch came to Meriden ,in December, 
1849, ^^^ retired from practice in 1859, to assume the 
office of Superintendent of the State Reform School." 

I See Biographical notices. 



468 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



Dr. H. A. Archer was born in Carlisle, Cumberland 
County, England, April 8, 1820. He came to this coun- 
try N(jvember 1, 1824. His father, William Archer, 
soon became a citizen of the United States by legal pro- 
cess, which made all of his sons who were minors 
citizens also. His early days were spent upon his 
father's farm in Webster, Mass., and there he became 
acquainted with Rev. John Parker, now of Meriden, 
who at that time was one of the most prominent 
preachers of the Methodist conference. In June. 1843, 
Dr. Archer entered the office of Dr. Amos Beecher of 




H. A. ARCHER, U. D. 

Barkhamstead, Conn., as a medical student, there pur- 
suing his studies until the autumn of 1846, when he en- 
tered the medical school of Yale College. At that time 
Col. Dexter R. Wright, formerly of Meriden, now of 
New Haven, who has since distinguished himself as an 
advocate and counselor at the Connecticut bar, was a 
student in the law school. In 1847 Dr. Archer grad- 
uated and received his degree from the medical college 
of Kentucky. In the spring of 1847 he commenced 



PHYSICIANS. 469 

practice in the town of Wethersfield, Conn., continuing 
there until January, 1850, when upon the invitation of 
some of the most prominent citizens of Meriden, he re- 
moved here and continued in practice until the autumn 
of 1857, when he sold out to Dr. John Tait and removed 
to Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Dr. John Tait, the successor of Dr. Archer, was his 
assistant for a short time, and finally succeeded him in 
practice. He bought the house built by Dr. Barlow and 
afterward owned by Dr. Archer, which he remodeled a 
few years ago. Dr. Timothy F. Davis came here in 
1850, succeeding Dr. Wm. H. Allen, and for eighteen 
years had a large and successful practice.' Dr. Lewis 
Barnes came to Meriden in 1852, and had his office in 
the Meriden Bank building. He removed in a short 
time to Oxford, Conn., where he now resides. Dr. W. 
N. Dunham, a homoeopathist, came here in 1856, re- 
mained a short time, and disposed of his practice to Dr. 
C. W. Ensign who came from Tarifville. Dr. M. F. 
Baldwin was here in 1856. Dr. G. Herrick Wilson, of 
the school of Hahneman, came here in 1857, and has 
built up a large practice. Dr. Roswell Hawley was in 
Meriden in 1858. Dr. Asa Hopkins Churchill, a graduate 
of the Yale Medical school in 1857, succeeded Dr. E. 
W. Hatch in 1859. 

Dr. James Wylie was born in Kilwinning, Ayreshire, 
Scotland, in 1829. He was graduated in surgery from 
the University of Glasgow in the session of 1852-3, and 
in 1853 came to this country. In 1854 he commenced 
practice in Meriden. In 1868 he took a medical and 
surgical degree from a medical school in Philadelphia, 
and returned to Meriden where he still practices. 

I See Biog. Notices. 



470 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Dr. Nehemiah Nickerson, a graduate of the N. Y. 
Medical School, came here for the second time in 1865, 
and was for a time associated with Dr. Wylie. After 
about three years he went to Missouri, and returned 
again to Meriden in 1870, and is now practising here. 
Dr. Frederick Fitch, a graduate of the Bellevue Hospital 
Medical School, came here in 1866. Dr. J. J. Averill, a 
graduate in 1866 of the Yale Medical School, came here 
in 1866. Dr. John McMahon, a graduate of Harvard 
University Medical School, came here in 1867 and re- 
moved to Boston in 1869. Dr. Charles H. S. Davis, a 
graduate of the New York University Medical School, 
came here from Baltimore in 1867, succeeding his father 
in the practice of his profession. Dr. Bodyfield came 
here in 1869, but removed to New Britain in a short 
time. In 1870 Dr. Hamlin, a graduate of the Bellevue 
Hospital Medical School, Dr. Charles Mansfield and Dr. 
E. Newport, the last two Homeopathists, commenced 
practice in Meriden. 

When Dr. Isaac Hough commenced practice, the 
usual fee for visits was twenty-five cents. In Dr. Wood- 
ruft's time it was three shillings ; obstetrical fee three 
dollars. When Dr. Catlin commenced practice here the 
fee was fifty cents, but soon went up to seventyrfive cents. 
Soon after Dr. T. F. Davis commenced practice the 
usual charge was one dollar, then one dollar and twenty- 
five cents. In January, 1868, the Meriden City Medical 
Association adopted the following fee table : 

"For first visit each day, $1 50; subsequent visit same 
day, $1 00; visit to Hanover, $2 00 ; visit at night from 10 
P. M. to 6 A. M., $2 00 ; detention during nights, $3 00 
to $5 00 ; visit in consultation, $3 00 ; obstetrical fee $10 00; 
obstetrical fee with instruments, $15 00 ; travel per mile from 



PHYSICIANS. 471 

city limits within five miles, 50 cts. ; vaccination, $1 50; 
vaccination at office $1 00; office advice, 75 cts.; reducing 
fractures, $5 00 to $15 00; reducing dislocation, $3 00 to 

$15 GO. 

" The foregoing Table contains the standard fees of the 
Medical Profession of Meriden. They shall be increased 
according to the judgment of the practitioner concerned, in 
all cases of extraordinary detention or attendance. Also, in 
proportion to the importance of the case, the responsibility 
attached to it, and services rendered when these are extraor- 
dinary. They shall be diminished at the discretion of the 
Physician when he believes the patient cannot afford to pay 
the regular fees, and yet is able to make some compensation. 
It shall however be considered as unprofessional to diminish 
the standard fees with a view to mercenary competition." 



4/2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXX. 



MANUFACTURES. 



It has been said that no people that holds labor in deris- 
ion can maintain its position for three centuries. Too 
many people spend their time and waste their substance 
upon vain projects forgetting rich without labor. Physi- 
cal labor was cherished by all classes of our ancestors 
with great care. They found themselves obliged to fell 
the trees and till the ground, that they might have bread. 
Agriculture has been the chief resource and occupation 
of a majority of the people, but such is the surface of 
our town, so much of it is covered with rocky and barren 
ridges, that if we had remained exclusively an agricultural 
town, our population would not have increased, and our 
pecuniary circumstances would have been equally 
cramped. Yet our fathers were satisfied if they could 
obtain enough from the ground to support their families. 
Their wants were few and easily satisfied. They manu- 
factured their own garments, and the hand-card and spin- 
ning-wheel were in nearly every habitation. Here lived, 

"The good old farmer . . . 
In his ancestral home — a Puritan 
Who read his Bible daily, loved his God, 
And lived serenely in the faith of Christ. 

. . . His life had run 
Through varied scenes of happiness and woe ; 



MANUFACTURES. 473 

But, constant through the wide vicissitude 
He had confessed the giver of his joys, 
And kissed the hand that took them." 

The prosperity of Meriden is due in a great degree to 
its manufactories. In 1791 Mr. Samuel Yale began to 
manufacture cut nails. He and his son w^orked in a 
small shop on the hill, near the present site of the Center 
Congregational church. Their little machine was w^orked 
by their own hands, and each nail was "headed" sepa- 
rately and by hand. About the year 1794 Mr. Yale 
commenced the manufacture of buttons on a small scale. 
They were made of pewter, and would be considered by 
us a coarse and rough article. But at that time they 
met a ready sale. For a long time only two or three 
men were employed in the business.' 

IVORY COMBS. 

Ivory combs were first made in this country by An- 
drew Lord, of Saybrook, Conn., about eighty years ago. 
He cut out the plates and the teeth by hand with a 
hand-saw ; a slow and expensive process. John Graham 
of Boston, and Mr. Tryon, of Glastenbury, made ivory 
combs about the same time, on a small scale ; the latter 
person using machinery. Ezra and Elisha Pratt, of 
Hartford, also manufactured the article about seventy- 
five years ago, cutting the teeth by hand, like Mr. Lord. 
Abel Pratt, of Saybrook, made ivory combs seventy-two 
years ago. He sawed the plates by hand, and two hun- 
dred and fifty were considered a good day's work ; where- 
as by the present improved processes, over four thousand 
can be sawed out in one day by one man. He cut the 
teeth, however, with circular saws, and machinery moved 

I Perkins. 



474 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

by hand, and afterwards by wind. Ezra Williams also 
commenced the same business in Saybrook soon after 
Mr. Pratt, and began to saw the plates by machinery 
moved by water-power. This establishment afterwards 
was known by the name of George Read & Co. Great 
improvements have been made there in the machinery, 
and at one time nearly all the ivory comb business in 
the country was done by that firm. Various other 
attempts to carry on this business have been made, most 
of which have not succeeded. At the present time, 
most of the ivory combs made in America, are manu- 
factured in Connecticut, and nearly two-thirds of the 
whole are made in Meriden. 

The business was commenced in Meriden in 1 8 19, by 
Merriam & Collins, who used the best machinery 
known at that time. Their establishment was not long 
continued. Howard, Pratt & Co., began to manufacture 
ivory combs in Meriden in 1822. This firm was aiter- 
vvard known as Julius Pratt & Co. Walter Webb & 
Co. commenced the business in 1831 ; Philo Pratt & 
Co., in 1836. The business of the latter firm was sub- 
sequently transferred to Walter Webb & Co., and Mr. 
Pratt became a partner. October 6, 1863, Julius Pratt 
& Co. united their interest with George Reed & Co. 
and Pratt Brothers & Co., of Deep River, forming a 
joint stock company, with a capital of 175,000 dollars, 
under the name of Pratt, Reed & Co. This company at 
their manufactories at Deep River and in this town, 
now turn out from 15,000 to 20,000 combs daily, or over 
six millions annually, besides an endless amount of 
piano and melodeon ivory, etc. Quantities of the combs 
are exported to all parts of North and South America, 
and some are sent to Ensrland. 




'"■'-'^ 6y Sa,^A. Saniw'- 



MANUFACTURES. 475 

BRITANNIA AND PLATED WARES. 

The history of WalHngford would not be complete 
without some account of the manufacture of electro- 
plated wares which constitute so conspicuous a part in 
the industrial interests of the town. Indeed, the present 
prosperity and hopes of future growth in population and 
wealth are so largely dependent upon the enterprises 
connected with this manufacture, that we should not do 
ourselves justice to omit so important a feature of the 
town. This industrial department embraces the various 
manufactures of white metal, pewter, britannia, silver- 
plated and electro-plated wares. 

Among the prominent names of manufacturers of 
pewter and britannia wares in this section, at an early 
day, were those of Boardman, Yale and Griswold. The 
Boardmans located at Hartford ; Griswold at Meriden ; 
and Charles and Hiram Yale in WalHngford. In the 
early history of their business their goods were sold 
chiefly by peddlers. The best pewter ware was a com- 
pound of English tin, known as block tin, and lead, in 
proportions of about one-fifth lead to four-fifths tin. 
The poorer quality contained more lead and antimony 
and less of tin ; and hence more scouring was required to 
keep the wares bright. At first these wares rarely ex- 
tended beyond plates, platters, basins, mugs, spoons, etc. 

The power at first employed was of a truly primitive 
character, being a balance-wheel turned by a crank in 
the hand of a man. A lathe was connected with this 
balance-wheel by means of a belt. On this lathe the 
wares were turned and burnished. The spoons were 
used either in the rough state as they came from the 
mould, or were scraped by hand and burnished. With 



4/6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the exception of the spoons these goods were sold by 
the pound and not by the dozen ; and they were known 
by the dealers as weight ware. 

The Yales were enterprizing and progressive men, 
and soon took the lead in the manufacture of pewter ; 
and they imported from England some skilled artizans 
from the britannia establishments, where the wares 
were made of a superior compound known as britannia 
metal, from which lead was excluded altogether, and 
metals of a harder, and firmer texture were used ; and 
hence they were susceptible of receiving and retaining 
a high polish of which the pewter was incapable. 

By this means the Yales took the lead in the manu- 
facture of britannia goods, such as tea-sets, church 
service, etc. ; and it is noteworthy how different the 
manner of working this metal was in those days com- 
pared with what it is now. Then it was all cast in 
moulds of the shape desired. The wares were then 
considered very fine ; and the art of compounding the 
metal was of great value. 

The demand for this ware became so great that even 
horse-power was insufficient, and a resort to water- 
power became necessary. These men purchased a 
water-power known as Tyler's Mills, in the early settle- 
ment of New Haven County. At this mill, flouring of 
grain and dressing of cloth were accomplished for the 
surrounding country ; and it was located on the Quin- 
nipiac river in the north part of Wallingford, at a place 
now known as Yalesville. This power was improved by 
the erection of a new and substantial dam across the 
entire stream. New and commodious buildings were 
also erected for a business now becoming more and 
more extensive. 




If wViViWt 



MANUFACTURES. 477 

At this juncture the art of spinning britannia met- 
al was introduced into this country. An Englishman 
by the name of Seignor instructed some apprentices 
in the art. And the apprentice system, after the 
custom of Great Britain, was now adopted by this 
company. The apprentice was bound for five years or 
seven years to learn the trade in all its branches ; and at 
the close of the apprenticeship the profound secret of 
compounding and fluxing the metal was imparted. 

Samuel Simpson, the senior partner of Simpson, Hall, 
Miller & Co., served an apprenticeship with this firm, 
beginning April i, 1829; and before its termination, 
Hiram Yale, the junior partner, died. Soon after this, 
Charles Yale, the surviving partner, went into a decline, 
which was precipitated by various misfortunes and dis- 
couragements. Soon after the expiration of Mr. Simp- 
son's apprenticeship Mr. Yale proposed to him and Mr. 
Williams, his former foreman, that they should manufac- 
ture the goods. This arrangement went into effect on 
the 1st of January, 1835. Mr. Yale died the same year. 
Mr. Williams soon after went to Philadelphia, and Mr. 
Simpson remained as successor to the Yales, continuing 
the manufacture of the same and other lines of goods. 
He continued the business until January i, 1847, when 
he sold his manufactory to John Munson, who had been 
with him a number of years. 

About this time the art of electro-plating was intro- 
duced and applied to britannia with very favorable prom- 
ise. Mr. Simpson soon after purchased the old and 
well known water-power next below Yalesville on the 
Ouinnipiac river, previously occupied for cloth-dressing 
and wheat-flouring, and known as the Humiston mills. 
This place is about half a mile west of the railroad 



478 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

depot in Wallingford. The place was fitted up by Mr. 
Simpson for the manufacture of silver plated ware. 
Instead of casting in moulds as formerly, the metal was 
rolled into sheets and cut up into required sizes, and 
shaped by means of chucks and dies fitted to the spin- 
ning lathe and the power press. By this process the 
white metal, after plating, is susceptible of a finish as 
fine and almost as durable as sterling silver, and at a 
cost of not more than about one-fifth. 

At this period plated wares were generally imported 
under the name of Sheffield plate. This was commonly 
plated on copper under the old process of close plating. 
For a while electro-plating in this country encountered 
a deep-seated prejudice. But a test soon satisfied the 
most skeptical, that silver put upon rolled white metal by 
the voltaic battery was both beautiful and durable. 
These facts being well established, the difficulty 
of selling the goods was at an end ; and the electro-plat- 
ing excitement began. 

On Jan. ist, 1833, John Munson, to whom Mr. Simp- 
son had previously sold the manufacture of common 
britannia goods in Meriden, associated with him two 
enterprising young men by the name of Wilcox, and 
under the joint stock law organized an incorporated 
company by the name of the Meriden Britannia Compa- 
ny. This new company, energetic, enterprising, and 
fully alive to passing events, induced Mr. Simpson to 
stock his business with theirs. This arrangement took 
effect Jan. i, 1854. After this Mr. Simpson took an 
active part in the new company, and was not known 
separately in the market until 1866, when the Meriden 
Company proposing to build a large shop near their 
office in Meriden and to concentrate all their works to- 



i 



MANUFACTURES. 479 

gether, Mr. Simpson, after careful deliberation in the 
exercise of his best judgment, dissolved his connection 
with them, preferring to remain at his old establish- 
ment in his native town. 

SIMPSON, HALL, MILLER & CO. 

On the 2nd of July, 1866, Mr. Simpson associated 
with him some practical business young men and some 
skilled artizans, under the name of Simpson, Hall, Miller 
& Co. From such an origin and under such favorable 
auspices, there is now established in Wallingford a 
business of great importance to the welfare and pros- 
perity of the town ; one which may be regarded among 
the foremost for general utility, and which may be 
classed among the fine arts. The prospects now are 
that the manufacture of white metal, for which Walling- 
ford has been noted for the last fifty years, will be en- 
tailed and handed down to other generations, with all 
improvements in the wares, workmanship, plate and 
finish, and the rigid attention to business, and the 
honorable and liberal dealing of the present pro- 
prietors. 

GERMAN SILVER WARE. 

Since the manufacture of plated spoons and forks, &c. 
on German or nickel silver has become so extensive a 
business, and its use so general, it may be interesting to 
know when and where the article originated in the 
United States. We suppose that there can be no ques- 
tion but that the first spoon made was from metal mixed 
or compounded by Robert Wallace, now of the firm of 
Wallace, Simpson & Co., of Wallingford, Conn. Mr. 
Wallace obtained the recipe for the composition of a 
foreigner, and procured the nickel and other necessary 



480 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ingredients in New York in 1836, he at this time being 
but a mere boy, and in the employ of Deacon Aimer Hall, 
of Wallingford, who manufactured britannia or pewter 
spoons. After melting a few pounds of the different 
metals together agreeable to the recipe, he took the 
compound to one of the mills in Waterbury, and had 
it rolled into a sheet suitable to form conveniently into 
spoons. He had it worked up by a practical sterling 
silver worker into a few spoons. It proved to be a good 
thing, looking^ nearly as well as sterling silver, and if 




ROBERT WALLACE. 

anything, more substantial. Mr. Wallace showing what 
he had done to Deacon Hall, Mr. Hall at once saw the 
utility of the article, and immediately took means to 
secure the services of Mr. Wallace and other practical 
men, and in a small way commenced the manufacture 
of tea and table spoons. For some time the sale of 
them was mostly confined to trunk peddlers, who at that 
day infested the country, and sold their ware from house 
to house. 



MANUFACTURES. 48 1 

HALL, ELTON A CO. 

In 1838, Mr. Hall associated with William Elton and 
others, under the name and firm of Hall, Elton & Co. 
Mr. Wallace was under contract with this company a 
number of years, when in 1855, he associated with Mr. 
Simpson and the other stockholders of the Meriden 
Britannia Company, and formed a limited copartnership 
for ten years, under the name of R. Wallace & Co., 
starting the manufacture of German or nickel silver 
in Mr. Simpson's factory, located on the Quinnipiac 
river, known as Humiston's mills; and at the expira- 
tion of the ten years the same individuals incorporated 
under the joint stock law under the name of 

WALLACE, SIMPSON ^fe CO. 

The Meriden Britannia Company contracted from the 
beginning to take all the manufactured articles produced 
by the new firm ; and by improving the water-power 
and building an enlarged factory with new and improved 
machinery, they are now able to turn out about one 
thousand dozen spoons, forks etc., daily, under the direct 
supervision of Mr. Wallace, who it is generally admitted 
cannot be surpassed as a manufacturer, either in point of 
quantity or quality. 

Now from the small beginning by Mr. Wallace thirty- 
three years ago, besides the large business done by 
Wallace, Simpson & Co., the firms of Hall, Elton & Co., 
and Charles Parker Esq. each have establishments 
making a large amount of the same kind of goods in 
Wallingford. Then there are two large establishments 
in Waterbury in the same business, one in Wolcottville, 
one in East Haddam, and one in Taunton, Mass. 
Probably all told, not less than three thousand gross are 



482 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

put into the market daily, amounting to nine hundred 
thousand dozen, or ten millions eight hundred thousand 
single articles in the year, and this in addition to the 
millions of brass, iron, tin and britannia, to say nothing 
of the sterling silver goods. But when we think of fifty 
millions of people who use spoons and forks, it may not 
seem so strange that one out of five has a new plated 
one every year. 

MERIDEN BRITANNIA COMPANY. 

The Meriden Britannia Company was established in 
1852, the factory at that time being near the site of the 
substantial buildings which compose the present exten- 
sive series of factories. The warehouse in New York 
has been at 199 Broadway since 1 860. The factory embra- 
ces several buildings, the chief one being the most impos- 
ing structure in the city. Its dimensions are 527 feet by 
40. The whole number of buildings is about half-a-dozen. 
They are principally of brick, built especially for the 
varied purposes of the business, and are nearly all four 
stories in height, and occupy four acres of ground in the 
heart of the city. In the busiest seasons there are em- 
ployed in all the various departments about nine hun- 
dred experienced operatives of both sexes. The value 
of the merchandise usually on hand at one time at the 
factory and warehouse is about $ i ,000,000 ; and this 
estimate is independent of the immense amount of costly 
machinery, tools, etc., employed in the manufactory. 
The annual sales of the company and the various 
companies they own a controling interest in, average 
$2,500,000 ; and the goods are now sent to the trade 
not only throughout the United States, but largely to 
the British Provinces, West Indies, South America, 



MANUFACTURES. 483 

Mexico, Pacific Coast, and even to England, France, 
parts of Africa, to Australia and to China. The 
specialities, or leading lines of these goods are nickel 
silver and fine white metal electro-plated wares. All 
these are enumerated and elaborately illustrated in the 
price-list and appendix issued by the house ; one edition 
of which, inclusive of the numerous splendid engravings, 
cost them nearly ^40,000. This item alone is signifi- 
cant of the liberality and enterprise of the company. 
Another fact worthy of note is that they manufacture 
more pieces of nickel silver and table ware than all other 
similar establishments in the world combined, outside of 
Connecticut. This company manufacture of nickel 
silver, 20,ooo pounds per month ; of white metal goods, 
from 40,000 to 50,000 pounds per month ; and during 
twelve months in 1868 and 1869 they used in electro- 
plating over ^200,000 worth of pure silver. 

On our tour through the establishment, which by the 
way, comprises one mile of flooring forty feet in width, 
we were particularly struck with the huge size of much 
of the machinery, for instance, the rollers, which are the 
largest used in this kind of business in the United 
States ; one press for raising and imparting the orna- 
mental figures to the wares, weighing 26,000 pounds, and 
having a stamping and pressing power of perhaps 400 
tons. The amount of coal used is about 1,500 tons per 
year. The most important part of the machinery used 
was made expressly for the company and patented by 
them ; and one additional evidence of the excellence of 
the manufactures is found in the fact that the older 
members of the concern have had constant practical 
experience in the business for between thirty and forty 
years. The officers of the company are as follows : 



484 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Horace C. Wilcox, President ; Dennis C. Wilcox, 
Secretary ; George R. Curtis, Treasurer ; Isaac C. 
Lewis, Superintendent. 

WOOLEN GOODS. J. WILCOX & CO. 

One of the most extensive manufactories in Meriden 
is that of Mr. Jedediah Wilcox, President of the cor- 
poration of J. Wilcox & Co., whose history suppHes 
another addition to the remarkable instances of success- 
ful enterprise. Mr. Wilcox commenced the manufacture 
of carpet-bags in 1848, and labored industriously in the 
business until 1850, and had at that period accumulated 
a capital of only ^1,500. He then associated with him- 
self a partner who contributed an equal sum ; and that 
year their sales amounted to ^75,000. This partnership 
however, did not continue beyond the year, when Mr. 
Wilcox purchased his partner's interest and continued 
the business, which rapidly increased, and in 1853 he 
admitted two partners, establishing the firm name of J. 
Wilcox & Co., which is still retained. The manufacture 
of ladies' belts was soon added to the business. Mr. 
Wilcox not only attended to the general business of the 
firm, but himself sold all the goods manufactured, which 
sales soon amounted to $300,000 per year. A large 
number of hands were employed in the factory, and 
teams were run through this and all the adjoining towns 
delivering work, and thus hundreds of families were 
furnished employment. 

In 1858 the manufacture of hoop-skirts was com- 
menced, which soon became so much in demand that 
the sale of these alone soon amounted to ^300,000 
per year. For several years, skirts and corsets were 
the leading articles of the firm's manufacture. The prin- 




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MANUFACTURES. 485 

cipal factory was then situated on the corner of Pratt and 
Camp streets, having a front of i6o feet, and an average 
depth of 1 1 5 feet. At this factory about four hundred 
dozen skirts were made daily, and a proportionate quan- 
tity of corsets. Two other shops in town were also en- 
gaged in making skirts for the firm. There were over 
five hundred hands employed. In i860 it being difficult 
to obtain the tape used in the manufacture of skirts, a 
building 135 by 40 feet, two and one-half stories high, 
was erected a few rods south of the other buildings in 
Pratt street, and filled with woolen machinery for the 
manufacture of balmoral skirts. An extensive dye- 
house and other buildings were soon added, and a large 
boarding house for the convenience of the operatives. 
The firm now consisted of five members, and in 1864, 
was organized into a joint stock corporation with a capi- 
tal of $200,000, the stockholders and directors being 
Jedediah Wilcox, Hezekiah H. Miller, Charles H. Col- 
lins, Eli I. Merriman and Edmund N. Wilcox. In 1865 
the capital stock was increased to $300,000, and the 
company were doing a very large and profitable business, 
when the works were destroyed by fire on the third 
of May, 1865. This was the largest fire which ever 
occurred in Meriden, destroying $250,000 worth of 
property. It was however well insured, and the company 
immediately commenced erecting the splendid brick 
mill on the opposite side of the street, which is filled 
with costly machinery for the manufacture of various 
kinds of woolen goods, in which 500,000 pounds of 
wool is consumed yearly. The company manufacture 
large quantities and various styles of ladies' cloakings, 
shawls, flannels, balmoral skirts, cassimeres, etc., and so 
high do these goods stand in the market that they are 



486 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

often compelled to run their works nights to fill their 
orders. 

GUNS AND HARDWARE. CHARLES PARKER. 

Charles Parker commenced the manufacture of coffee- 
mills in 1832, in a factory 25 feet by 40, two stories high, 
with horse power. He now occupies sixteen different 
buildings, with dimensions as follows: No. i, office and 
plating room, 18 feet by 45. No. 2, coffee-mill and 
burnishing shop with additions, 20 by 26, used as a store 
and varnish room ; also addition for a coffee-mill shop, 1 5 
by 25. No. 3, spectacle shop, 20 by 108. No. 4, tobacco- 
box shop and friction rollers. No. 5, coffee-mill shop, 
etc., 25 by 30, with addition, used as a store and varnish 
room. No. 6, vise shop, 25 by 160. No. 7, engine and 
boiler-room, 29 by 48. No. 8, finishing shop, 24 by lOO. 
No. 9, store-house, 60 by 100. No. 10, screw shop, 30 
by 200. No II, foundry, 66 by 360, with additions. 
No. 12, blacksmith-shop, 16 by 20. No. 13, coal house, 
20 by 20. No. 14, annealing shop, 20 by 20. No 15, 
coffee-mill shop, 30 by 45, with additions, 28 by 25, for 
oiling shop ; also a japanning room, 10 by 15. No. 16, 
packing-room and carpenter-shop, 30 by 30. These 
buildings have been built from time to time as the busi- 
ness increased and demanded more room. The motive 
power is furnished by an 80 horse-power Corliss engine. 
Mr. Parker has, in connection with business here four 
other concerns controlled by him ; one located two miles 
east of the city, one two miles west, one two miles south, 
and another half a mile west, where there are made iron 
spoons, ladles and forks, scales and hinges, machinery 
and guns, britannia spoons, and German silver spoons 
and forks ; employing at these four concerns at different 
localities about three hundred persons, besides two 







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MANUFACTURES. 487 

hundred which are occupied in manufacturing coffee-mills, 
screws, spectacles, eye-glasses, tobacco-boxes, vises, butts, 
lanterns, match-safes, faucets, iron bench-screws, scis- 
sors and shears, cranks and rollers, barn-door hangers 
and rollers, gate and plain hinges, gridirons, bed-keys, 
wagon-jacks, scrapers, pulleys, lamp-hooks, window- 
springs, thumb-latches, hammers, gimlets, call and 
hand-bells, &c. 

Probably there is no manufactory in the country that 
manufactures such a variety of goods as Mr. Parker. 
Among other inventions and improvements introduced 
to the public by Mr. Parker, is a breech-loading, double 
barreled shot-gun, which is the result of over two years of 
the most thorough experiments, and is claimed to be the 
best gun in use in this or any other country. The bar- 
rels are self-locked. The advantages claimed for his 
cartridge are, that it is a central-fire, coned, metallic 
cartridge, and is capped with the ordinary percussion 
caps. The weight of the gun is from 7 1-4 to 7 3-4 lbs. 
In connection is the United States Screw Company, 
incorporated in 1863, owned by Mr. Parker. The ma- 
chinery for this branch of his business is all new and of 
the most approved kind. 

THE MERIDEN CUTLERY COMPANY. 

The business of this house dates its origin as far back 
as the year 1834, when its pioneers, Messrs. G. & D. N. 
Ropes were engaged in the manufacture of cutlery in 
the state of Maine. They were the earliest manufac- 
turers of American cutlery. A few years afterward Mr. A. 
R. Moen of New York, commenced the manufacture of 
table cutlery in Wethersfield, Conn. His business passed 
into the hands of Messrs. Julius Pratt and Co., of 
Meriden, and they conducted it for about two years, hav- 



488 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ing their office in Water-Street, New York. In 1845 a 
company was formed in West Meriden which consoli- 
dated the business of the two establishments under the 
firm style of Pratt, Ropes, Webb & Co., Mr. D. N. 
Ropes having been the junior partner of the pioneer 
house. He erected a factory in Hanover, where the firm 
carried on the business till 1855, when the present joint- 
stock company was formed, and succeeded to the business 
under the now well-known name of the Meriden Cutlery 
Company. The factory consists of a series of substan- 
tial buildings, occupying from four to five acres of ground, 
its vast workshops being about six in number. The 
buildings comprising the main works and wing are 
four stories high, 300 feet by 36 ; the forge shop is one 
story, 160 feet by 38 ; the tempering house one story, 80 
feet by 20 ; the joiner's repair shop two stories, 50 feet 
by 25 ; the plating house two stories, 45 feet by 36 ; and 
the steel and store-house two stories, 70 feet by 30. A 
new and commodious building for the business offices 
has recently been erected. On other portions of the 
grounds the company have built numerous tenements 
which already accommodate some sixty families of their 
operatives, while the building which constitutes their 
boarding-house provides for at least one hundred men. 
The number of men employed ranges from 300 to 400. 
The company use water-power exclusively. This is sup- 
plied by their dam, the overflow of which is nearly 200 
feet wide, and equal to 300 horse-power. The works 
are supplied with a turbine wheel which cost about 
$6,000 before leaving the establishment where it was 
made. The coal used by the company and consumed 
chiefly in the forge department, amounts to over 800 
tons a year. The steel is both of American and English 



MANUFACTURES. 489 

production. The materials for the handles, such as 
pearl, ivory, rubber, horn, and such woods as cocoa, 
ebony and rose, are all imported. The rubber is vul- 
canized in this country. The goods manufactured by 
this house embrace about five hundred different styles. 
Mr. J. C. Breckenridge, who died in April, 1870, was 
connected with the works for twenty-two years. He 
entered the establishment as a mechanic, and by his own 
energy and abilities rose by degrees to be foreman and 
finally superintendent, which post he occupied for about 
ten years. 

JAPANNED AND TIN WARE. IVES, RUTTY * CO. 

Nathan F. Goodrich commenced the manufacture of 
japanned and tin ware about forty years ago, in a build- 
ing twenty by fifteen feet. The business was continued 
two years, when the firm was Goodrich & Rutty, and 
remained under that name till 1852, when Eli Ives and 
Elias Howell were admitted, making it Goodrich, Ives 
& Rutty. Mr. Goodrich retired in 1864, and Edwin 
R. Crocker and Nelson Payne were admitted, making the 
firm Ives, Rutty & Co. They occupy a two story building 
built in the form of a hollow square, 330 by 28 feet. 
They employ seventy persons, and use 4,000 tons of 
tin annually. The manufactory is located nearly a mile 
from the Meriden Post-Office, south. 

LAMP TRIMMINGS &C. — EDWARD MILLER & CO. 

The firm of Edward Miller & Co. was incorpora- 
ted in 1866 with a capital of $200,000. Edward Miller, 
President, F. J. Seymour, Secretary, and W. H. Perkins, 
Treasurer. The manufacture is principally lamp trim- 
mings for oil, fluid and kerosene lamps, besides 
numerous articles from brass, copper, German silver, 

H H 



490 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

iron and britannia. An extensive rolling mill is also 
connected with the works ( the building being 70 by 
140 feet), erected in the fall of 1868 for the manu- 
facture of brass for their own consumption. The 
main building is 210 by 40, with wing 100 by 40 feet. 
The motive power is furnished by a 150 horse-power 
engine, Corliss pattern, Harris's make, with three cyl- 
inder boilers, 4 by 16 feet. This company use 300,000 lbs. 
of brass, and do a business of ^300,000 annually. This 
business was commenced about twenty years ago by 
Edward Miller, using foot and horse- power, making as a 
speciality candle-stick springs, which have continued to 
be made up to the present time, having barrels of them 
ordered in one day. 

MERIDEN MALLEABLE IRON CO. 

The Meriden Malleable Iron Company was incorpo- 
rated in 1868, being successors of J. H. Canfield & Co., 
and Lyon, Augur & Co. The main building is of brick, 
31 by 73 feet, three stories, and is used for a finishing 
shop. There are besides two buildings adjoining, 50 by 
104 feet, and 40 by no feet, and another, 24 by 36 feet, 
all one story. The motive power is furnished by a thirty 
horse-power Corliss engine, made by Harris, with one 
cylinder boiler. The works are located near the railroad 
in the northern part of the city, and can be seen from 
the cars, which pass in close proximity to them. The 
concern employs sixty persons, and manufactures on an 
average, twenty tons of malleable iron and twenty tons 
of grey iron per month, besides house-furnishing hard- 
ware, etc., etc. 

CASTERS. FOSTER, MERRIAM & CO. 

Foster, Merriam & Co., incorporated in 1866, for the 
manufacture of furniture casters, with a capital of 



MANUFACTURES. 49 1 

),C)00. The building is lOO by 30 feet, three stories high, 
with brass foundry attached, 30 by 30 feet ; iron foundry, 
built in 1865, of brick, 100 by 60 feet, with wing, 30 by 
40 feet. This company employs sixty persons, and turns 
out about 50,000 sets of casters per month, besides 
screws for piano stools, etc. They make 40,000 lbs. of 
castings, and consume 40 tons of iron per month, the 
motive power being furnished by a 1 5 horse-power en- 
gine, built in 1849. This business was established about 
1835. John Sutliff, President; Albert Foster, 
Secretary and Treasurer. 

hardware. THE PARKER & WHIPPLE CO. 

The Parker and Whipple Co. was incorporated in 1868, 
with a capital of ^100,000, being successors to Parker 
and Whipple, who are the officers of the company. The 
firm of Parker and Whipple commenced here in 1859 ^^^ 
continued so up to the date of incorporation. The main 
building is 75 by 100 feet, used as a lock shop. The 
foundry is 60 by 70, with wings, 30 by 40 feet ; a brass 
foundry, 30 by 25 feet, and other buildings are used in the 
prosecution of the business. The works cover about 
one half acre, and are situated about one mile west 
from the railroad. This company employs seventy per- 
sons, and uses 300 tons per year of iron, and 50,000 lbs. 
of brass. They manufacture principally door locks and 
knobs, builders' hardware and trimmings. J. E. Parker, 
President ; Henry J. P. Whipple, Treasurer. 

SPOKES AND wheels. 

Elihu Hall & Co. of Wallingford were incorporated 
January, 1864, for the manufacture of carriage wheels, 
spokes, hubs, &c., with a capital of $15,000. E. Hall, 
President, E. H. Ives, Secretary and Treasurer. This 



492 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

company are successors to E. Hall & Sons, who com- 
menced here in 1856, the business being previously 
established by the father in 1835. The main building is 
40 by 80, three stories, built of wood, with an addition 
30 by 50, two stories. This company manufacture 
about 400,000 spokes and 2000 sets of wheels per year. 
The works are located near the depot. 

BUTTONS. 

The PoMEROY Manufacturing Co. of Wallingford 
was incorporated in 1856, with a capital of ^15,000, for 
the manufacture of buttons of every variety. The 
manufactory is located about three quarters of a mile 
east of the depot, covering about one half an acre. The 
power is furnished by an overshot wheel, the fall here 
being sixteen feet. This company do a business of 
^20,000 per year. L. Pomeroy, President; F. Miller, 
Secretary and Treasurer. 

BORING TOOLS. 

Gaylord Brothers commenced business in Walling- 
ford in 1864, manufacturing gimlets and boring tools. 
Their building is about 30 by 50, two stories. They 
employ about fifteen persons. The power is furnished 
by a twenty-four feet breast wheel, the fall being twenty- 
one feet, located on Waterman's brook, a branch of the 
Quinnipiac, about one mile east of the depot. 

SILK manufacture. 

The Community Silk Factory in Wallingford was 
established in 1869. It is situated on a valuable water- 
power near the village, and employs about 30 hands in 
the manufacture of machine twist. The works are now 
(1870) in process of enlargement. Amount of raw silk 
consumed annually, 3640 lbs., valued at $36,000. 



MANUFACTURES. 493 

PIANO STOOLS. 

E. D. Castelow commenced the manufacture of 
piano stools in i860. He now occupies a building 75 
by 22 feet, two stories high, with wing 20 by 12 feet, one 
story high, located on Mechanic street, Meriden. Mr. 
Castelow employs seven persons, and consumes 25,000 
feet of lumber annually in the manufacture of his stools 
and the boxing of them ; turning out about nine dozen 
piano stools per week, besides stools for stores, shops, etc. 

TIN WARE. 

S. S. Clark commenced the manufacture of plain and 
japanned tin ware about the year 1838, the business hav- 
ing been established about fifty years previous. For the 
past year he has turned his attention to the manufacture 
of coal oil, tin and iron goods, lanterns and lantern 
trimmings. The building is on Main street, Meriden, 
and is 60 by 90 feet, two stories, and employs sixty 
persons. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

C. Rogers & Brothers commenced in 1865 the manu- 
facture of coffin trimmings, tea-pot knobs, spoons and 
forks, etc. They occupy a building 20 by 23 and 20 by 
20, respectively. They do a business of about $30,000 
per year. 

A. H. Merriam commenced business in Meriden in 
April, 1868. He manufactures turning and drill lathes, 
presses, punches, etc. He employs five persons, and his 
works are run by a Corliss engine. 

Wilmot Brothers commenced the manufacture of 
elastic furniture and door fenders about i860. The 
monthly productions are about $3,000 worth. 



494 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Charles A. Roberts occupies a two story building 
20 by 30 feet, located on Crown-street, Meriden, for the 
manufacture of stationery goods, such as inkstands, pen- 
racks, bill-files, weights, etc. He commenced here in 1852. 

The Wilcox Silver Plate Co. was incorporated in 

1865. Capital $250,000. The Parker & Caspar Co., 
manufacturers of silver plated ware, was incorporated in 

1866, with a capital of $60,000. In 1869 this company 
became associated with the Wilcox Silver Plate Co. 

The Meriden Steam Mill Lumber Co. was incor- 
porated in 1867. Capital $75,000. 

G. I. Mix & Co. occupy a large factory at Yalesville in 
the manufacture of tinned iron spoons, and hollow ware. 

The QuiNNiPiAc Paper Co. are established at Quin- 
nipiac, two miles south of Wallingford village, for the 
manufacture of printing paper. 

In 1849 th^ manufactures in Meriden were as follows, 
omitting the ordinary mechanic arts which furnished 
articles for use in the town : 

Julius Pratt & Co.; ivory combs. Employed forty-two 
hands. Walter Webb & Co. ; ivory combs. Employed 
thirty-three hands. Pratt, Ropes, Webb & Co. ; table 
cutlery. Employed seventy-five hands. Curtis, Morgan & 
Co. ; locks, latches, and small iron castings. Employed 
fifty hands. Raw material, annually consumed, $12,000. 
Charles Parker, coffee-mills, latches, vises, britannia and 
plated spoons and various iron castings. Employed sixty 
hands. C. & E. Parker ; brass and iron castings. Oliver 
Snow & Co. ; iron pumps, and all kinds of machinery to or- 
der. Employed twenty hands. Foster, Merriam & Co., 
casters, and a variety of brass and iron castings. Employed 
fourteen hands. Raw material, $8,000. Julius Parker; 
harness trimmings, hinges and iron castings. Employed 



MANUFACTURES. 495 

eight hands. Henry M. Foster; Spring balances and 
steelyards. Employed three hands. Julius Ives ; cast iron 
inkstands. Employed three hands. H. T. Wilcox ; steel- 
yards and bit braces. Employed seven hands. Raw material 
$7,000. Sanford, Parmelee & Co. ; augers, skates, rakes 
and bits. Employed forty hands. Stedman & Clark ; 
plain and japanned tin ware. Employed forty hands. Raw 
material $20,000. Goodrich &: Rutty ; plain and japanned 
tin ware. Employed eighteen hands. Raw material $10,000. 
Lauren T. Merriam ; plain and japanned tin ware. Em- 
ployed twenty-five hands. Raw material $6,000. H. W. 
Curtis ; plain and japanned tin ware. Employed eight 
hands Raw material $6,000. Charles Pomeroy ; plain 
and japanned tin ware. Employed eighteen hands. Blakes- 
LEE, Stiles & Co. ; plain and japanned tin ware. Employed 
four hands. Charles Waterman ; kettle ears and candle- 
sticks. Employed five hands. Frary & Benham ; britannia 
ware. Employed ten hands. Raw material $20,000. Wm. 
Lyman ; britannia ware. Employed six hands. Isaac C. 
Lewis ; britannia ware. Employed eight hands. Raw ma- 
terial $8,000. S. L. Cone ; britannia ware. Employed four 
hands. L. G. Baldwin ; britannia ware and spoons. Em- 
ployed five hands. Crocker & Pratt; brass and plated 
articles, like letters for signs, lamp chains, stove ornaments, &c. 
Employed twenty hands. Edwin Birdsey ; wood turning, 
wooden combs and packing boxes. Employed fifteen hands. 
Raw material $8,000. Birdsey & Williams ; bone buttons. 
Employed twelve hands. Raw material $7,000. H. Griswold ; 
bone buttons. Employed twenty hands. Raw material, $8000. 
Calvin Coe ; neat's foot oil, ground bones and gypsum. 
Employed four hands. Wm. Hale ; suspenders. Hands 
worked at their own houses. Raw material $20,000. Jede- 
diah Wilcox ; carpet 'bags. W. • K. & S. L. Treat; sashes, 
blinds and doors. Employed five hands. Osgood & Co. ; 
platform scales. Employed three hands. Samuel Yale; 
tin ware and lamp screws. Employed four hands. 



496 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY. 

This institution is located about one mile west of the 
village of Wallingford. Its buildings occupy a conspic- 
uous site on the old Hartford and New Haven turnpike, 
commanding a view of the Quinnipiac valley for several 
miles in either direction. Its orchards, vineyards and 
gardens, extend from the banks of the river nearly to 
the summit of "Mount Tom," as the Communists have 
named the high land west of their dwellings. 

The Wallingford Community consists of between 
forty and fifty members, and is a branch of the well 
known Oneida Community, in the State of New York, 
the two institutions holding their interests in common, 
and exchanging men and means as circumstances re- 
quire. Its domain consists of 240 acres, which are 
chiefly devoted to grazing and the production of straw- 
berries, raspberries, grapes and other small fruits. Its 
harvest of strawberries has amounted in a single year to 
over one thousand bushels. Less attention is however, 
given by the Communists at the present time to horticul- 
ture than formerly. Their main industries now are print- 
ing and silk-manufacturing. Their printing-office is some- 
what noted for its excellent work, and attracts its share 
of patronage from the neighboring cities and villages, 
besides accommodating the citizens of Wallingford. 



WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY. 



497 



The silk manufactory has been in operation less than a 
year, and affords employment to about thirty hands 
exclusive of superintendents. It is regarded as a branch 
of the Oneida silk-factory, where about one hundred 
hands are employed. The silk made here is sent to 
Oneida to be colored, spooled and otherwise prepared 
for the market. 

The founders of the Wallingford Community were 
representatives of old and respectable families of Wall- 
ingford. It was commenced in 185 1 by Mr. Henry 
Allen' and family, including his wife and four children, 




HENRY ALLEN. 

and his sister, Miss Eliza A. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Allen, 
having become convinced of the truth of the principles 
held by J. H. Noyes and the Oneida Communists, deter- 
mined to embody them in practical life, and accordingly 
invited members from the Oneida Community to assist 
in the formation of a Community here. Of these dele- 

I Henry Allen, son of Jared and Abigail Allen, born May 30, 1804, m. 
Emily H. Button, whose grandfather Col. Wm. Douglass was an officer of 
the revolution. 



498 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

gates Mrs. M. E. Cragin, Mr. L. H. Bradley, Mr. E. H. 
Hamilton and Mrs. S. C. Hamilton were most efficient 
during the first years of the Community. Mr. B. Bris- 
tol and family of Cheshire soon joined ; additional 
members came from Oneida ; an occasional addition was 
made from surrounding society ; and thus its present 
number has been attained. It should be mentioned in 
this connection, that the community have not for some 
years past, received any new additions to their number, 
the limit of their accommodations having been reached. 
The principles of the Wallingford Community, and of 
the kindred societies at Oneida and Willow Place, New 
York, in respect to religion, property and social relations, 
are peculiar, and have been subject to no little comment 
by the public press. Their religious doctrines are thus 
briefly stated in their publications : 

"The Communists have no formal creed, but are firmly and 
unanimously attached to the Bible as the text book of the 
spirit of truth ; to Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God ; 
to the Apostles and Primitive Church, as the exponents of 
the everlasting Gospel. Their belief is, that the second 
advent of Christ took place at the period of the destruction 
of Jerusalem ; that at that time there was a primary resurrec- 
tion and judgment in the spiritual world; that the final 
kingdom of God then began in the heavens ; that the mani- 
festation of that kingdom in the visible world is now 
approaching ; that its approach is ushering in the second and 
final resurrection and judgment ; that a church on earth is 
now rising to meet the approaching kingdom in the heavens, 
and to become its duplicate and representative ; that inspira- 
tion, or open communication with God and the heavens, involv- 
ing perfect holiness, is the element of connection between the 
church on earth and the church in the heavens, and the power 
by which the kingdom of God is to be established and reign 
in the world." 



WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY. 499 

Thus believing that the prayer — "Thy kingdom 
come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" — is 
to be fulfilled, they proceed to make a practical applica- 
tion of what they conceive to be gospel principles to all 
the relations of life. They make no provision for 
selfishness, and hence exclude from their society all 
private ownership. They endeavor, in short, to conform 
to the model of society exhibited to the world on the 
day of Pentecost, when " the multitude of them that 
believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said 
any of them that aught of the things which he possessed 
was his own ; but they had all things common." 

The Communists do not limit the Pentecostal prin- 
ciple to ordinary property interests. They affirm that 
the same spirit which abolished exclusiveness in regard 
to money, on the day of Pentecost, would abolish, if 
circumstances allowed full scope to it, exclusiveness in 
regard to women and children. Still, they claim that 
they are not "free lovers" in the common sense of the 
term, or in any sense that makes love less binding or re- 
sponsible than it is in ordinary marriage. They call their 
system of social relations " complex marriage," and say : 

"We receive no members (except by deception or mistake) 
who do not give heart and hand to the family interest for life 
and forever. Community of property extends just as far as 
freedom of love. Every man's care and every dollar of the 
common property is pledged for the maintenance and pro- 
tection of the women and education of the children of the 
Community. Whoever will take the trouble to follow our 
track from the beginning will find no forsaken women or 
children by the way. In this respect we claim to be in ad- 
vance of marriage and common civilization." 

Among the advantages of their new mode of life, as 
stated by the Communists, are these : the abolishment 



500 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

of all distinctions of rich and poor, and of all forms of 
social oppression ; the elevation of labor ; improved 
conditions of intellectual and religious culture ; greater 
variety of occupation and better opportunities for the 
development of natural talent ; relief from anxiety and 
corroding cares ; and superior conditions of health. 

Education is a subject of prime interest with the 
associated Communities. An academy recently erected 
at Oneida, now under the superintendence of competent 




JOHN HUMPHREY NOYES.' 

instructors, offers good educational facilities to the youth 
of both sexes of all the Communities. Besides, for a 
number of years the Communities have maintained two 

I John Humphrey Noyes, son of Hon. John Noyes of Putney, Ver- 
mont, and sixth in direct line of descent from Nicholas Noyes, who emi- 
grated in 1634 and settled at Newbury Mass., was born at Brattleboro, Vt., 
Sept. 3, 181 1. On the maternal side he is descended from the Hayeses, 
Russells and Trowbridges of New Haven County. Graduated at Dart- 
mouth College in 1830; studied theology at Andover and New Haven; 
was licensed to preach in 1833. His license was soon withdrawn in conse- 
quence of his radical views on Salvation from Sin and other topics. 
Founder of Oneida and Wallingford Communities ; author of the Berean, 
a theological volume, History of American Socialisms and other works. 



WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY. 5OI 

or more students in a collegiate course abroad. At 
present three young men of the Wallingford Community 
attend the Sheffield Scientific School at New Haven. 
The Circular, the weekly organ of the Communities 
was printed here during the years 1864- 1868. Their 
principal publications are, the Ha)idbook, a pamphlet of 
71 pages, containing a sketch of the history and doc- 
trines of the Communities, and of Mr. J. H. Noyes their 
founder ; the Berean, a doctrinal work of 500 pages by 
Mr. Noyes ; and a History of American Socialisms, also by 
Mr. Noyes. The last named work was recently published 
by Lippincott & Co. of Philadelphia, though printed by 
the Wallingford Community. It contains sketches of all 
the socialistic experiments worthy of note, which have 
been made in the United States during the last forty 
years. 



I I 



502 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



THE MERIDEN RIOT. 



In 1837 there was a strong and bitter feeling in Meriden 
against the abolitionists. It is true the propagation of 
an ultra anti-slavery feeling among the people of the 
New England States had been going forward for many 
years from various motives and in various methods ; but 
in Meriden the soil was poor for its growth and pros- 
perity. The object of the abolition movement, said the 
democrats, was not humanity ; it was to produce a sec- 
tional hatred between the North and South. In 1837 the 
vote in Meriden was Democratic about 200, Whig about 
150, Abolition about 12. The abolitionists in Meriden 
were principally men of property and influence. They 
evidently believed that ideas were not dug from the 
earth, did not grow upon trees, nor were rained down 
from heaven ; but that they were a communicated power, 
usually received from without, and rarely from within. 
They thought that slavery was a monstrous sin. If 
others doubted it, so much the more benighted must 
they be, and so much more they needed enlightenment. 
The number of abolitionists was small, but with the aid 
they received from abroad, they were enabled to create a 
profound sensation by their labors. 



MEKIDEN RIOT. 503 

The Rev. Mr. Granger was settled as pastor of the 
Congregational society in 1836 ; but was not interested 
in the anti-slavery movement. In the fall of 1837 the 
Rev. Mr. Ludlow, who had gained some notoriety as an 
anti-slavery lecturer, was requested by Messrs. Levi Yale, 
Julius Pratt, Fenner Bush, Major Cowles, Zina K. Mur- 
dock aud others, to deliver a lecture in the Congregational 
church. The notice was given from the pulpit by Mr. 
Granger the Sabbath previous, and for a few days there 
was considerable excitement in the town, some declaring 
that Mr. Ludlow should not speak in the church. Mr. 
James S. Brooks with other influential men used their 
influence to prevent the meeting being held. When it 
was found that it was impossible to prevent the meeting 
a movement was organized to break it up ; and parties, 
not only in Meriden, but from Berlin, Southington and 
Wallingford, determined to be present and break up the 
meeting by force, if necessary. 

The day arrived for the meeting and Mr. Ludlow, who 
was stopping with Mr. Granger, proceeded to the church, 
the basement soon being filled by ladies and gentlemen, 
some of them from the neighboring towns. Soon after 
Mr. Ludlow commenced speaking, it was whispered 
around that trouble was brewing outside ; the door was 
then locked and several benches were placed against it. 
A large number were congregated outside, most of them 
lookers-on, not intending to take part in any demonstra- 
tions. Several stones were thrown against the door ; 
then two men by the name of Thompson procured a log 
of wood from the wood-pile of Mr. R. H. Beckley, who 
then had his harness-shop in the west end of the old 
tavern ; with this log used as a ram, they soon battered 
down the door, and the audience were at once showered 



504 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

with rotten eggs and other missiles. Several ladies 
fainted, and many of the audience ran through the cellar 
up into the body of the church. Mr. Luther Beckley 
was sexton of the church at that time, and he attempted 
to pass through the cellar, when he was stopped by Mr. 
J. Y., who had some words with him, and finally drew a 
knife. Mr. Beckley clinched with him and after a severe 
struggle threw him, and passed on to the upper part of 
the house. Mr. Beckley had taken no part in the riot, 
and was merely a spectator. A large basket of eggs 
was procured from the store opposite the tavern, and as 
soon as any one came out of the church they were at 
once made a target for the eggs. Mr. Hotchkiss and his 
wife from Berlin and Mr. Harlow Isbell were severely 
treated. Messrs. Stephen Seymour and Zina K. Mur- 
dock, in endeavoring to remove Mr. Ludlow from the 
crowd, received a shower of eggs and stones. There 
were two or three personal encounters, and several blows 
struck, but no one was seriously hurt. A number of 
men were arrested and a long trial ensued. The 
Thompson brothers were fined fifty dollars and impris- 
oned six months. The cost to Mr. Ira Twiss, who kept 
the tavern, was over a thousand dollars. 

The affair created a great deal of excitement through- 
out the state. At a church meeting, February 24, 1838, 
a resolution was offered by Mr. Fenner Bush, expressing 
the satisfaction of the church with the course pursued 
by Mr. Granger in relation to the " Meriden riots," and 
that they were fully convinced that he advanced no 
doctrine unauthorized by the word of God, or opposed 
to the dictates of humanity. Twenty-eight voted for 
this resolution, and a solemn protest signed by fifteen 
members of the church was presented ; and a committee 



MERIDEN RIOT. 505 

was appointed to carry the vote of the church before the 
Consociation. The following was the 

"Decision of the Consociation, March 14, 1838, in 
reference to difficulties submitted to them, growing out of 
opposition to the Anti-Slavery cause. 

"to the congregational church and society in MERIDEN : 

" Dear Brethren : — We have patiently and prayerfully 
considered the difficulties between you and your Pastor, and 
have arrived at the following unanimous result. 

"While the difficulties are a subject of deep regret to us as 
friends of Zion, we feel that they ought to lead you to serious 
self examination ; for the Saviour hath said, ' it must needs 
be that offences come, but woe unto that man by whom the 
offence cometh.' Your difficulties do not seem to have 
originated with your Pastor. They commenced among your- 
selves. We conceive that your complaint against him arose 
from the decided stand he was compelled to take after the dis- 
graceful riot that occurred here in October last. In the course 
he then pursued, we feel that he is to be justified. He exer- 
cised his right to plead a cause, against which the hand of 
violence had been raised. We consider that he would have 
been an unfaithful watchman, if he had not lifted up his voice 
in defence of a privilege which is dearer than life itself 

"The erroneous principle which lies at the foundation of 
your difficulties we discover to be this — an opinion among 
some that the subject of slaveiy is not proper to be introduced 
into the pulpit. It is the judgment of this Consociation that 
a minister is at perfect liberty to introduce into the pulpit all 
subjects that pertain to the relations which men sustain to each 
other and to God. On all these subjects the Bible has abun- 
dant instruction, and Ministers must not shun to declare the 
whole counsel of God, whether men will hear, or whether 
they will forbear. 

"Your Pastor maintained his neutrality on this subject of 
slavery, as long as we think he consistently could with a 
sacred regard to the welfare of this place, and the interests of 



506 HISTORY OP" WALLINGFORD. 

eternal truth. Considering the pecuUarly trying circum- 
stances in which he was placed, we admire the wisdom and 
prudence which your Pastor exercised. We know not how 
any one could have conducted better for the interests of this 
community. And now, we discover no insuperable obstacle 
to his influence and usefulness. We regard your Pastor as 
an able and faithful minister of the Gospel. He has been 
useful among you ; — he may be still. We discover no good 
reason why your Pastor should be dismissed. We do think 
the source of existing evils is among the people, and they 
should strive to remove it. 

" But had your pastor been guilty of such conduct as should 
dissolve his connection with this people, we can not too 
strongly disapprove of the measures adopted in the present 
case. In any society a few individuals might inflict irrepara- 
ble injury on a minister and on a community by circulating for 
subscription a paper drawn up in an informal and illegal meet- 
ing. In this way impressions may be made and reports may be 
.spread, such as would never proceed from a regular meeting. 

"When difficulties arise between a Pastor and his flock, efforts 
should first be made to heal them. They should become the 
subject of conversation and prayer between him and the persons 
aggrieved. Then if they can not be removed, and if they are 
such as call for a separation between the parties concerned, the 
Church and Society should proceed in the same open, manly 
and christian manner to remove their minister, as they did to 
settle him. In this respect, the Consociation judge that an 
improper course was adopted by those who moved in the 
recent transaction before the regular meeting of the Church 
and Society. 

" In drawing our results to a close, we are constrained to 
express our surprise and joy to find no more serious grounds 
of complaint between you and your Pastor. By cherishing 
towards each other a spirit of brotherly kindness and charity, 
the way will be prepared for mutual happiness and usefulness. 

" We entreat you, brethren, remember to be kind and court- 



MERIDEN RIOT. 507 

eoLis, forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any 
man have a ground against any. Forget not your relations 
to Christ, to one another, and to your Minister. In all these, 
cherish the spirit of Him whose you are and whom you 
serve." 

This was follov^red with a " declaration of general 
principles " and signed by " Leveritt Griggs, Scribe of 
the Consociation, Meriden March 14, 1838." 

Mr. Granger published 

"A sermon preached to the Congregational Church and 
Society in Meriden, at the request of several respectable 
Anti-Abolitionists." 

In the introduction Mr. Granger states that 

" The preaching and publication of the following sermon, 
have been occasioned by a humiliating scene — a scene that 
will be incorporated into the future history of our hitherto 
quiet and peaceable town, and go down the line of posterity 
to the latest period of recorded time." 

"April 15, 1846. The Church met this day by special 
appointment, and after deliberation adopted the following 
vote. Resolved, that the system of Slavery, as it exists in 
the United States, is essentially sinful and admits of no 
justification from the word of God." 



508 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 



" To wryte of a Mannes I^yfe mote bee enowe to saie of somme he was 
ybore and deceased ; odher somme lacketh recytalle, as manie notable 
matters bee contained in yee storie." 

Life of W. Canynge, bie Rowley. 

DR. AAKON ANDREWS 

Was a Son of Denizen Andrews of Meriden, and was 
born in that part of Wallingford. He settled as a 
Physician in the first, or Old Society. He owned and 
occupied the house now owned by Samuel B. Parmelee 
Esq. Doct. Andrews when living, was regarded by his 
friends and neighbors as a very skillful and able physi- 
cian, and as such won a highly enviable position with 
them and the profession, and it is to be regretted that 
a more extended notice of him could not be made. 

DR. JOHN ANDREWS 

Was a Son of Dr. Aaron Andrews, and was for many 
years an influential and very successful physician in 
Wallingford, and enjoyed an extensive practice with 
the confidence of the community. He was often 
called by the choice of his fellow citizens to fill important 
offices. He was a member of the Convention in 1818, 
which gave the State of Connecticut her present con- 



BIOGRAPHIES. 509 

stitution. He married Abigail Atwater, a daughter of 
Capt. Caleb Atwater, for his first wife, and Anna Noyes, 
daughter of Rev. James and Anna Noyes, for his second 
wife. After her decease he left Wallingford and went to 
Penfield, Ohio, to spend his old age with his son, and died 
at the house of his son William, aged 86 years. His 
remains were, at his request, brought to Wallingford for 
interment. 

HON. SHERLOCK J. ANDREWS 

Is the son of Dr. John Andrews, and was born in Wall- 
ingford, Nov. 17, 1 80 1. He was graduated at Yale 
College in 1821, and studied law in the Yale Law School. 
He removed to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1825, and was a 
member of Congress from Ohio from 1841 to 1843. He 
was for several years Judge of the Superior Court of 
Cleveland, and in 1851 was a member of the convention 
that formed the present constitution of Ohio. He mar- 
ried in 1828 Ursula McCurdy Allen, daughter of the 
Hon. John Allen, late of Litchfield, Conn., and has five 
children ; a son and four daughters. 

HON. WILLIAM ANDREWS 

Son of the late Dr. John Andrews, was born in Walling- 
ford, and is now a successful farmer at Penfield, Ohio. 
He has been honored by frequent elections to the Legis- 
lature of Ohio, and is a highly respected citizen of his 
adopted state. 

HON. JOHN WHITING ANDREWS 

Son of the late Dr. John Andrews, was graduated at 
Yale College in 1830. After finishing his law studies, he 
went to Columbus, Ohio, where he soon took high rank 
as a lawyer, and as such commands the respect of the 
people of the whole Community in which he lives. 



5IO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

JONATHAN ATWATER 

Was a merchant of New Haven. In 1702, Feb. 12, he 
bought of Henry Cook of Wallingford, one hundred and 
eighteen acres of land, near the Honey Pat Brook in the 
western part of Wallingford, now Cheshire. The same 
farm has been in the family name ever since, and has 
come down as follows : first to Jonathan Atwater Jr. ; 
second to his son Abraham Atwater ; third to Samuel 
Atwater, and fourth to Flamen Atwater ; and then 
recently to the heirs of Flamen, who had lived to the 
age of 70 or more years, and was born on the place. 
This branch of the Atwater family emanates from a 
different branch than others of the same name in Chesh- 
ire and Wallingford, although of the same original stock. 

CAPT. CALEB ATWATER, 

Son of Joshua and Sarah (Yale) Atwater, and grandson 
of John Atwater, the first of the name who permanently 
settled in the village of Wallingford, was born Sept. 5, 
1 74 1. At suitable age after the decease of his father, 
he articled himself as an apprentice to learn the art, 
trade and mystery of shoe and harness making and tan- 
ning leather. At the termination of his apprenticeship, 
he commenced business for himself, adopting as his 
motto. Be diligent, be honest, and owe no man. In 
the different branches of his business he was successful, 
and as soon as his means would permit he opened a 
store of goods. At this time his business rapidly in- 
creased, and for many years he was extensively and suc- 
cessfully engaged as a merchant. He was endowed with 
extraordinary good judgment and business talent. He 
seldom if ever failed of success in any of his numerous 
enterprises. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 5II 

He was one of the Connecticut Land Company which 
purchased of the state of Connecticut the Western Re- 
serve or New Connecticut in Ohio ; and though one of 
the largest purchasers, he found it convenient to pay 
cash in full for all of his purchases on receiving his 
deeds. Among other lands in the different counties of 
the Reserve, was the entire township of Atwater in 
Portage Co., which, with the exception of 200 acres set 
apart for religious purposes by him, he gave to his son 
Joshua; and he afterwards caused a tract of land in 
Auburn, Granger County, to be surveyed into 65 lots of 
100 acres each, giving one lot to each of his grandchil- 
dren, numbering over fifty, and the balance of his west- 
ern land to be divided among his children. He was at 
this time a man of great wealth. 

For many years he was a worthy member of the Con- 
gregational church, and was highly esteemed and honored 
by all who knew him. At the advanced age of 91, in 
the full enjoyment of his mental faculties, he died deeply 
lamented. 

DEACON JOSHUA ATWATER 

Was an only son of Caleb and Abigail (Jones) Atwater, 
and was born February 8, 1773. He was bred a mer- 
chant, and for several years occupied the old stand of his 
father, where he prosecuted quite an extensive busi- 
ness. He was a highly respected gentleman, honorable 
and honest in all his business transactions. He was a 
deacon of the Congregational church for many years, 
and occupied a highly respectable position among all 
classes of his fellow citizens in his native town and 
wherever known. He died at the age of 89 years, be- 
loved and respected by all who knew him. 



512 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

CALEB ATWATER 

Son of Joshua, and grandson of Capt. Caleb Atwater, 
was born July ii, 1804; removed to Atwater, Ohio, in 
1823, to take charge and dispose of Western Reserve 
Lands, and to engage in merchandize. That country at 
that date was quite new. For over forty years he resi- 
ded in the town of Atwater and city of Cleveland, an 
interested observer of the growth and advance of the 
Western Reserve and entire state of Ohio to its present 
greatness. In 1865 he removed from Cleveland to his 
native town, Wallingford, the oldest remaining member 
of his father's family. 

DEACON JOHN ATWATER 

Son of Joshua Atwater, born July 19, 1815, now resides 
at his father's old homestead, which was the home of his 
grandfather and great grandfather, it being the same 
farm originally owned and occupied by his great great 
grandfather John Atwater, who was son of David Atwa- 
ter of New Haven, and who was one of the original 
Planters of New Haven, A. D. 1637. 

HON. EDGAR ATWATER 

Son of Joshua and Elizabeth Atwater, and grandson of 
Caleb Atwater, was a young man of more than ordinary 
promise and ability. As a public speaker he was en- 
dowed with an uncommon gift. In 1841 he was elected 
a Senator from the sixth Senatorial district to the 
Connecticut Legislature, and was a popular and a very 
influential member of that body. He died in 1850, at 
the age of 38 years, lamented by all who knew him. 

JOHN BAULCOT 

Of Farmington, Eng., came into Wallingford about the 
beginning of the last century, and settled in the eastern 
section of the town on an old road that formerly ran 



BIOGRAPHIES. 513 

south from the site of the late Col. Russel Hall's 
barn. This old road on which lived a number of families 
has long since been closed, and the dwellings they once 
occupied are now gone to decay. His will was dated 
Feb. 19, 1745-6, and is recorded in the books of the 
Probate Court at New Haven. The inventory of his 
property amounted to ;^i839, los. 2d. After giving 
to the Congregational Church at Wallingford the sum 
of ^3 for a Silver Cup, he gave " all the remainder of 
his property to the Lord Jesus Christ, the interest of 
which to be expended towards keeping up two lectures 
in said first church, to be called Baulcot's Lectures, 
forever ; but if any of his brothers' or sisters' children 
claim the property within forty years, then the estate 
shall go to them." He married Naomi Thorp, Dec. 20, 
1710. 

THOMAS BEACH 

Was a son of John, of Stratford. He married Ruth 
Peck, May 12, 1680. He located on the farm late the 
property of Cephas Johnson, and built the old house 
that was taken down to make way for the present one 
built by Mr. Johnson on the old site. He died in Meri- 
den May 13, 1741, aged 82 years, and was interred in 
the old burying-ground on burying-yard hill, about a 
mile to the south-west of Meriden center. 

JOHN BEACH 

Came from New Haven to Wallingford with the first 
company of Pjanters in 1670, and located himself in the 
southerly portion of the town, and I suppose him to be 
a pmtyFier of Thomas Beach above. He was a man 
of some consequence in the settlement, and was fre- 
quently elected to some of the offices in the gift of the 
people. 



514 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 

STEPHEN BEACH 

Was born in Wallingford, March 15, 1790. Without the 
advantages of a collegiate education, but with a remark- 
able love of learning,, and strong intellectual powers, he 
became a good scholar and an excellent preacher. He 
was admitted to Deacon's Orders in St. Michael's Church, 
R. I., by Bishop Griswold, on the twentieth of October, 
181 5. Immediately after his ordination he removed to 
the northern part of Vermont, where, for several years, 
he officiated in the three parishes of St. Albans, Fairfield 
and Sheldon. He was the only clergyman of the Epis- 
copal church of that day, north of Vergennes. He was 
admitted to Priest's orders by Bishop Griswold, in Hold- 
erness, N. H., August 20, 18 17. In 1822 he removed 
from Vermont to take charge of the parish at Salisbury 
in the state of Connecticut. Here also he was known, 
as he had been in Vermont, as a successful founder of 
churches, and his name is gratefully remembered through- 
out that part of the State. In 1833 he removed from 
Salisbury to Essex in the same State, taking charge of 
that parish in connection with St. Stephen's Church, East 
Haddam. Under his zealous ministry, each of these 
parishes soon grew to require and be able to support 
the entire service of a minister; and in 1836 Mr. Beach 
resigned the parish at Essex and became pastor at East 
Haddam. His ministry in this place, abundantly blessed, 
was continued for two years only, when he died at the 
age of forty-seven, on the fourteenth day of January, 1838. 

In 1 8 14 he was married to a daughter of Amos 
Billings of Guilford, Vermont. Two of his sons are 
highly respectable clergymen of the Episcopal church ; 
one, Amos Billings, rector of Christ church, Binghamp- 



BIOGRAPHIES. 515 

ton, N. Y., the other, Alfred Billings (now D. D. ), rector 
of St. Peter's church, New York city. 

Although called in the Providence of God to occupy 
positions in the church to which he belonged remote 
and comparatively but little known, yet it may be said 
with truth, that few of its ministers have been more 
useful, or have in the same period of time done more in 
this country for the extension of that church, and its 
permanent establishment in destitute places, than did 
Mr. Beach. 

As a preacher, he was remarkably clear, earnest, 
plain and instructive. He excelled in extemporaneous 
preaching. Taking a strong hold of what he regarded 
as truth or duty, his conduct was always consistent with 
his professions and convictions. At the same time, he 
was singularly humble and charitable, and was therefore 
greatly respected and beloved by all who knew him, and 
not less by those who were not, than by those who were, 
of his own church and persuasion. 

MOSES YALE BEACH. 

The life of Moses Y. Beach, well known as the late 
proprietor of the New York Suji, the pioneer of the 
penny press, while it presents no remarkable variety of 
changes or incidents, is attractive in tracing the steps 
of a determined man. 

His great grandfather and grandfather, both bearing 
the name of Moses Beach, each lived in succession on 
the same farm, to good old age, ranking among the 
more respectable men of the settlement ; and when each 
in turn had answered the call of nature, their pos- 
sessions passed to Moses Sperry Beach, who married 
Lucretia Yale, a daughter of Captain Elihu and Lucre- 
tia (Stanley) Yale, a descendant of Thomas Yale, who 



5l6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

settled in Wallingford in 1670. Of this couple, Moses 
Yale Beach was an only son. When at the age of four 
months Mr. Beach was deprived of his mother by the 
hand of death ; and as his father's business called him 
much from home, he was confided to the care of his 
step-mother. As soon as his age would permit he was 
taught to do " chores," and at the age of ten years he 
took charge of considerable of the out-door work on the 
farm, besides going a long distance to school. From 
four o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night 
he was generally up and doing, and yet found leisure to 
exercise his mechanical ingenuity in the manufacture of 
playthings for himself and others. 

At a suitable age he was, at his own solicitation, bound 
an apprentice to Mr. Daniel Dewey, a cabinet maker at 
Hartford. His industry soon excited the attention of 
his master, who was a close man, but who finally made 
a contract by which young Beach was allowed two cents 
an hour for extra work. Mr. Beach afterwards said, 
that he never felt happier at any time during his life, at 
success in any thing, than he did on the occasion of 
closing that contract. Early and late he worked, and 
the pennies began to accumulate. Finally he made a 
bargain for his time after he should arrive at the age 
of eighteen years, for which he was to pay the sum of 
1^400. This arrangement gave him new life, and when 
the time had come round he had saved between one 
and two hundred dollars more than enough to pay for 
his freedom, with which he commenced life. 

He went to Northampton and worked a short time as 
a journeyman. After a while he formed a copartnership 
with a young man by the name of Loveland. Their 
work was much celebrated ; in testimony of which they 



BIOGRAPHIES. 51/ 

received the first premium of the FrankHn Institute. 
While thus employed under a fair sky, he married 
Nancy Day of West Springfield, Mass. 

In 1835 he removed to New York, where he shortly 
after bought the interest of Mr. Wisner in the Nezu 
York Sun, on a credit of ^5,200. In the course of the 
following year, he bargained with Kenjamin H. Day, his 
partner, for the remaining half, for the sum of ^19,500. 
The first six months after he became the entire owner of 
the paper it did not prove as profitable as he had expect- 
ed, and he was ready to sell it out, and offered it and 
all the propert)' he then possessed, if any one would take 
it off his hands and pay his obligations to Mr. Day ; but 
not succeeding in effecting a sale, he went to work with 
renewed ardor, and before two years had passed, the last 
dollar was paid off and he was once more in the 
ascendant. 

From 1838 his course was steadily upward. His 
ability and enterprise in the management of his busi- 
ness excited the envy of some ; but notwithstanding 
this, there are very few, if any, who knew him personally, 
who did not value him as a friend. Notwithstanding 
his many and severe labors, together with his failing 
health in middle life, he lived to the age of sixty-nine 
years, and died possessed of the largest estate of any 
native of Wallingford who had died in the town. 

CHILDREN. 

Drusilla Brewster, b. Nov. 30, 1820; m. Alexander 
Kursted of Tannersville, N. Y., Jan. i, 1848. In 1849 
they removed to Delaware County, N. Y. Moses 
Sperry, b. Oct. 5, 1822 ; m. Chloe Buckingham of 
Waterbury, in 1842. Resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Henry Day, b. Aug. 8, 1824; m. Annie Fordham. Re- 

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sides at May's Landing, N. J. Alfred Ely, b. Sept. i, 
1826; m. Harriet E. Holcomb of Boston, Mass., June 30, 
1847. Resides in Stratford, Conn. Joseph Perkins, b. 




July 16, 1828; m. Eliza M. Betts of New York city, 
March 20, 1850. Resides in Cheshire, Conn. Eveline 



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Shepherd, b. July 27, 1830; d. Aug. 18, 1830. Mary 
Ely, b. Aug., 1834; d. 1834. William Yale, b. Jan. 7, 
1836; m. Emma A. Munson of Wallingford, where he 
now resides. 

REV. JOSEPH BELLAMY, D. D. 

Was born in Wallingford, parish of Cheshire, 1719. He 
was a son of Matthew, and grandson of Matthew of 
Fairfield and Killingworth, Conn. He was graduated at 
Yale College — studied for the ministry, and settled at 
Bethlem in 1740. He married Frances Sherman of 
New Haven, April 27, 1744. She died August 30, 1785. 
He died March 6, 1760. 

He was a large, well-built man of commanding appear- 
ance, had a smooth, strong voice, and could fill the 
largest house, without any unnatural elevation. He was 
possessed of a truly great mind, and generally preached 
without notes. He usually had some great doctrinal 
point to establish, and would keep close to his subject 
until he had sufficiently illustrated it ; then, in an in- 
genious, close and pungent manner, he would make the 
application. 

When he felt well, and was animated by a large audi- 
ence he would preach incomparably. Though he paid 
little attention to language, yet when he became warm, 
and filled with his subject, he would, from the native 
vigor of his soul, produce the most commanding strokes 
of eloquence, making his audience alive. There is noth- 
ing in his writings, though a learned and great divine, 
equal to what was to be seen and heard in his preaching ; 
and it is difficult for any one who never heard him to 
form a just idea of the force and beauty of his preach- 
ing. He died at Bethlem in Litchfield county, Conn. 



520 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

STEPHEN ROWE BRADLEY, LL.D. 

Was born in Wallingford, Cheshire Parish, Oct. 20, 1754, 
and graduated at Yale in 1775. He was the aid of Gen. 
Wooster when that officer was slain. He settled in 
Vermont, and became one of the most popular men in 
that State. In 1791 he was elected to the Senate of the 
United States, and continued a member of that body for 
sixteen years. He died at Walpole, New Hampshire, 
Dec. 16, 1830, aged 75 years. 

JOHN BROCKETT 

Was one of the earliest settlers in Wallingford ; was 
there with his friend John Moss in 1668, and possibly 
before, making preparations for the settlement of a vil- 
lage there, and was selected by the New Haven committee 
to act as one of the sub-committee to manage the affairs 
of the new settlement until such time as it should become 
strong enough to manage its own affairs. The lot which 
was assigned him and on which he located himself, was 
at the south end of the village, a short distance below the 
present residence of Constant Webb, and extending over 
to Wharton's brook, embracing a portion of the land of 
Giles Hall and the house of the late Edward L. Hall. 
He died March 12, 1689, aged 80 years. His eldest son 
John was born in England, and settled near Muddy 
River in North Haven, as a Physician. He died Nov., 
1720, and was the progenitor of most of the Brockett 
families in that locality. 

JAMES CARRINGTON, ESQ. 

Was born in Wallingford and was during his whole 
life one of the most prominent of her citizens. He 
was the first post-master ever appointed for Wallingford, 
having the appointment in 1798, and continued in 



BIOGRAPHIES. 521 

the discharge of its duties until the close of his life. In 
person he was a large, well-built man, of commanding 
appearance and address. For many years he conducted 
the singing in the old Congregational meeting-house, 
until it was taken down in 1824, giving great satisfaction 
as a leader. He was superintendent of the gun factory 
for the late Eli Whitney, Esq., at Whitneyville, and 
such was the confidence of Mr. Whitney in his ability, 
that he gave him the entire charge of the business for 
many years. His death was lamented by a large circle 
of friends and neighbors. 

LIVERIUS CARRINGTON, ESQ. 

Studied medicine with Dr. Billions Kirtland of Walling- 
ford, but never practised his profession. He entered 
into the mercantile business in early life as a partner 
with the late George B. Kirtland, and continued with 
him through life. He vyas remarkable for his fund of 
liveliness. He had a peculiar way of pleasing his patrons 
and friends, especially the young ; and his many noble 
qualities will long live in their memories. The firm of 
Carrington and Kirtland, at the decease of Mr. C, was 
one of the oldest, if not the oldest, in New Haven county. 

DANIEL CLARK 

Married Elizabeth, daughter of James Miles of Walling- 
ford. She died April 19, 1755. He was a sea captain, 
and engaged largely in the shipping business. Being 
successful, he built at the foot of town hill, a house 
which was then the largest in the township, being 40 feet 
square on the front, and three stories high. It was after- 
ward occupied by Nathaniel Hitchcock, and finally sold 
to Joel Rice, who caused it to be taken down. He died 
Aug. 17, 1774, aged 6^. 



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522 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

COL. THADDEUS COOK 

Son of Samuel, the son of Samuel, was born in that 
part of the town now embraced in the township of 
Cheshire. On the breaking out of the war of the Revo- 
lution he entered into the service of his country ; was 
made Colonel of his regiment, and was under the com- 
mand of Gen. Gates during the memorable battle at Sara- 
toga in 1777, and greatly distinguished himself as a 
brave and skillful officer. He died in Wallingford, Feb. 
28, 1800, aged 72 years. 

SAMUEL COOK 

Son of Col. Thaddeus, was born in Wallingford, and 
was eminently qualified for a public man. Although pos- 
sessed of a large real estate, he was ever ready to serve 
the public in almost any position to which he might be 
called. He was often a member of the General Assembly, 
and a selectman of the town. ^He was noted for his nat- 
ural gift in controlling those brought under his special 
authority. One look from him at one naturally indolent, 
was sufficient to arouse in him spirited action. A per- 
son once said to me, that he always loved and feared the 
presence of old Esq. Cook. He was active in the es- 
tablishment of the Union Academy, which flourished for 
some years after its charter was granted, and was an 
honor to the town. As a farmer he had few if any 
superiors in his town or State. He died Sept. 27, 1824, 
aged 66 years. 

CAPT. JOEL COOK 

Born in Wallingford in 1760. At the age of 16 he en- 
tered the army of the Revolution with his father, Col. 
Isaac Cook of Wallingford, and served to the end. In 
j8ii he was at the battle of Tippecanoe. In 181 3 he 



BIOGRAPHIES. 523 

resided in New Haven, and in 1849 he removed from 
Yonkers to Deer Park, Long Island, where he died on 
the 1 8th day of Dec, 1831, aged 92 years. It was this 
man who built the small stucco house standing on the 
east side of East street in the city of New Haven. 

REV. BENJAMIN DOOLITTLE. 

In the year 171 8, Rev. Benjamin Doolittle, of Wall- 
ingford, preached in Northfield, Mass. ; the people 
desired him to settle, and promised him ^65 as annual 
salary, and quite a liberal amount of money and land as 
"settlement." Mr. Doolittle continued there until Jan- 
uary 9, 1748, when he died, in the fifty-fifth year of his 
age, and the thirtieth of his ministry. On the North- 
field records, one of their highways is laid out, "from 
Pochaug meadow to a little brook where Mr. Doolittle's 
horse died." The following is the epitaph on his tomb- 
stone : 

" Blessed with good intellectual parts, 
Well skilled in two important arts, 
Nobly he filled the double station 
Both of a preacher and physician. 
To cure man's sicknesses and sins, 
He took unwearied care and pains ; 
And strove to make his patient whole 
Throughout, in body and in soul. 
He loved his God, loved to do good. 
To all his friends vast kindness showed. 
Nor could his enemies exclaim 
And say, he was not kind to them. 
His labors met a sudden close : 
Now he enjoys a sweet repose. 
And when the just to life shall rise, 
Among; the first he'll mount the skies." 



524 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

LIEUT. ABRAHAM DOOLITTLE 

Was an inn-keeper during the French war. His house 
was the most noted tavern on the main road between 
Boston and New York. Lord Loudon, while on his way 
to Canada, put up at Doolittle's house with his coach 
and four splendid horses. The landlord was much in 
the habit of using large words out of their appropriate 
place and meaning. On this occasion he felt a special 
call for them. In the morning he carefully looked at 
the fine blooded team in presence of his titled guest 
and on each of the horses employed every superlative of 
a considerable character until he came to the fourth ani- 
mal. "What do you think of that one.''" asked his 
lordship. " It is a precarious good horse," replied the 
landlord. The word precarious stuck to Mr. Doolittle 
as long as he lived. The house was removed from its 
old site, and is now the building on the south corner, 
opposite the Congregational church. It was placed 
where it now stands by Eben Smith, who occupied it 
as a hotel for several years. 

DEA. THOMAS FENN 

The son of Thomas Fenn of Wallingford, was born in 
Wallingford in the year 1735, and removed to West- 
bury in early life with his father, April 19, 1760. He 
represented the towns of Watertown and Waterbury, 
in thirty-five Sessions, beginning in 1778. He was a 
Justice of the Peace and a Deacon of the Congrega- 
tional Church of Watertown for many years. Through 
a long life he was an influential and much respected citi- 
zen. He married Abiah, daughter of Richard Welton 
of Waterbury, by whom he had six sons and two 
daughters. He was a captain in the Revolutionary 
army. He died August i, 1818. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 525 

HON. SAMUEL A. FOOT, LL.D. 

Was a son of Rev. John Foot of Cheshire, and was 
born Nov. 8, 1780. He graduated at Yale College in 
1797, studied law, and commenced practice in his 
native village. He married Miss Eudocia Hull, daughter 
of Gen. Andrew Hull, of Cheshire, and became a part- 
ner with Mr. Hull in commercial business at New 
Haven. In 1 8 19 he was elected a member of Congress, 
and reelected in 1823 and 1834. He was elected 
Speaker of the House of Representatives of Conn, in 
1825-6, and was chosen a Senator in Congress from 
1827 to 1833. In 1834 he was elected Governor of 
Connecticut, and during that year received from Yale 
College the degree of LL.D. He died Sept. 16, 1846, 
aged 66 years. He left three sons, viz. : the Hon. John 
A. Foot, of Cleveland, Ohio ; Rear Admiral Andrew 
H. Foot, U. S. N., who died at New Haven ; Augustus 
E. Foot, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio. 

HON. LYMAN HALL 

Was bnrn in Wallingford. He graduated at Yale Col- 
lege in 1747, studied medicine, and located himself at 
Midway, Georgia. Having earnestly and zealously 
espoused the cause of his country in her struggle with 
the mother country during the Revolution, his efforts 
contributed much to induce the people of Georgia to 
join the confederacy. He was in May, 1775, elected to 
Congress, as a member of which he signed the Decla- 
ration of Independence, and continued in that body till 
the close of 1780. In 1783 he was elected Governor 
of Georgia. He died Feb, 1791, aged 66 years. He 
was a son of the Hon. John and Mary (Lyman) Hall, 
of Wallingford. 



526 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

DANIEL HART 

Was born in Wallingford, and removed to Goshen in 
early life. He owned and occupied when living in 
Wallingford the house now occupied by the heirs of 
Lyman Hall, and known as the Aaron Yale place. He 
was a man of worth, and much respected. 

REV. LUTHER HART 

Was his son, and was born at Goshen, July 27, 1783. 
His mother was a woman of superior mind. She came 
from a family on Long Island. In childhood he was 
distinguished for his great fondness for books and love 
of music. In his sixteenth year he became converted 
and united with the church at Torrington, where the 
family then resided. He felt a desire then to enter the 
ministry. The expense however was an effectual barrier 
to his desires, and he learned the trade of a house car- 
penter of his father. In the meantime he became 
acquainted with the rudiments of an English education, 
and acquired an intimate acquaintance of men and 
things, of human nature as seen in the affairs of common 
life, of which clergymen as a class are lamentably defi- 
cient. His trade he never forgot through life, and during 
his preparatory studies continued to exercise his skill as 
a worker on wood for profit, and at a later period for 
exercise and recreation. In the latter part of the year 
1802, or early in 1803, he commenced his preparatory 
course of studies under the direction of his pastor, the 
Rev. Alexander Gillette. In September, 1803, he entered 
Yale college. He at once took high rank, and at his 
graduation in 1807, received one of the highest honors 
of the institution. After a year devoted to teaching, he 
commenced his theological studies under the Rev. Dr. 
Porter of Washington, Conn., and finished them at An- 



BIOGRAPHIES. 52/ 

dover, Mass. In a short time he was called to Plymouth, 
Conn., where he was ordained and installed over the 
Congregational church and society in Sept., 1810. He 
married a daughter of Gen. Daniel and Martha (Humis- 
ton) Potter. He was an interesting and able preacher, 
and few men in the State were more generally acceptable. 
He was lively and pleasant in conversation, easy and 
agreeable in his manners. He died April 25, 1834; left 
no children. 

NATHANIEL HART 

Of Wallingford, owned the farm on which afterwards 
lived Jeremiah Hall, who married his daughter. The old 
Hart house stood a little south of the one in which Mr. 
Hall lived. Mr. Hart was a carpenter and joiner, and 
when in advanced life, used to boast of having built 
eleven meeting-houses, one of which is now ( 1870) 
standing in Farmington. In his old age he went to 
Goshen to reside with his sons. He built the steeple on 
the old three story Congregational meeting-house in 
Wallingford, about 1745. He died some sixty years ago, 
aged ninety years. 

GIDEON HOSFORD 

Was an inn-keeper in Wallingford, and is said to have 
built the house now known as the residence of the late 
Abijah Ives, on the plains, in which for many years he 
kept an inn. This house is still standing on its original 
foundation, on the corner of the old colony road and 
the road leading to Hosford's bridge, in a rather dilapi- 
dated condition. 

DR. ZEPHANIAH HULL 

Was a son of John and Sarah Hull, of Wallingford, and 
was born in what is now Cheshire, in 1728. Studied 
the profession of medicine at an early age ; married 



528 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Hannah, daughter of Cook, March 28, 1749, and 

soon after removed to Bethlem in Woodbury, probably 
through the influence of Dr. Bellamy, who was a native 
of the same town and a few years his senior. He died 
Nov. 10, 1760, the same day with his wife, in the " Great 
Sickness." They were buried in one grave, and two of 
his children and a young man living in his house died a 
few days later. Soon after these deaths, and while others 
were sick in the house, a Deacon Strong, near by, raised 
a flock of eleven quails, which flew over the house and 
dropped in the garden. Immediately after, three of them 
rose and flew into the bushes, but the other eight were 
found dead, and in an hour afterwards putrified, became 
offensive and were buried. As a physician and as a 
man Dr. Hull ever sustained a high character, in the 
place of his adoption. 

JAMES HUMISTON, ESQ. 

Was a prominent citizen of Wallingford. He frequently 
represented his town in the Legislature of the State. 
Was often one of the select men of the town, and as 
proprietor of the old mill which to this day bears his 
name, conducted a large business. Subsequently he 
added to his milling business that of wool carding, dye- 
ing, dressing cloth, &c., continuing the same to the 
close of his life. 

TURHAND KIRTLAND 

Was born in Wallingford, November 16, 1755. He 
was a descendant of John Kirtland, who was one of the 
thirty-six heads of families who settled at Saybrook in 
1635. In the year 1776 he was in the provisional 
service at New York, at the time of the defeat of the 
American army on Long Island, and was engaged on 



BIOGRAPHIES. 529 

board the boats which conveyed our retreating forces 
over to the mainland. He, with most of the company, 
was attacked with the mahgnant camp distemper, 
typhoid dysentery, and was discharged at Saw-pits. 
After his recovery and return home, he pursued for a 
number of years the occupation of carriage-making and 
farming, in his native town. He was one of the original 
members of the Connecticut Land company, which 
purchased the title to the Western Reserve, or New 
Connecticut. As agent for the company, he conducted 
a boat loaded with surveyors, emigrants and provisions 
up the Mohawk river through Wood creek, Oneida and 
Ontario lakes, into Niagara river ; from thence hauled 
it around the falls on the Canada side, and navigated up 
the river and through Lake Erie into Grand river, a little 
above the present city of Painesville, in the year 1798. 
In the same capacity he annually visited the West until 
1803, when he removed his family to Ohio, and located 
at Poland, where he resided until his death, August 16 
1844. As agent or proprietor, he disposed of extensive 
tracts of new lands ; and he took an active and influ- 
ential part in promoting settlements and introducing 
schools and various improvements. For a time he was 
a Senator in the State Legislature, and Associate Judge 
in the court of Common Pleas of Ohio. He was 
distinguished for his integrity and active business habits. 
As one of the earlier settlers, he saw the Connecticut 
Reserve in its primitive condition a perfect wilderness, 
and lived to see it thickly peopled by the best regulated 
and most intelligent population to be found in the 
Union out of New England. When in Wallingford he 
owned and occupied the house and farm of the late 
Amos Button. 



530 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

GEORGE B. KIRTLAND, ESQ. 

During his whole Ufe was an example worthy of 
imitation. He was universally regarded as an hon- 
est, upright and intelligent merchant and business 
man. He made it a principle never to recommend 
an article beyond what it would bear. He died in 
1869, having lived out the full number of years 
allotted to man, greatly lamented by the whole com- 
munity, and especially by the Episcopal church, of 
which he was a consistent and worthy member. He was 
the last male member of the once highly respectable 
Kirtland family in Wallingford. 

JARED POTTER KIRTLAND, M.D., LL.D. 

A son of Turhand and Mary Kirtland, and grandson of 
Dr. Jared Potter, a distinguished physician of Walling- 
ford. He was born Nov. 10, 1793, in the town of 
Wallingford. He received his classical education 
chiefly in Cheshire and Wallingford academies, and 
was for a time a pupil of Rev. Dr. Tillotson Bronson, 
the then Principal of the Cheshire Episcopal Academy. 
In 1 8 10 he commenced the study of medicine, and 
became a private pupil of Drs. Eli Ives and Nathan 
Smith, of New Haven, until 1812, when he entered 
the first class in the Medical Department of Yale Col- 
lege, and was the first who signed the matriculation 
book in the charge of Prof Jonathan Knight. At the 
close of the medical term, he with others formed a class 
for the study of botany and mineralogy, which, together 
with their medical studies, was pursued under Prof Eli 
Ives and Benjamin Silliman. In 18 14 he entered the 
Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 
and soon after passed an examination for a medical 
degree before the medical faculty of Yale College. The 



BIOGRAPHIES. 53 1 

subject of his Thesis was, " Our Indigenous Vegetable 
Materia Medica," a private subject of one of his teach- 
ers, Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, and in consonance 
more with his own taste than other points of his pro- 
fession. 

In May, 1814, he married CaroHne, daughter of 
Joshua and Ehzabeth (Cook) Atwater of WalHngford, 
and soon after commenced the practice of medicine in 
that place, which he continued until 18 17, when at a 
town meeting held at Durham he was invited to locate 
in that town as a physician, which invitation he accepted. 
His practice here soon became large ; but with it he 
found time to interest himself in the culture of fruits 
and flowers, of which he was very fond. In 1823 he re- 
moved to Poland, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where, although 
continuing to practice his profession of medicine when- 
ever called upon, he gave his time and thoughts mainly 
to the culture of his farm, garden and orchard. 

In 1837 he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, and at first 
established himself in the town or city ; but soon tiring 
of the confined limits of a city residence, he purchased 
one hundred and seventy-five acres of land about five 
miles west of the city of Cleveland, situated immediately 
on the Lake shore. Here, while at times continuing his 
professional labors, he has found time to examine and 
describe all the fishes of Ohio's lakes and rivers ; to 
collect and compare innumerable fresh water shells, con- 
nected with which he made a discovery in the science, 
new and distinct, viz.: the sexual or male and female 
character of the muscle, which is indicated by the form 
of the shell. He found time to examine the native wild 
plants botanically, to examine and to study the geologi- 
cal formation of the State, to study and gather speci- 



532 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

mens of birds by hundreds. He has investigated the 
habits of the honey-bee, has found time to superintend 
and direct a large farm on which all the best grains and 
grapes, and the best breeds of cattle, sheep, hogs, &c., 
have been tried and compared, comparative values of 
manures tested, and their components analyzed. 

In 1827 he was elected a representative to the Legis- 
lature of Ohio, and re-elected several times ; was chair- 
man of the committee on the Penitentiary in the House. 
In 1835 he was elected Professor of the Theory and 
Practice of Medicine in the Medical College of Ohio. 
In 1 84 1, having resigned his position in the Medical 
College of Ohio, he became Professor of the Theory and 
Practice of Medicine in the Willoughby Medical School ; 
and afterwards, when the medical department of the 
Western Reserve College was established at Cleveland, 
he accepted a similar position in that college, which his 
health compelled him to resign in 1864. He was at one 
time President of the Ohio State Medical Society ; and 
when in attendance at public gatherings has universally 
been called upon to assume the duties of the chair. In 
1861 he received the degree of LL.D. from Williams Col- 
lege. Genial in spirit, full of intelligent conversational 
power, possessing the retiring manner and dignity of a 
well-bred gentleman of the old school, he wins the 
hearts of the old and young ; while the intelligent and all 
who seek knowledge, rejoice in obtaining an hour in his 
society. He is now over 'j6 years old. 

JARED LEWIS, ESQ. 

Was born in Wallingford, and was for several years a 
justly celebrated hotel keeper and merchant in the vil- 
lage. He owned and occupied the lot on which now 



BIOGRAPHIES. 533 

stands the house and store of Lorenzo Lewis, his grand- 
son. He was a prominent poHtician. One of the parties 
at one time assumed the name of Lewis, and the oppo- 
sition that of Cooke. PoHtics never ran higher in Wall- 
ingford than at this time. He was the father of Isaac 
Lewis, who was keeper of a hotel and merchant at Meri- 
den, and who was the father of the late Patrick Lewis, 
and of Isaac Lewis, who is and has been a very successful 
business man in Meriden for several years. 

CHARLES BARNY MC CARTY 

A native of Ireland, came to America in the latter part 
of the last century, and found his way to Wallingford, a 
peddler of small articles of dry-goods. In making his 
trips about Wallingford, he formed the acquaintance of 
Miss Dacia Hall, a daughter of Charles and Sarah ( At- 
water) Hall, and married her. In a few years he was 
enabled by his industry and success in business, to build 
and stock a store with dry-goods and groceries. His 
ambition led him to invest in real-estate quite too largely 
for his means, by which, with other matters, he became 
involved, from the effects of which he never fully recov- 
ered. He lived to an advanced age. His children were 
Dr. Charles B., who was a physician in Yalesville ; Mary, 
died in Yalesville ; Sarah, died unmarried in 1869 ; Ann, 
died unmarried; Henry Hobart, died April 23, 1870, 
from an injury received two days before. 

JOHN MOSS 

Was in New Haven as early as 1645, perhaps earlier, 
and was a member of the General Court during several 
sessions. In 1670 at the May session he was active in 
procuring the act of incorporation of Wallingford, and 
succeeded on the 12th day of May, 1670, at Hartford. 
He was evidently the leading man of the new settlement, 

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534 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

and was the pioneer of the settlers, being on the ground 
certainly as early as 1667. His house lot was situated 
at the extreme south end of the village, adjoining that of 
his friend (John Brockett) who was associated with him 
in promoting the interest and advancement of the settle- 
ment. He died A. D. 1707, aged 103. 

ELISHA M. POMEROY, ESQ. 

Came into Wallingford a tinner by trade, and married 
Lydia Mattoon. About the year 1820 he invented his 
justly celebrated Razor Strop, which soon became noted in 
every part of the United States. In this enterprise he 
was prosperous beyond his most sanguine expectations. 
He was a man of enterprise and good business talents, 
and of easy address and gentlemanly deportment. After 
his retirement from business he was chosen Judge of 
the Probate Court, and a Justice of the Peace. In 
the discharge of the duties of these offices, he was 
eminently well qualified, and his decisions compare 
favorably with those of any of his predecessors. He 
reared a large and highly respectable family of children, 
and died at the advanced age of yS years, in Wallingford, 
the place of his adoption. His eldest son, George V. 
Pomeroy, is a merchant in New York city. The late 
--j Jerome B. Pomeroy M. D. is also a son of the Judge. 

JARED POTTER, M. D. 

fT-^ Was born in East Haven, Conn., Sept. 25, 1742. His 

classical studies were commenced under the Rev. Phile- 

' mon Robbins of Branford. He entered Yale college in 

1756, and was graduated in 1760. His medical studies 
were begun under Dr. Harpins of Milford, and afterward 
pursued under the Rev. Jared Elliot of Killingworth. 
He commenced practice in East Haven in 1763, but 
soon removed to New Haven, where he established a fa- 



BIOGRAPHIES. 535 

vorable reputation and secured a good share of patron- 
age. The premonitory tumults of the approaching 
conflict with the mother country induced him to remove 
his family to a place of less exposure to impending dan- 
gers. Hence in the year 1773 he changed his location to 
Wallingford, where he went into professional practice 
and continued with the exception of the time spent in 
the service of his country, until his death, July 30, 18 10. 

He was a descendant of John Potter, who signed the 
plantation covenant of New Haven, June 4, 1639. At 
the commencement of the Revolution, when the first 
six regiments were raised by the Province of Connecti- 
cut, he was appointed surgeon of the fourteenth regi- 
ment under Colonel (afterwards General) Wooster, and 
went with them to Canada, and was present when the 
British port of St. John's was captured in September, 
1775, by General Montgomery. From there he removed 
with the army to Montreal, where he was placed in 
charge of a hospital, and remained until our forces 
returned in the next summer. The term of enlistment 
having expired, he was immediately re-appointed surgeon, 
and was attached to Colonel Douglas's regiment, destined 
to re-enforce the continental army in New York city. 
He was in the battles of Long Island and White Plains, 
and at the close of the campaign, when the regiment 
was disbanded, he returned to Wallingford. 

Too many physicians throw aside their books, or pay 
little attention to them after they are engaged in exten- 
sive practice. This was not the case with Dr. Potter. 
He was an uncommonly diligent student, not merely 
while acquiring the rudiments of his profession, but to 
the end of his life. For many years he kept a medical 
school, in which several of the most eminent physicians 



536 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

of Connecticut were educated ; and it is worthy of 
remark that the late Dr. Samuel Hopkins of Hartford, 
who was considered the most able practitioner of his 
county if not in the State, was his pupil. Dr. Potter 
imbibed much of the spirit of Elliot for philosophical 
investigations, and took pains to become well acquainted 
with the practice and opinion of all the most celebrated 
writers, ancient and modern, upon nearly every disease. 
His reading was consequently very extensive. He 
was in the habit of purchasing annually all of the new 
medical works which appeared ; and was also well read in 
the reviews and other periodical literature of the day. 
As a physician he was a superior judge of symptoms, 
and was a very energetic and successful practitioner in 
acute diseases ; but it is said that he was very skeptical 
of the power of medicine in most chronic complaints, 
and for that reason, his practice in such cases was rather 
inefficient and sometimes almost inert. Dr. Potter was 
well known as having had a peculiar fondness for discuss- 
ing questions of speculative theology and the politics 
of the day ; and when conversing on these subjects his 
strict command of his temper and an uncommon urban- 
ity of manner, joined to a large share of wit and humor, 
usually gave him a decided advantage over most of his 
opponents. Like his preceptor Elliot, his practice and 
consultations were very extensive, and like him too for 
many years he was probably the most distinguished and 
influential physician in the State. He was one of the 
founders, and a Vice President of the State Medical 
Society. It is said that he was always able to recollect 
the name and face of any person who had once been 
introduced to him, and the circumstances of their meet- 
ing. His great colloquial powers, and the frankness and 



BIOGRAPHIES. 537 

candor with which he uniformly treated his medical 
brethren, made his presence and advice as a counselor 
always acceptable. He died in Wallingford, deeply la- 
mented by the whole community. 

THOMAS RICHARDSON 

Of Farmington in 1672, and of Waterbury in 1674, 
received and accepted a grant of land called the bache- 
lors' property in 1699. He was one of the eighty-four 
first proprietors of the town in 1692. He died Nov. 14, 
1 71 2. Mary, his wife, died one week afterwards, Nov. 
21. Both were victims of the "great sickness" that then 
prevailed in the place. 

Thomas, their second son and fourth child, received a 
grant of land in March, 1695, which he accepted as a 
bachelors' proprietor March 26, 1699. He remained in 
Waterbury long enough to secure his right, and then 
removed to Wallingford, and was there in July, 1705. 
After his father's decease he returned to Waterbury and 
was appointed a fence-viewer in 171 3, grave-digger in 
1714-15-16, hayward in 1714-17-18-19. March 30 
he sold his house and six acres of land on the north side 
of West Main-st., to Thomas Richards, and returned to 
Wallingford, where he was living in 1722, a farmer. He 
had brothers and sisters, viz., Mary, Sarah, John, Israel, 
Rebecca, Ruth, Johannah, Nathaniel and Ebenezer. 
He married for his second wife, Rachel, daughter of 
John and Hannah Parker, of Wallingford. 

THOMAS RUGGLES 

Came to Wallingford about 18 12, and purchased the old 
homestead of Mr. Joel Hall. He was a gentleman of 
means, and a graduate of Yale College. He soon after 
purchased the house of Salmon Carter in the village, 
and became the principal of the Union Academy. He 



538 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

continued in charge of the Academy until the death of 
his father-in-law, Mr. Charles Hall, which occurred in 
1 817, at which time he by his will became the possessor 
of one-half of Mr. Hall's estate. Having repaired the 
buildings, he occupied them during the rest of his life. 
He had by his first wife a child, Hannah, who died young. 

SAMUEL GEORGE SIMPSON 

Son of Robert, alias Samuel George, and Mary Simpson, 
was born in New Haven in 17 — . Samuel G. sen., came 
to America a lieutenant in the British army, about the 
year 1767, on a mission from the King of England to 
persuade the people of the colonies to receive the Stamp 
Act and other measures of the English government, 
which were then looked upon as odious and burdensome 
by the people. Mr. Simpson was a relation of the King 
by his marriage into a German family, Mr. Simpson 
himself being a German, and of a highly respectable 
and wealthy family. After taking up his residence in 
New Haven under the assumed name of Robert, he 
married Mary Johnson, daughter of a reputable family. 
Of this marriage Samuel George was an only child. 
After the decease of Mr. Simpson in 1776, his widow 
married Josiah Merriam of Wallingford, in the parish of 
Meriden, and removed to that place, taking her little son 
along with her, who, when about twenty years of age, 
married Mary, daughter of John and Eunice Yale of 
Meriden. She died April 2, 1799. After a suitable 
lapse of time he married Malinda, daughter of John and 
Lois Hall of Wallingford. He purchased and settled on 
the Dr. Russel or Henry place, situated on the old 
Tank-hood road, a short distance east of the residence of 
Mr. Hall. He disposed of this place and removed to 
Ohio, but after a residence of a few years he returned 



BIOGRAPHIES. 539 

to Wallingford, where he died, highly respected for his 
honesty and integrity. 

Children : Alired, Henry, George, Harmon, Samuel. 
The latter married Martha Benham and is a successful 
manufacturer in his native town ; has had one son, Sam- 
uel G., and two daughters. 

EBEN SMITH 

Was a man of some note in Wallingford sixty years ago. 
He bought the old Doolittle hotel that formerly stood 
a little to the west of the Dr. Potter house, lately 
Rice Hall's, and placed it upon the corner of Main 
street and the street running east and west past the 
Congregational meeting-house, and in front of the same, 
and occupied it as a hotel. At that time there were 
three hotels in the village, viz. : Jared Lewis's house, 
Chauncey Cook's, now Dwight Hall's, and Eben Smith's 
house. He was the father of Mrs. Lyman Carmon. 

TITUS STREET, ESQ. 

Son of Samuel, was born in Wallingford. In early life 
he went to Cheshire, where he commenced business 
in a small store, with his friend Samuel Hughs (after- 
wards his partner) as clerk. Here he was married to 
Miss Amaryllis, daughter of Reuben and Mary Atwater, 
by whom he had two children, Augustus Russell and 
Mary, the wife of Gov. Hoppen of Rhode Island. He 
afterward located in New Haven with Mr. Hughs as 
partner, and after a few years' sucessful business in the 
city he retired with a large fortune, and continued in 
retirement until his decease. He was a descendant of 
the Rev. Samuel Street, the first settled Congregational 
minister in Wallingford. Augustus Russell Street, son 
of Titus, was the founder of the Yale Art Building on 
the grounds of Yale Collesre in New Haven. 



540 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

CAPT. WILLIAM TODD 

Was born in North Haven and came to Wallingford a 
young man. He became acquainted with Miss Harriet 
'^-^i-'-^CuJj'^ Jbh»s©n, and in due time married her. He was a house 
joiner and carpenter, and as a builder was deservedly 
popular. Being possessed naturally of a good constitu- 
tion, he was enabled to continue the business of his trade 
until near the close of his life, which occurred in 1869, 
at the advanced age of 83 years. After the death of his 
first wife, he was married twice ; first, to the widow of 
Capt. Joel Rice, and secondly, to the widow MerritTuttle. 
He had a large family of children, most of whom are living. 

JOHN TYLER 

Was a native of Wallingford, and was graduated at Yale 
College in 1765. He was educated a Congregationalist, 
but having embraced the doctrines of the Church of 
England, prepared for Holy Orders under the care of Dr. 
Johnson of Stratford. In 1768 he went to England to 
receive ordination, with a view to becoming Rector of 
Christ Church, in Chelsea, Norwich, Conn. ; and having 
accomplished this object he returned the next year and 
entered on the duties of his office. For three years 
during the Revolution, owing to the popular excitement 
which prevailed against Episcopacy in New England, (it 
being regarded almost synonymous with Toryism), Mr. 
Tyler's church was closed ; and from April 1776 to April 
1779 not an entry was made in its records. He how- 
ever, during this time held divine service in his own 
house, and was never molested in the performance of it. 
At one time he was afraid to drink the water of his own 
well ; and yet he was regarded as a man of great benevo- 
lence and liberality. As an evidence of the kindly 
feeling which both he and his church maintained toward 



BIOGRAPHIES. 54I 

their Congregational neighbors, it may be mentioned 
that wnen the Congregationalists in 1794 lost their 
place of worship by fire, the Episcopalians at once prof- 
fered them the use of theirs on the following condition : 
"The Rev. John Tyler, our present pastor, to perform 
Divine service one half the day on each Sabbath, and 
the Rev. Walter King, pastor of said Presbyterian Con- 
gregation, to perform Divine service on the other half 
of said Sabbath, each alternately performing on the first 
half of the day." The offer was gratefully accepted, and 
this amicable arrangement continued for three months. 
Mr. Tyler died Jan. 20, 1823, aged 81 years. He pub- 
lished a sermon preached at the opening of Trinity 
church in Pomfret, 1771 ; and a sermon preached at Nor- 
wich on the Continental Thanksgiving, 1795. Mrs. 
Sigourney writes ■ thus concerning him : " He was an 
interesting preacher ; his voice sweet and solemn, and his 
elocjuence persuasive. The benevolence of his heart was 
manifest in daily acts of courtesy and charity to those 
around him. He studied medicine in order to benefit 
the poor, and to find out remedies for some of those pe- 
culiar diseases to which no common specifics seemed to 
apply. During the latter years of his life he was so 
infirm as to need assistance in his clerical duties." 

ADOLPH WILHELM AUGUST FRIEDRICH, 
BARON VON STEINWEHR 

Was born at Blankenburg in the duchy of Brunswick, 
Sept. 25, 1822. His father was a major in the ducal 
service, and his grandfather a lieutenant-general in the 
Prussian army. He was educated at the military acade- 
my of the city of Brunswick, and entered the army of 
the duchy as a lieutenant in 184 1. In 1847 he resigned 
and came to the United States for the purpose of offer- 



542 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ing his services to the government in the Mexican war ; 
but failing to obtain a commission in the regular army, 
he returned to Germany after marrying a lady of Mobile. 
In 1854 he again came to America and purchased a farm 
in Wallingford. At the commencement of the civil 
war he raised a regiment, the 29th New York Vol- 
unteers, which he commanded at the first battle of Bull 
Run, forming part of the reserve under Col. Miles. On 
Oct. 12, 1 86 1, he was commissioned brigadier-general of 
volunteers, and appointed to the command of the 2d 
brigade of Blenker's division. This division was attached 
in May, 1862, to the Mountain department under Gen. 
Fremont. When Sigel assumed command of the corps 
after the organization of the army of Virginia, General 
Steinwehr was promoted to the command of the 2d 
division, and participated in the campaign on the Rapi- 
dan and Rappahannock in August. 

ANDREW WARD 

Was admitted a Freeman in 1638 at Boston. In 1638 
he was at Wethersfield, and with twenty others pur- 
chased the town of Stamford. He also with others 
purchased Hempsted on Long Island, but in consequence 
of difficulties with the Dutch government, removed to 
Fairfield, and died Oct., 1650, leaving a widow Esther 
and children. He was a man of great worth and con- 
sequence in the colony, and was frequently called upon 
by the Governors and members of the Legislature to 
act with them on important committees. He was the 
ancestor of those of the name in Hartford, and the 
father of Andrew, who was the father of William, who 
married Lettice, daughter of John Beach of Wallingford, 
and had Zenas, who settled in Woodbury, and Macock, 
who was a lawyer in Wallingford. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 543 

ELISHA WHITTELSEY 

Was a merchant in Wallingford, and for many years 
was Town Clerk, in which ofifice he gained the esteem 
and confidence of all who had business with him. 
He was a highly respected and honored gentleman, and 
a man of strict integrity and usefulness. At his death 
he was greatly lamented by all. He was born July i, 
1753, and died Sept. i6, 1822, aged ^J years. 

JARED POTTER WHITTELSEY 

Was the third son of Elisha and Sarah (Jones) Whittel- 
sey, and was born in Wallingford, March 8, 1787. In 
1808, being then in his twenty-first year, he commenced 
business in Catskill, N. Y., where he remained four years. 
In 1812 he removed to New York city, where he carried 
on the wholesale flour business, retaining his flour-mills 
and his store in Catskill, Cairo, and Schoharie, until the 
year 1832, when he removed his family to Wallingford 
and erected the present buildings on the ground where 
he was born ; and during the remainder of his life he de- 
voted his time to improving and beautifying the streets 
of his native town, by setting out shade trees, opening 
walks and highly improving his own grounds. He was 
a man. of sterling worth, very methodical in habit, of 
thorough business qualities and a finely balanced mind. 
During his residence in Wallingford, he gave largely to 
the Episcopal church, and gave more to erect the present 
Congregational church than any of its members. In his 
religious belief he was a Unitarian. His donations were 
made during his lifetime, and yearly he gave to the fol- 
lowing societies, viz. : Children's Aid Society, Five Points 
House of Industry, Association to improve the condition 
of the Poor, and other societies. During the war he 
gave largely to the sanitary commission. He never 



544 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

spoke of his donations, and they were not known until 
after his death. Mr. Whittelsey was frequently offered 
positions of trust in private and public, but he refused 
them, for he wished to be quiet after a busy life. Mr. 
Whittelsey was the father of ten children, only two re- 
maining at the time of his death ; six died between the 
ages of nineteen and twenty-seven. He married Oct. 
22, 1 8 14, Lydia G. Archer of New York city, who lived 
with him fifty-five years, and died only a month before 
him. Mr. Whittelsey died January 25, 1869, in the 
eighty-second year of his age. 

CAPT. THOMAS YALE 

Son of Thomas the emigrant, was one of the original 
settlers or planters of Wallingford, and was one of the 
most active and efficient among them. As selectman or 
townsman, he was ever ready to work for the interest 
of the village. He was frequently elected to represent 
the people in the General Court, and was greatly dis- 
tinguished for his devotion to the interests of his constit- 
uents, whom he ably represented for a number of 
successive years. He married Rebecca Gibbons, 

daughter of William, of New Haven. She died Dec. 
II, 1667. After her decease, he married Sarah, daugh- 
ter of John Nash, of New Haven. She died May 24, 
1716 ; and he then married Mary Beach, of Wallingford, 
July 31, 1 716. He had by the two last no children. He 
was chosen one of the number to assist in the formation 
or gathering of a church in the place, after the Congre- 
gational order ; and was a signer to the call of the first 
and second ministers, viz. : Rev. Samuel Street and 
Rev. Samuel Whittelsey. In 17 10 he was, with the 
exception of Mr. Street, the only surviving signer of the 
Plantation covenant of Wallingford. He was a Justice 



BIOGRAPHIES. 545 

of the peace, and a Captain of the train-band, &c. He 
died at the age of 89 years, July 26, 1736. 

CHARLES -YALE, ESQ. 

Was born in WalHngford, parish of Meriden, April 20, 
1709. He married Huldah Robinson of Meriden, and 
commenced the manufacture of japanned and tin ware, 
for this and the southern market ; and for several years 
kept a depot for the sale of his goods at Richmond, 
Virginia, in connection with his brother Selden. In, 
this enterprise they were very successful, and in a few 
years they each had accumulated a very handsome 
property. The failing health of Selden compelled him 
to retire from the firm. Upon this, Mr. Yale formed a 
business connection with his son-in-law, under the name 
of Yale and Dunby, and soon after purchased in his 
own name the old Mills at the first falls on the Ouinni- 
piac River, which had borne the name of Tyler's Mills 
for more than one hundred years. He repaired and 
remodeled the whole concern, and changed the name 
to Yalesville. Here he entered largely into the manu- 
facture of britannia wares and tea-pots, which found a 
ready sale in New York and elsewhere. In this business 
he continued until the close of his life. He died Nov. 
2, 1835, aged 47 years. 

HON. ELIHU YALE 

Of New Haven, son of the late Ira and Harriet (Cook) 
Yale of Wallingford, was born July 25, 1807, in the 
house built by his grandfather Elisha Yale in Yalesville 
district, and resided at home with his parents until Jan. 
6, 1824, when he left his home to learn a trade in the 
city of New Haven. After the term of his apprentice- 
ship was concluded, he returned to his native town, where 
he was soon after made a freeman and elected a consta- 



546 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ble. Th'e[}^.ear following he went to Cheshire, where he 
married Julia Ann, daughter of the late Capt. Thaddeus 
Rich, formerly of Bristol, Conn., May 25, 1830. He was 
appointed post master at Cheshire in 1832, and continued 
in the office with the exception of a few months until 
1851, when he removed to New Haven. He was a Jus- 
tice of the Peace for about 18 years, and a selectman in 
Cheshire five consecutive years, clerk of the school soci- 
ety for about fourteen years, and judge of the Probate 
court in 1850-7, and was in 1853 elected a member of 
the common council of New Haven, and was re-elected 
for five consecutive years. In 1859 ^^ ^^^ elected chief 
of the Police of the city of New Haven, and was re- 
elected to the same office in 1864. After serving nearly 
two years he resigned the office, believing that he had 
contributed his share to the public service. 

In 1750 he prepared and published a genealogy of the 
Yale family, from the first of the name who appeared in 
this country down to 1850. He has in manuscript a 
genealogy of the Cook family, which he has carefully 
prepared and hopes soon to publish. Besides he has 
collected a large amount of genealogical matter for this 
work, and many of the Biographical notices which 
appear in this work, have been prepared by him. He was 
elected a member of the New England Historical and 
Genealogical Society, on the 7th of May, 1856, and is a 
member of the New Haven Colony Historical Society. 



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BIOGRAPHIES. 547 



MERIDEN BIOGRAPHIES. 

HON. WALTER BOOTH 

Was born in Woodbridge, Conn., Dec. 8th, 1791. When 
about sixteen years of age, he came to Meriden and 
spent his first night in this town at the old white house 
on the Hanover road, which stands first northwest of 
the old residence of the late J. C. Breckenridge. The 
greater part of his life since then has been spent here, 
a few years excepted which he spent in business in 
Baltimore. But it is not only as a citizen of Meriden, 
that Deacon Booth was known ; he was widely known 
throughout the state. At one time he was appointed to 
fill the office of General of our State Militia, both as a 
Brigadier and a Major General. In 1850 he was sent 
to Washington to represent the State of Connecticut in 
the House of Representatives, which position he held 
for two years ; besides having previously held sundry 
minor offices in both town and state. At twenty-two 
years of age he was elected deacon in the Center 
Congregational Church in this city, which office he had 
held at the time of his death 56 years. He had also 
been a director in the Meriden National Bank for 
twenty years, and at one time its President. 

But abov^e all he was eminently a good man, a man of 
strict integrity and a Christian man. Up to his last 
illness he was active in all his church duties, and seldom 
was he absent from his place in the sanctuary and the 
Sabbath school where he was a teacher, and of which 
he was the first superintendent, and also in the social 
prayer-meetings. Many will recall the fervor of his 
prayers and the unction of his exhortations in the social 



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548 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

meeting ; and the testimony of all who knew him, is 
uniform as to the steadfastness of his Christian principle, 
and the purity of his Christian character. 

He was a man of great simplicity and plainness of 
manners, and was averse to all pageantry and parade, 
and strictly economical in his expenditures. He showed 
himself ever ready to aid any enterprise, either in business, 
or civil and religious affairs, which promised to promote 
the secular or religious interests of his native town. 

His illness, which lasted little less than two weeks, 
was a malignant form of erysipelas ; first indicating 
itself in his face, and from there creeping to his brain, 
rendering him delirious for a greater part of the time. 
His friends, however, and physician, Dr. Catlin, did not 
deem him dangerous until Wednesday of the week in 
which he died. Dr. Townsend of New Haven was 
called in as counsel on Tuesday, and did not then think 
his chances for recovery were doubtful. But notwith- 
standing the tender nursing of his wife and friends who 
were continually by his bedside, and in spite of the skill 
and faithfulness of his physician, the destroying disease 
made headway, and on Saturday morning, April 30, 
1870, lapsing into unconsciousness, he gently and with- 
out a struggle or a groan breathed his life away. 

FENNER BUSH 

Son of John and Bathsheba (Dodge) Bush, was born in 
East Lyme, Conn., in the year 1791. His father died when 
Fenner was quite young, and as the family were in very 
poor circumstances, he was put out to live when but six 
years of age. He was employed in assisting on the 
farm and at house-work. When eleven years old he was 
put in the family of a ship-builder, and was to be taught 
the trade when old enough ; but soon after, his master 



BIOGRAPHIES. 549 

ran off with his wife's sister, and the boy was returned 
to his former master. In his twelfth year he went to 
live with a joiner, with a view to learn the trade. 
When eighteen years old, his master furnished him with 
a new suit of clothes, and for the first time he attended 
church. The last four years of his apprenticeship (he 
served nine years), his master treated him with less rigor, 
but his situation was far from being respectable. 




FENNER BUSH. 

When he was twenty-one, he had no home or proper- 
ty, except a right in a small piece of land that his father 
left, worth perhaps two hundred dollars. He worked 
for his master three months, at fourteen dollars per 
month, and at the close of this term, he took his forty- 
two dollars and started off on foot to a neighboring 
town, to make purchases of some tools. On his way he 
lost his money, all he had in the world ; but by good 
luck found it again, purchased his tools, and returned 
and set up business in opposition to his former master, 

who politely told him that he was "a fool, for he 

would not earn enough to pay his board." But he was 

M M 



5 50 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ambitious, and moreover a good workman, and soon had 
so much to do, that his former master offered to sell out 
to him.. Fenner accepted the offer, and hired help to 
meet his engagements. 

He now found the necessity of something which had 
been entirely neglected ; for he could neither read nor 
keep accounts. He therefore gave up business, hired a 
room, and for two winters devoted himself to study, 
three months of which were given to learning to read. 
He again commenced business, and pursued his trade 
with considerable success. In 1816 he married Eunice 
Kirtland of Saybrook, and commenced keeping house, 
taking two apprentices to board. About this time he 
was taken sick with typhus fever, and for a long time 
was very sick ; and for nearly two years was unable to 
work. During his sickness he spent all he had earned 
from the beginning, and got into debt several hundred 
dollars. But by diligent attention to business he paid 
up his debts and bought the house that he lived in. 

In April, 1824, he removed from Saybrook to Meriden 
and became interested in the comb business in connec- 
tion with Mr. Julius Pratt. He worked here with 
untiring industry twelve hours a day, at $1 25 per day ; 
after a few years the time was reduced to eleven hours, 
and the wages increased to $1 75 a day. For twenty 
years he labored here, when the shop was destroyed by 
fire, and he lost the earnings of twenty years. It was 
through his management that the shop was re-built and 
the machinery introduced early in the July following 
the fire. Mr. Bush has been interested in the comb 
business up to this time ; is now one of the largest 
stockholders, and until within a few years, was one of the 
directors. By steady and persevering industry and 



BIOGRAPHIES. 551 

economy he has accumulated considerable property. 

Mr. Bush is a whole-souled, liberal man, loved and 
respected by every one who has met him. He has 
contributed largely to benevolent objects, assisted lib- 
erally to build three churches and five school-houses, 
and paid liberally for the support of the Anti-Slavery 
cause and of Christianity. 

Mr. Bush served in the war of 1812, and in 1848 was 
elected senator from the 6th district to the Connecticut 
Legislature. 

His two daughters, Temperance Janet and Eunice 
Kirtland, married respectively Randolph Lindsley and 
P. J. Clark. 

LIEUT. COMFORT BUTLER 

Son of John and Sarah (Foster) Butler, was born in 
Middletown, Nov. 16, 1743. He was the sixth genera- 
tion from Richard Butler, one of the original proprietors 
in Hartford in 1639, ^"^ who was admitted freeman in 
Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. Comfort Butler was appren- 
ticed to the shoemaking business in Middletown at an 
early age, and being much troubled by a fellow apprentice 
of a quarrelsome disposition, he told his master that if 
he must fight, he preferred to fight the enemies of his 
country rather than one of his mates ; and that if he 
would allow him to enlist in the army he would serve 
out the balance of his time after his return. His master 
consented, and young Butler enlisted, although only 
about sixteen. To his great surprise he found his fellow 
apprentice was a member of the same company. But it 
seems that their fighting propensities found ample scope 
without troubling each other, and they became fast 
friends and remained such until the close of the war, 
when Comfort returned home, fulfilled his agreement 



552 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



with his master, finished his trade, married Mary, 
daughter of Divan Berry, in 1765, and removed to Wall- 
ingford in the Meriden parish. He had nine children, 
viz. : Samuel, John, Hannah, Lemuel, Esther, Asa, Divan, 
Mary and Phebe. He died February 19, 1826. 

JOHN BUTLER 

Son of Comfort and Mary (Berry) Butler, was born in 
Meriden, Sept. 5, 1770. He was early in life apprenticed 
to a shoemaker, and subsequently engaged in the tanning 
and shoe-making business on his own account, and was 
the principal shoemaker and tanner in Meriden for 
nearly sixty years. He was considered by all who knew 
him an honest, upright man in all his intercourse with 




JOHN BUTLER. 

the world. He was " Uncle John" to everybody. He 
was remarkable from a boy for his industrious and frugal 
habits. After he had arrived at an age when he was 
subject to military duty, his residence was in the center 
of the town ; and on training days he would manage to 
have his work where he could see the military move- 



BIOGRAPHIES. 553 

ments, and when the time of roll-call arrived, he would 
leave his work and go and answer to his name, drill a 
while with the company, and return to his work again, 
thereby making the most of his time. He was very 
regular in his habits, rising before the sun and re- 
tiring before nine in the evening. He was very exact 
in his accounts, and when he gave his apprentices money 
he always wanted to know what use it was put to, and 
usually made a note of it. For instance, I find in his 
account-book among others, the following entry : " Gave 
Stephen Seymour twenty-five cents to see a striped 
jackass." He raised a numerous family of children, 
most of whom are residents of Meriden at this date, 
and are universally esteemed by the community. Mr. 
Butler married ist, August 17, 1796, Ruth Parker, who 
died Sept. 30, 1799; m. 2d, March 15, 1800, Philomela 
Cowles, who died March 25, 1807; m. 3d, April 17, 
1 8 10, widow Susannah Hall. His children were Albert, 
Ruth A. ( m. Morris Stevens), Henry C, Philomela, 
Lyman, John, Levi, Susan ( m. Sydney P. Hall), and 
Isaac. John Butler died Oct. 6, 1852, ae. 82 years and 
21 days, in the full hope of a blissful immortality. 

LEMUEL BUTLER 

Son of Comfort and Mary (Berry) Butler, was born in 
Meriden, Feb. 3, 1775. He was a farmer, a plain, unas- 
suming man, perfectly reliable at all times. He was a 
soldier in the war of 18 12, and raised a numerous family, 
most of whom now reside here, and are very estimable 
citizens, some of whom are occupying responsible po- 
sitions both in religious and secular affairs. Dec. 4, 
1 8 10, he married Salina, daughter of Jesse Merriman, 
who was born March 20, 1786, and died Sept. 25, 1842. 
Their children were: Joel I., Eli, Hiram, Harriet, (m. 



5 54 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Andrew A. Bradley), and George. Lemuel Butler 
died Dec. 1 1, 1852. 




LEMUEL BUTLER. 



HENRY C. BUTLER 

Son of John and Philomela (Cowles) Butler, was born 
in Meriden, March 6, 1807. By honest and persevering 
industry, Mr. Butler has accumulated a large property, 




HENRY C. BUTLER. 

and for his moral worth he is highly respected by his 
fellow citizens. Though often solicited to accept offices 



BIOGRAPHIES. 555 

of trust in the town, he has always refused, with the 
exception of acting as moderator at every annual town 
meeting since the town hall was built. He married ist, 
July I, 1832, Sophronia Hotchkiss, who died April 17, 
1841. He married 2d, Nov. 25, 1841, Elizabeth Foster, 
who died June, 1847. Jle married 3d, May 31, 1848, 
Mrs. Mary L. Woodruff, widow of Dr. Isaac Woodruff. 
His children by his ist wife were: Lucy C. { m. Wm. 
L. Squires), Mary P. and John H. : by 2nd wife : Henry 
W. and Aaron C. 

JOEL I. BUTLER 

Son of Lemuel and Selina (Merriman) Butler, was born 
in Meriden, Nov. 12, 181 1. He has occupied numerous 
positions of trust and responsibility in matters pertain- 




JOEL I. BUTLER. 

ing to the government and the town. He is President 
of the Meriden Bank, and U. S. Internal Revenue 
Assessor, and a man in whom the people have the most 
implicit confidence in every respect. Mr. Butler married 
1st, Aug. 27, 1835, Mary A. Morton, who died Aug. 21, 
1837. f^s married 2nd, July 27, [840, Sarah A. Hotch- 



55^ HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

kiss, who died Sept. ii, 1853. He married 3d, Jan. 17, 
1855, Ursula M. Hart. By his 2nd wife he had two chil- 
dren, Mary Ann and Emma S. 

BENJAMIN HOPKINS CATLIN 

The eldest son of Benjamin and Rhoda Catlin, was born 
in Harwinton, Litchfield county, Conn., Aug. 10, 180T. 
His advantages for education were limited to the district 
school near his father's residence, till his sixteenth year, 
when an academy was built in his native town, in which 
he had the opportunity of pursuing the higher branches 
of study not then taught in our common schools. At 
this academy and under the tuition of the Rev. Luther 
Hart of Plymouth, he pursued his preparatory studies. 
He studied medicine and surgery nearly four years 
under the instruction of different physicians and at the 
Medical Institution of Yale College, where he received 
his diploma, March 4, 1825. July 13th of the same 
year, he opened an office in Haddam, Middlesex County, 
there being a vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. 
Andrew Warner. The first week he had patients to 
attend, and in two or three months was in full practice. 
He remained here more than sixteen years, his practice 
extending into all the adjoining towns. The last day of 
March, 1842, Dr. Wyllis Woodruff of Meriden died. 
The same evening a messenger was sent to Dr. Catlin 
by some of the leading citizens of Meriden, requesting 
him to come to Meriden to fill the vacancy. He came 
up the next day, April i, made arrangements for his 
removal, and commenced practice in Meriden April 5. 
He was elected a Fellow of the Connecticut Medical 
Society, and in 1840 received the honorary degree of 
M. D. from Yale College. In 1854 he was elected Vice- 
President of the Connecticut Medical Society, re-elected 



BIOGRAPHIES. 557 

in 1855, appointed President in 1856, and re-elected in 
1857. He has been a permanent member of the Ameri- 
can Medical Association since May, 1853, and has since 
that time attended most of the annual meetings as 
delegate from the New Hav^en County Medical Society, 
or from the State society. In i860 he was elected an 
Honorary Member of the New York State Medical 
Society, and in 1869 a Corresponding Member of the 
Gynaecological Society of Boston. When the first Con- 
gregational society removed to West Meriden, Dr. 
Catlin was elected deacon, which office he has held until 
the present time. 

TIMOTHY FISHER DAVIS, M. D. 

Was the son of Eliphaz and Hannah (Sawyer) Davis, 
and was born in Marlboro, Mass., March 13, 1810. After 
receiving his early education at the common schools 
of his native town, he was apprenticed to a trade in 
Springfield, Mass. In 1837, having then a wife and two 
children, he entered the office of Dr. Riley of Goshen, 
Conn., to pursue the study of medicine, still working at 
his trade during his spare hours, for the support of his 
family. After leaving the office of Dr. Riley he prac- 
ticed his profession for a time in Goshen, and then 
concluded to remove to Litchfield as offering a wider 
field for his business. In Litchfield he remained several 
years, engaged in a constantly increasing and lucrative 
practice ; but hearing that there was a better opening in 
Plymouth, and being urged by a number of influential 
persons in that town, he removed his family there and 
commenced practice about the year 1846. Here he 
opened a drug stoie, built a house, and obtained an ex- 
tensive practice in the town and beyond it, being 
frequently called to the neighboring towns of Wolcott, 



558 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



Bristol, Bethlem, and Watertovvn. These long rides 
in a hilly country soon wore upon his health, and he 
began looking for some easier field of practice. At this 
time his old friend and fellow student, Dr. William H. 
Allen of Meriden, died, and his widow wrote to Dr. Davis 
a letter urging him to remove to Meriden and take her 
late husband's practice. This was just the field that he 
was looking for, and accordingly in 1850 he removed to 
Meriden, and the year following removed his family. 




DR. TIMOTHY FISHER DAVIS. 

For nearly eighteen years Dr. Davis practiced his pro- 
fession in Meriden with success. He was a skillful and 
prudent operator, a careful and discriminating prescriber, 
ever improving the lessons of experience. In 1843 he 
received a diploma from the Botanic Medical Society of 
Connecticut, and in 1850 an honorary diploma, he being 
at that time Vice President of the Society. He after- 
wards held the office of President. He was one of the 
founders of the State Eclectic Medical Society, and held 
the offices at different times, of Secretary, Treasurer 



BIOGRAPHIES. 559 

Vice President and President, and was for several years 
one of the Board of Censors. 

Dr. Davis was most genial, kind and companionable 
in his social relations. Fond of society, with a genial 
humor which led him to enjoy the present and not be 
too careful of the future, quick in his perceptions, liber- 
al in pecuniary matters, and. despising money-hoarding, 
he lived in as much enjoyment as falls to the lot of most 
men, and was personally esteemed as a friend and 
physician throughout the community. He was not a 
man of fluent speech, and of consequence not what we 
call a great talker. But he was a capital listener, and 
would attend with great eagerness and delight to hear 
men of sense talk. He was fond of horticulture, and 
evinced much taste and skill in the cultivation of his 
land. He had the true idea of success in this business, 
viz. : that "a little land should be well tilled." 

In 1866 a small pimple on his lower lip began troub- 
ling him, and soon proved to be a cancer. At that time 
he was very busy, and thinking that he could not neglect 
his patients, he was careless of himself and suffered the 
disease to make great progress before he could be pre- 
vailed upon to do anything for it. He had at different 
times two operations, one by Dr. Ellsworth of Hartford, 
and the other by Dr. Gurdon Buck of New York ; but 
the operations were undertaken too late. He lingered 
until the 24th of February, 1870, when he passed away 
in his sixtieth year. At the funeral services, the atten- 
dance of the most prominent citizens in the city testified 
to the high esteem in which he was held. The funeral 
services were performed by Rev. M. I. Steere. The 
rector of the Episcopal Church and the pastor of the 
Methodist Church were also present. His pastor said 



560 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

of him, " During his long and distressing sickness I do 
not think so much as a shadow of distrust or fear passed 
over his soul. He steadfastly contemplated death as 
though it were life. He saw light in its darkness, and 
the Father's love shining within its shadows. He felt 
that his life was with Christ in God, and that death 
could not disturb it. His language ever was, ' I am 
ready ; I am sinking into the arms of Jesus.' And the 
pressure of his hand as I rose from his bedside, often 
told me how, deeper than I, he felt the sentiments of 
hope and goodness." Dr. Davis was a member of the 
order of Free and Accepted Masons, and was buried 
with Masonic honors. He married Miss Mary Parsons, 
November i, 1832. She died April, 1834, in Pleasant 
Valley, Conn., leaving one child, Mary Markham 
Morehouse, who married Edwin Miner in 1853, and 
is now living in New Haven, a widow. Dr. Davis mar- 
ried for his second wife, Miss Moriva Hatch of Spring- 
field, Mass., in 1836, and had : Julia, born April, 1838; 
died December, 1839; Charles Henry Stanley," born 
March 2, 1840; Julia Moriva, born July, 1844; Wilbur 
Fisk, born Sept., 1846, died July 15, 1847 ! Wilbur Fisk, 
born July, 1848 ; a graduate of the Cambridge Law 
School in 1870. 



I Charles Henry Stanley Davis was born March 2, 1840. He was pre- 
pared for college in the public schools of Meriden, and pursued the studies 
of the Freshman and Sophomore classes under Rev. Messrs. Wilder and 
Foster. His plans for entering college were broken up by the war, and in 
1862 after a short residence in .Springfield, Mass., he removed to New 
York and entered the medical department of the New York University, 
where he was graduated in the spring of 1865, attending the last course of 
lectures ever delivered by Dr. Valentine Mott. After attending a course 
of lectures at the Bellevue Hospital Medical school and following hospital 
practice, he removed to Boston, attending the summer course at the Har- 
vard University Medical school. During his residence in Boston he edited 



BIOGRAPHIES. 561 

JACOB EATON 

Was a graduate of Harford University, Pennsylvania, 
and of the New Haven theological seminary. His first 
and only pastorate was over the Hanover Congregational 
Church, where he was ordained May 28, 1857. This 
church, then in its infancy, enjoyed a revival of religion 
at the beginning of his ministry, which continued after 
his ordination, and was the means of increasing the 
membership and the strength of the church by an 
addition of about twenty-five new members. This re- 
lation was sustained harmoniously till the outbreak of 
the rebellion. The following pastoral note, under date 
of September 30, 1861, copied from the records of the 
church in Hanover, speaks for itself: 

"The Congregational church in Hanover has been subjec- 
ted to many changes since my settlement as pastor. God 
has blessed it by adding to its numbers from year 
to year. These additions have averaged ten each year dur- 
ing my ministry here. But our church and society have been 
greatly weakened by numerous removals. The darkest hour 
has arrived. The terrible rebellion in our Southern states 



the first volume of the Boston Medical Register. In the fall of 1866, he 
removed to Baltimore, where he remained through the winter attending 
the lectures in the medical department of the University of Maryland and 
following hospital practice. In 1867 he returned to Meriden, succeeding 
his father in the practice of his profession. In 1863 Rev. Dr. Brown, 
Rev. Messrs. Duer, Jones, Post, (Jwen and others organized the American 
Philological Society, and Dr. Davis was elected the first corresjjonding 
Secretary and afterwards one of the Vice Presidents. In September, 1868, 
he was elected member of the N. E. Historical and Genealogical society 
of J^oston, and during 1868 and the following year was elected correspond- 
ing member of the Wisconsin, Minnesota and Chicago Historical societies. 
In 1870 he was made a member of the New Haven Colony Historical so- 
ciety. He is also a member of several medical and scientific societies, and 
has contributed largely to the medical and periodical press. He married 
September 23, 1869, Carrie E. daughter of George W. Harris, Esq. 



562 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

has seriously affected our manufacturing and pecuniary 
interests. We feel it most deeply. My mind and heart have 
been deeply interested in our national conflict. After mature 
reflection, I have asked of my people a leave of absence for 
one year, that I may enlist in the Grand Army of Freedom. 
May God be with those I shall leave behind. May He save 
me through His grace, and may He save our beloved country 
and our government, from anarchy and dissolution. 

" Signed, Jacob Eaton." 

In accordance with the purpose here expressed, he 
enlisted in the 8th Connecticut Regiment, sharing its 
fortunes under Burnside on the Atlantic coast as a pri- 
vate. He was promoted at length to a Lieutenancy, and 
served as an officer till wounded on the bloody field of 
Antietam, a musket ball entering his hip and disabling 
him for many months. Incapacitated thus for service in 
the ranks, he received an honorable discharge and re- 
turned to his people again to break unto them the bread 
of life and fight the good fight. His heart more than ever 
was with the country in its trial, and with the brave men 
who were fighting our battles. After preaching about a 
year, again he enlisted in the 7th Connecticut Regiment, 
and was promoted to a chaplaincy. Here he did valiant 
service for Christ and his country. He died at Wilming- 
ton, N. C, March 20, 1865, of typhoid fever, induced by 
fatigue and over exertion in ministering to the wants of 
the recently rescued federal prisoners in the hospital at 
that place. Mr. Eaton was a man of strong affection and 
love of home, of most deep and tender sympathies, and 
of ardent devotion to the cause of Christ and the country. 
He was a warm friend, when once friendship was estab- 
lished, and self-sacrificing for others weal. His charac- 
ter was impulsive. He was strong in his detestation of 



BIOGRAPHIES. 563 

whatever he thought wrong, and bold in his defense of 
what he deemed right.' Humble as was the life and death 
of this man, it may be doubted whether any of all the 
martyrs of the Great Rebellion offered a truer sacrifice to 
their country than his. Twice he left his peaceful pro- 
fession for the camp and the battlefield ; but he finally 
died, not in the work of death, but as a minister of mercy, 

JOEL H. GUY 

Son of Orchard and Lois ( Hall ) Guy, was born in Meri- 
den June 4, 1804. He attended the district school 
winters, until he was sixteen years old. At the age of 
twenty he commenced teaching, and taught for ten win- 
ters at an average salary of eight dollars per riionth and 
board. He then acted as salesman for Meriden manufac- 
tures for four or five years. After this Mr. Guy, in 
connection with his brother, bought a store in Middle- 
town where he carried on business until 1840, though 
residing in Meriden most of the time. In 1840 he built 
the store now standing east of his present residence, and 
under the title of J. H. Guy & Co., he carried on the 
grocery business, the Company being the firm of Julius 
Pratt & Co. In .1846 Mr. Guy bought out his partner 
and carried on the business until about 1850. Mr. Guy 
has been a very energetic business man, honest and 
straightforward in all of his dealings. Since 1844 he 
has held the office of postmaster at different times for 
twelve years. He was President of the Meriden Bank 
thirteen years, and has been President of the ist Nation- 
al Bank seven years. He has also held the office of con- 
stable, deputy-sheriff, assessor and collector, justice of 
the peace and alderman. He has also acted more than 

I Funeral Discourse by Rev. H. C. Hayden. 



564 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFOKU. 

any other man in Meriden as administrator and trustee of 
estates. Mr. Guy mawied Nov. 9, 1830, Semira Wetmore 
of Middlefield, and has one daughter born in 1833. He 
has been extensively engaged in the insurance busi- 
ness about twenty years. 

JULIUS HALL. 

The oldest house in Meriden is now standing about 
three miles east of the center. It was built by Daniel 
Hall in the earlier part of the last century. He was the 
grandson of John Hall, the first emigrant, and was born 
January 27, i68g. His son John was born Jan. 29, 1724, 
and died May 13, 1795, leaving twelve children. Joseph, 
the fifth son, born Oct. 8, 1770, succeeded to the old 
homestead. He died March 13, 1 831, leaving six chil- 
dren, of whom two, Sherman, born April 26. 1806, and 




JULIUS HALL. 

Julius, the subject of this sketch, born June 7, 181 3, still 
survive. They are the fourth generation born in this old 
house. Julius Hall married Laura L. Parker, May i, 
1852, and has six children. Some years ago he built the 
house in which he now lives, just north of the old house. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 565 

The immense timbers and old stone chimney, in the fire- 
place of which a load of wood might easily be placed, 
bid fair to stand for several generations to come. Mr. Hall 
is a plain, unassuming man, whose whole attention is 
given to his farm. Respected by his friends and neigh- 
bors for his moral worth, he never sought after office, or 
mingled in town affairs, but lives as did his ancestors for 
four generations in this town, a tiller of the soil, happy 
and content in the bosom of his family. 

EDWARD WALKER HATCH, M. D. 

Was born in Blandford, Hampden Co., Mass., Aug. 31, 
1818. His parents were Timothy Linus and Sarah 
Walker (Shepard) Hatch. He was graduated at the 
Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., in the class 
of 1842. He was married Oct. 15, 1846, to Miss Nancy 
C. Boies, daughter of David Boies Esq., of Blandford. 
He was then in the practice of his profession in New 
Jersey. He removed from New Jersey to Meriden in 
December, 1849.' In 1853 he built and occupied the 
house on the corner of Main and Butler streets, now 
occupied by Henry C. Butler, Esq. He was appointed 
trustee of the State Reform School by the Legislature 
of 1838, and in July, 1859 ^^^ appointed by the trustees 
superintendent. He still occupies that position. He 
made a public profession of his faith in Christ in 1853, 
and in 1853 he connected himself with the First 
Congregational church of Meriden, at West Meriden, 
and still retains his connection there. His success as 

I His children are Edward Walker Hatch Jr., born at Little Falls, N. J., 
Jan. 12, 1848, died July 28, 1849; Sarah Elizabeth, born at Blandford, 
Mass., Nov. 2, 1849 ; Caroline Bigelow, born Sept. 30, 1852 ; Mary Boies, 
born March 6, 1859 ; Frances Catharine, born Sept. 6, 1863, died April 
9, 1864. 

N N 



566 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



superintendent of the Reform School is well known 
not only to the people of this town, but to the people of 
the State and to all in the country at large who are 
interested in the success of such institutions. Dr. 
Hatch was a warm and earnest advocate of the Union 
all through the war of the rebellion. He has always 
been interested in the cause of education, and is well 
known as an able, zealous advocate of total abstinence. 




EDWARD WALKER HATCH, M. D. 

He is active as one of the executive committee of the 
Connecticut Temperance Union, is earnestly interested 
in sabbath schools, and is one of the Board of Directors 
of the Connecticut Industrial school for girls, just 
established at Middletown. 

DR. ISAAC I. HOUGH 

Was born in Wallingford, in the parish of Meriden, in 
1 78 1. His father, Dr. Ensign Hough, commenced 
practice in this town in 1769, and died in 18 13. The 
parents of Dr. Isaac Hough were small in stature and 
weight. His mother especially was a feeble, delicate 
woman. Their son Isaac was large from his birth, and 



BIOGRAPHIES. 



567 



in childhood was so heavy that his mother could not 
lift him ; and when no one was near to raise him into her 
lap, she would stretch out her limbs and roll him up. 
When ten weeks old he weighed twenty pounds, and 
previous to his death had attained the weight of about 
three hundred and fifty pounds. He studied medicine 
under his father, and under the instruction of Dr. Hall 
of Middletown. His father requested him not to marry 




ISAAC I. HOUGH, M. D. 

early, as several members of the family would be de- 
pendent upon him. The result was, he did not marry 
at all. 

At the time he commenced practice, Meriden 
contained about twelve hundred inhabitants ; but his 
practice extended to all adjoining towns, and was for 
several years quite extensive. He was a very efficient 
practitioner and believed fully in the power of medicine 
and administered it freely. He had a good library of 
medical and miscellaneous works, and in his earlier 
years his reading was extensive. He took and read for 
many years the North American Review and most of 



568 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

the medical journals published while he was in practice. 
For a person so large and fleshy he was remarkably 
active in body and mind. He always kept some of the 
best horses in the country and drove them rapidly. He 
was an early riser, up and off to see his patients earlier 
than they were ready to receive him. He spent but 
little time investigating cases, but would see at once 
the prominent points of acute cases, and prescribe with 
skill and good jugdment. His prognosis of a cure was 
generally very correct. He had no taste for the manage- 
ment of chronic cases, and no patience to listen to the 
multitudinous complaints of chronic patients. He much 
preferred to laugh at what appeared to him their absurd 
notions, and consequently would often lose their confi- 
dence. He had great faith in the medical properties of 
opium, and prescribed it freely in fevers and in acute 
and chronic cases. His presciptions unfortunately led 
some of his friends and patients to its habitual use. 
His charges for professional services were very moderate, 
and he accumulated no property from that source. 

For many years he kept a public house in the building 
now standing on the corner of Broad and Main streets ; 
and during a portion of the time he found it very profita- 
ble, especially during the war of 1812. P'rom this source 
he accumulated considerable property, and retired from 
active business at the early age of fifty-three. It is be- 
lieved that this was an unfortunate movement for him. 
When Dr. Catlin moved to Meriden in 1842, Dr. Hough 
took a deep interest in his v/elfare, and rode in consulta- 
tion with him more than he had done for several years 
previous. For several of the latter years of his life he 
read but little, as it affected his head unpleasantly, and he 
thought it imprudent to indulge in this pleasure. He 



BIOGRAPHIES, 569 

always took a deep interest in the welfare of his friends 
and neighbors, and was sometimes so minute in his in- 
quiries as to cause offense, though he never did it from 
bad motives ; it was only that he might rejoice in their 
prosperity, or sympathize with them in their adversity. 

Dr. Hough's knowledge of men was very extensive, 
and his judgment of character very accurate. Keeping 
a public house on one of the great thoroughfares of the 
State, half way between Hartford and New Haven, all 
of the prominent men of the State and many of the 
nation were more or less frequently his guests. Being 
very social and inquisitive he formed a very extensive 
acquaintance. He knew something about, not only 
every Doctor in the State, but the ministers, lawyers, 
judges and politicians. Six or eight four horse stages 
stopped daily at the Doctor's inn. He was so remarka- 
ble in personal appearance that he was always noticed 
and remembered by those who saw him. According to 
the custom of those days his house was well stocked 
with the best of liquors (none of the mixed poisonous 
liquors so much used now), but he never tasted them 
himself, and at the commencement of the temperance 
reform in 1828-30, he sold out his tavern for $6,000 and 
removed across the street to the house now occupied by 
Wm. Merriman. A student of Yale College, while 
passing through Meriden, called at the Doctor's bar and 
said, " Doctor, I have a bad cold, what is best for me to 
take .'*" The Doctor handed him a glass of water. Dr. 
Hough never united with any church, but he was a con- 
stant attendant upon the service of the Congregational 
church and a liberal supporter of its institutions, and a 
friend of good morals. 

I have said that it was unfortunate for him that he 



570 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

gave up business so early in life. It affected his health and 
mind unfavorably. Being naturally so active, he suffered 
from ennui. At the best he was a poor sleeper, and his 
wakefulness was increased by his lack of employment of 
body and mind during the day. He has been known to 
take his horse and wagon and ride twenty or thirty miles 
till he was thoroughly fatigued, when he would sleep 
well. He almost uniformly called himself well, except 
to his most intimate friends. He never could bear to have 
people talk to him of their bodily complaints ; so he 
seldom troubled other people with a recital of his own. 
Says Dr. Catlin (to whom I am indebted for most of the 
facts in this sketch of Dr. Hough) : " I knew that he 
suffered much pain in his limbs, and for several years he 
had an organic affection of the heart. He expected to 
die suddenly, and was not disappointed. He had been 
unwell more than usual for a few days. I was called in 
to see him several times ; he was sometimes in his chair, 
at others on the lounge. I was in one afternoon, when 
he appeared more comfortable and quite cheerful. Early 
the next Monday (I think), word was sent me that he 
was dead. I found him on the floor. He had appar- 
ently got up, put on his dressing-gown, slid down by the 
side of his bed, and died alone, evidently from dropsy 
of the heart. He was fearful he should give his friends 
trouble, either by being confined by sickness, when his 
great weight would be burdensome, or after he was dead. 
To provide against the latter event, he went to, Hartford 
some years before his death, and was measured for his 
coffin, which he had made, boxed up and sent home. He 
told me he did not suppose the maker expected he would 
examine it, but he had a de-sire to see how the work was 
done. He appeared satisfied with its appearance. It 



BIOGRAPHIES. 571 

was kept in the loft of a carriage house." Dr. Hough 
died in the building now occupied (1870) by the ist 
National Bank. 

He was very sensitive in regard to his weight. He 
once drove on to the hay-scales, and while engaged 
in conversation a bystander endeavored to weigh 
the doctor with his horse and gig, hoping afterwards 
to weigh the horse and gig, thus getting his exact 
weight ; but the doctor happened to look around, and 
discovered what was going on, and he instantly whipped 
up his horse and left the scales before the operation was 
completed. Dr. Hough died Feb. 26, 1852, as. 71 years. 
I remember hearing the following verses when I was a 
boy : 

" Dr. Hough, he keeps good stuff, 

And lives just under the steeple ; 

By hook or by crook, he keeps his good looks 

And takes the cash from the people." 

These lines so pleased the doctor that he was often in 
the habit of repeating them. 

LEVI SILLIMAN IVES 

Was born in Meriden parish on the i6th of September, 
1 797. At an early age he removed with his parents to 
Lewis county, N. Y., where he lived until he was sent to 
the academy at Lowville. During the last months of 
the war with Great Britain he served in the army, but 
upon the return of peace went back to school, entering 
Hamilton college in 1816. At first he studied for the 
ministry of the Presbyterian church, but before he was 
ordained, illness compelled him to leave the college, and 
upon his recovery to health his religious views became 
changed and he allied himself with the Protestant Epis- 
copal denomination. In 1820 he removed to New York, 



572 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

where he studied theology under Bishop Hobart, who 
ordained him in August, 1822. Three years later he 
married Rebecca, a daughter of the Bishop. After his 
ordination his first mission was to Bat^via, Genesee Co. ; 
subsequently he took charge of Trinity church, Philadel- 
phia, where he was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop 
White, and in 1827 removed to Lancaster, Pa., and offi- 
ciated at Christ church. During the next year he re- 
turned to New York and served as assistant minister at 
Christ church for about six months, when he became 
rector of St. Luke's church. Here he remained until he 
was consecrated Bishop of North Carolina in 183 1. 
While in North Carolina he became quite popular for his 
efforts in behalf of education and his success in providing 
for the spiritual welfare of the slaves. He also became 
widely known as a theological author from his works on 
the "Apostles' Doctrine and Fellowship," and the " Obe- 
dience of Faith," published in New York in 1849. 

When the Oxford tract excitement broke out in the 
Episcopal church, he strongly sided with the tractarian 
movement, and this position caused his alienation from 
his diocese. The fact was that he doubted the truth of 
the Protestant faith for a long time, and in 1852, while on 
a visit to Rome, openly renounced his faith and was ad- 
mitted to the Catholic church. This conversion on his 
part was severely denounced by the Protestant religious 
papers in the United States, and upon his return he de- 
fended the act in a work entitled "The Trials of a Mind 
in its Progress to Catholicism." (London and Boston, 
1864). After his return to America, he became Pro- 
fessor of Rhetoric in St. Joseph's theological seminary, 
and lectured in the convents of the Sacred Heart and 
the Sisters of Charity. He also occasionally lectured in 



BIOGRAPHIES. 573 

public, and served as an active president of a conference 
of St. Vincent de Paul. In 1857 he conceived the idea 
of founding a home in New York for vagrant and orphan 
children of Catholic parentage, and, having obtained the 
approval of Archbishop Hughes, set energetically to 
work to carry out his design. The result of his philan- 
thropic labors was the establishment of the Catholic 
Male Protectory, and the house of the Holy Angels, two 
of the most deserving charitable institutions in New 
York. Dr. Ives died at Fordham, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1867. 

ISAAC C. LEWIS 

Son of Isaac and Esther (Beaumont) Lewis of Walling- 
ford, was born Oct. 19, 18 12. When he was about 
eleven years old his father died, and five years after 
his mother died. He attended school until the death 
of his father. About a year afterwards he was sent to 
live with Mr. Levi Yale, and the following summer with 
Moses Andrews in the west part of Meriden. At the 
end of the summer he went to live with his grandfather, 
Jared Lewis of Wallingford, who soon after died, when 
Isaac returned to Meriden to live with his brother 
Patrick Lewis. When in his fifteenth year he returned to 
Wallingford and was apprenticed to Hiram Yale to learn 
the britannia ware trade. His employer died when he 
was nineteen years old. He remained with the family a 
short time, then returned to Meriden and worked about 
two years for Lewis and Holt. In 1834, being then in 
his twenty second year, Mr. Lewis formed a copartner- 
ship with George Cowles under the title of Lewis and 
Cowles, and hired rooms in a factory in East Meriden 
for the manufacture of britannia metal goods. They 
remained here about two years, when they closed up 
business, Mr. Cowles going north, and Mr. Evans west. 



574 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

This was in the summer of 1836. Mr. Lewis returned 
in the fall and commenced business again with Mr. 
Lemuel Curtis as partner, under the name of Lewis and 
Curtis, in a factory belonging to Mr. Samuel Cook in 
East Meriden. After about two years the partnership 
was dissolved, Mr. Curtis coming to Meriden center. 
Mr. Lewis soon after purchased a house and small farm 
about one mile east of Meriden center, and built a shop 
and put in a horse-power. Business increased to such 
an extent that a small engine was put in ; but that 
proving to be insufficient, he bought the factory where 
he first commenced business with Mr. Cowles. He 
soon after associated with Daniel B. Wells, a former 
apprentice, under the name of I. C. Lewis & Co. Mr. 
Wells died soon after, and Mr. Lewis bought his interest. 
In 1852 the Britannia Company was formed, with Mr. 
Lewis as President. He remained President of the 
company about twelve years, when he declined holding 
the office any longer. He is still a member of the com- 
pany, and takes an active interest in the business. Mr. 
Lewis married in 1836, Harriet, daughter of Noah 
Pomeroy, and has had six children, viz. : Melissa N., 
Martha E., Henry ]., Isaac, Frank, and Katie A. Three 
are now living. Mr. Lewis represented the town in the 
Legislature in 1848, 1859, 1862, and 1866. He has 
given largely toward the support of the Universalist 
society in Meriden, and for fifteen years has been super- 
intendent of the Sunday-school. Mr. Lewis commenced 
life without a dollar, and by his own exertions and strict 
attention to business has accumulated a large fortune. 
He never had a note protested, never was sued, nor 
has he ever entered a suit against any man. Uni- 
versally loved and respected, he affords another example 



BIOGRAPHIES. 575 

in this town, of what honest industry and enterprise can 
accompUsh. 

WILLIAM W. LYMAN 

Son of Andrew and Anna ( Hall) Lyman, was born in 
Woodford, Vt., March 29, 1821. When seven years of 
age his father died, and he removed to Northford, Conn, 
where he lived six years. In 1836 he came to Meriden 
and learned the trade of making britannia ware, of 
Griswold & Couch, serving five years. In 1844 he went 
into business on his own account, manufacturing britan- 
nia spoons in connection with Ira Couch, but after a 
short time bought him out. The shop stood a few rods 
north of his present residence. He remained there two 
years, and then removed his works to the Twiss factory 
in Prattsville. He was in business here for a short time 
with Lemuel J. Curtiss, but finally dissolved partnership 
and removed to the Frary shop, near the present works 
of the Malleable Iron Co. He was there about five 
years. He has been a member and director of the Meri- 
den Britannia Co. since its organization. In Dec. 1858 
he patented a fruit can which is known throughout the 
country as " Lyman's Fruit Jar." One house in Dela- 
ware has bought over 60,000 of these jars. He has also 
patented an ice pitcher, copper bottom tea-pot, butter 
dish and numerous other articles. Mr. Lyman represent- 
ed Meriden in the Legislature in 1849, ^"^ is President 
of the Meriden Cutlery Co. In 1844 he married 
Roxanna G. Frary, and has one daughter, who married 
Henry Warren, of Watertown, Conn. 

JOHN PARKER 

Son of Stephen and Rebecca Parker was born in 
Cheshire, Conn., in 1805. Receiving his early education 



5/6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

in the common schools of his native town, he at an early 
period of life took a decided stand on the side of Christ, 
and even then it was his earnest desire to prepare for the 
ministry and devote his life to preaching the gospel. To 
this end he entered upon the study of theology at the 
Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., where he was 
graduated in 1831. He then removed to Massachusetts 
and was stationed at Webster two years. He afterwards 
supplied the pulpit at Newtown in 1833-4 ; Holliston, 
1835; Lowell, 1836-7 ; Lynn, 1838-9; Holliston, 1840. 
In 1840 he came to Meriden and entered into business 
with his brother Charles. 

In 1843 the Second Adventists were making a great 
excitement, and had quite a large number of followers in 
Meriden. Mr. Parker collected a number of these to- 
gether and formed a society of Primitive Methodists. 
They assembled for worship in the building now used by 
the Messrs. Parkers as a spectacle-shop. It then stood 
where the office is now situated. It was through the 
exertions of Mr. Parker that the Methodist church grew 
and prospered in the town ; and he, with his brother 
Charles, jointly contributed between thirty and forty 
thousand dollars toward the erection of the present 
church edifice. During his residence in Meriden, Mr. 
Parker has enjoyed the confidence and respect of the 
people, and has always been looked to as a friend and 
counselor. He has filled acceptably the offices of 
Selectman, Justice of the Peace, and Judge of Probate ; 
and in 1870 was elected a Representative to the State 
Legislature. Mr. Parker was married in March, 1832, 
to Miss Emily Ward of Ashfield, Mass. She died 
June I, 1867. He married for his second wife, Grace A. 
Belden, January 22, 1868. The following children were 



BIOGRAPHIES. 57/ 

by his first wife : Emily, born November 2, 1842, died 
December 17, 1843 ; George White, born September 19, 
1846; Mary, born July 28, 1848, died Aug. 4, 1848; 
Frank Milton, born July 7, 1850, died October 7, 1850. 

NOAH POMEROY 

Was born March i, 1786, in Saybrook, Conn., and was 
the youngest of five children, three sons and two 
daughters. His father, Charles Pomeroy, was a mer- 
chant of that place, and died a short time previous to 
the birth of his youngest child. If a long and honor- 
able line of ancestry is capable of conferring dis- 
tinction, the subject of this sketch could scarcely 
have desired a more auspicious birth ; for his family 
trace their ancestry into the eleventh century, to a dis- 
tinguished Norman Knight, who fought at the battle of 
Hastings, under William. One of the descendants of 
the knight, Eltwood Pomeroy, emigrated to Massachu- 
setts in 1630, from England, and was well known in the 
early Indian wars of New England ; and the history of 
the Indian, French and Revolutionary wars, bears honor- 
able record of the bravery and patriotism of many of his 
descendants. 

Noah Pomeroy was descended from Eltwood, and his 
only inheritance was the good name and strong physical 
and mental capacities of his ancestors. After the death 
of his father, his brothers and sisters were kindly cared 
for and educated by his paternal grandfather, a man of 
considerable property and good standing in Colchester, 
Conn. ; while he from necessity remained with his mother 
who removed with him to Meriden. When he was about 
five years old his mother contracted a second marriage, 
which to him proved of little advantage. He continued 
to live with his mother and step-father until he was ten 



578 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD, 

years old, when penniless and scarcely possessing a 
knowledge of the English alphabet, he commenced the 
world for himself 

His first great object was to secure an education which 
would enable him to transact the common business in- 
cident to a life of action and enterprise, such as his 
youthful preception had already foreshadowed as his 
destiny. In attempting to accomplish this, he was 
obliged to struggle with difficulties which those alone 
can rightly estimate who have had the same to contend 
with. The meagre earnings of the summer, with the 
most rigid economy, afforded a bare surplus to apply to 
the purpose of his education during the winter ; and 
often this was lawfully claimed and obtained by his step- 
father. 

At fifteen he commenced peddling tin ware, but this 
gave offence to some of his nearest relatives. After 
repeated solicitations by other members of the family, 
he was induced about three years afterwards to commence 
an apprenticeship with a carpenter and joiner ; a trade 
in those days being esteemed next to a profession. He 
continued, however, but a short time in this employment. 
He had already selected the business most congenial to 
his feelings for his future occupation, and returning to 
his peddling wagon, he made use of it as the most direct 
and honorable means within his power, by which he 
could eventually make himself master of that business, 
and establish himself in the manufacture of tin ware. 
Accordingly at twenty, he apprenticed himself to a tin- 
smith for six months, for which he paid a stipulated sum, 
and in that almost incredibly short period, gained such 
an insight into the business as to enable him to become 
a complete master of the trade, which usually required 



BIOGRAPHIES. 579 

four or five years to learn. In the succeeding year he 
engaged in the manufacture of plain tin ware. During 
the same year he married Miss Mary Merriman, a lineal 
descendant of Lieut. Nathaniel Merriman, who was one 
of the first settlers of Wallingford, and who commanded 
in the early Indian wars. During the eleven years 
succeeding, he prosecuted a small yet successful business 
at various localities. In the Autumn of 1807, he re- 
moved to Plymouth, Conn., where he continued his busi- 
ness until 1815, with the exception of one winter spent 
at Baltimore. It was during his residence at Plymouth 
that the second war with Great Britain commenced, of 
which he was an enthusiastic supporter. He was tendered 
a lieutenant's commission in the regular army, which 
however he did not accept. In 18 15 he returned to 
Wallingford, from whence he removed to Meriden in 
1 818, where he permanently established his business 
and purchased a farm on which he ever afterward lived. 
From this time he continued gradually to increase the 
yearly amount of his manufactures, yet not so fast as to 
endanger his credit. He was among the first to engage 
extensively in the manufacture of japanned and orna- 
mented tin ware in this country. In 1839 he retired 
nominally from his business, which he left to his sons, 
and applied his energies, which were not in the least 
abated, to the improvement of his farm. 

During his residence in Meriden he exercised a con- 
trolling influence in its affairs. He held all the offices 
within its gift, and that of selectman repeatedly until he 
declined an election. He filled the office of justice of 
the peace by appointment of the State Legislature, as 
long as it possessed the power to appoint. During his 
whole residence in Meriden he was scarcely ever removed 



580 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

by a change in party politics. His knowledge of com- 
mon law, and his impartial judgment may be estimated 
by the fact, that of all the cases which were ever brought 
before him, an appeal from his decision was never 
carried to the county court. An ardent advocate of pro- 
gression and reform, and contending for the broadest 
religious and political liberty, he earnestly urged the 
necessity of calling the convention which remodeled the 
constitution of the state, and expunged many of those 
statutes which have been known as " blue laws." In 
1832 he was elected a member of the House of Repre- 
sentatives, and in 1837 he was chosen senator from the 
sixth district, and in that capacity exerted his influence 
for the abolition of the law which imprisoned for debt. 
In 1833 when the Meriden Bank was established he was 
appointed one of the directors, and in 1849 ^^s chosen 
president, which office he shortly after resigned. Mr. 
Pomeroy died Nov. 23, 1868, in the eighty-second year 
of his age. 

JULIUS PRATT 

Was born Nov. 24, 1791, at Saybrook, Conn., and was 
the son of Deacon Phineas (and Hepsibah) Pratt, who 
was the son of Azariah, (born Aug., 17 10), who was the 
son of John Jr. (born Sept. 5, 1671), who was the son of 
John (born Feb. 20, 1644), who was the eldest son of 
William, who came to this country with Rev. Thomas 
Hooker in 1633. Julius Pratt married Lydia, daughter 
of John De Wolfe of Westbrook, January 9, 181 7. She 
was born March 18, 1795. His father's residence, where 
he himself lived in early life, was about one mile west 
of Pautapaug Point. At the age of fifteen he com- 
menced work with his brothers Abel and Phineas, in 
ivory-comb making, and at the age of twenty-two en- 



BIOGRAPHIES. 581 

gaged with his brother Philo in the silversmith business 
in Pautapaug. In February i8i 8 he removed to Meriden, 
and in connection with Messrs. Bush, Williams, Howard, 
Reed, Starkey, Rogers and Spencer, soon commenced 
the manufacture of ivory combs on Harbor brook, a 
little south of the Middletown and Waterbury turnpike 
bridge. Finding his water-power too small for his in- 
creasing business he removed to what is now called 
Prattsville. Joined with Mr. Webb he continued to be 
a leading member of the ivory comb business, and his 
energy and enterprise contributed in a large degree to 
the development of this branch of manufactures, which 
in a few years distanced foreign competition, and at the 
present time is a large and important business, the 
goods being exported to nearly all parts of the world. 
While Mr. Pratt was heavily engaged in business at 
Prattsville, he was also interested in another company at 
Crow Hollow, afterward at Hanover, where much of his 
time was occupied. He was one of the pioneers in the 
manufacture of cutlery, and had the pleasure while 
living, of seeing that business well established on a firm 
and profitable basis. He was a stockholder and director 
in the Home National Bank of Meriden from its com- 
mencement. In this connection, as in all other business 
relations, his counsel was sought and relied upon at all 
times. 

As a citizen he always enjoyed the respect and 
confidence of the community where he lived. Uncom- 
promising in principle, unflinching in the discharge of 
duty, sagacious as an adviser, modest in demeanor, 
active and liberal in private and public charities, and 
affectionate towards his family and friends, it may well 
be said that the best blood of the Puritans flowed in his 
O o 



582 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

veins. He never sought for preferment, but was called 
to represent his town in the State Legislature of 1852, 
and was elected Senator of the Sixth District of Con- 
necticut in 1854. In his business intercourse he may 
have left the impression at times that he was austere ; 
but his apparent sternness arose from the promptness 
and decision with which he always transacted his busi- 
ness. His language was direct, final and rigidly busi- 
ness like. He was seldom misunderstood, and but few 
ever attempted to swerve or cajole him. Beneath his 
apparent harshness was an inner life as gentle as a dove. 
He loved with a woman's heart, but he spoke with the 
promptness of a business man, and in all his movements 
there was a kind of military precision which, to the un- 
observing, might easily be misapprehended. He died 
August 31, 1869. His children are, Harriet Melinda, 
born April 24, 18 18; Julius H., born August i, 1821 ; 
William McLain, born December 12, 1837.' 

BENJAMIN TWISS 

Was born in Meriden Oct. 31, 1798. He early com- 
menced the manufacture of wooden clocks in Prattsville, 
and did a large business. Later in life he manufactured 
coffee-mills at the same place. He was one of the most 
active men of the day in town affairs, holding at different 
times the offices of constable, justice of the peace, select- 
man and assessor. He was appointed postmaster in 



I William McLain Pratt graduated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- 
tute, at Troy, N. Y., with the degree of civil engineer, in the class of 1857. 
He visited South America in i860 and 1861, crossing the continent from 
Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, via Mendoza and the Andes. He enlisted 
as a private in the 8th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, in 
May, 1862, and was wounded in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 
1862. He was promoted to the office of second lieutenant in November, 
1862, and that of first lieutenant and adjutant in June, 1863. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 583 

1853, but resigned. He took an active interest in the 
establishment of the Reform school ; also in the Air-line 
railroad. He married March 7, 1832, Miss Lucy G. 
Francis of Wethersfield, Conn. Mr. Twiss died January 
23, 1854. 

HON. DEXTER R. WRIGHT 

Was born in Windsor, Vermont, on the 27th of June, 
1 82 1. His ancestors were among the first settlers of 
Vermont, and one of them was killed in the frontier 
wars with the Canadians and Indians. Alpheus Wright, 
his father, held a commission in the war of 1812, and 
was severely wounded in the battle at Plattsburg. 

During the boyhood of Dexter, his father removed to 
the northern part of New York, where he carried on the 
milling and lumber business, together with a woolen 
factory. All of his sons were employed in these various 
branches of business, and each learned some useful trade. 
Dexter, however, being of a studious turn of mind, pre- 
pared himself for college and entered the University at 
Middletown, from which he graduated in 1845. In the 
same year, he became principal of the Meriden Academy, 
and continued as such for nearly a year and a half; 
having given instruction to many youths who are now 
among the energetic and successful business men of 
Meriden. He was noted for his firm discipline and thor- 
ough teaching ; and the Academy flourished under his 
administration. 

In the year 1846, he entered the Yale law school at 
New Haven, from which he graduated in 1848. During 
his studies at Yale, as well as throughout his collegiate 
course, he gave great promise of future eminence in his 
profession ; and particularly in that branch of it per- 
taining to advocacy. In 1848 he commenced the 



584 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

practice of law in Meriden, and soon after married Miss 
Maria H. Phelps, daughter of Col. E. L. Phelps, of East 
Windsor, Conn. 

In 1849 he was elected senator for the 6th senatorial 
district, and was the youngest man that had ever been 
elected to the state senate from that district. He served 
with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. 
After the adjournment of the Legislature, he sailed for 
California, where he remained for two years practising 
in the territorial courts and taking part in the early 
political history of that state. 

In 1 85 1 he returned to Meriden and continued the 
practice of his profession until 1862, when he entered 
the Union army as colonel of the fifteenth regiment, 
Connecticut volunteers. His practice in Meriden during 
this period was large and successful, and he had the 
confidence and esteem of all men as a thorough lawyer, 
an honest man, and a good citizen. The people of 
Meriden are largely indebted to his cultivation and taste 
as a pioneer in beautifying the village, and in urging 
forward general public improvements, and his spirit in 
those matters has become, largely from his example, the 
prevailing spirit of the people of the present city. 

He was commissioned Lieut. Col. of the I4ih Regi- 
ment of Connecticut Volunteers, early in 1862; and 
he assisted in raising a company for that Regiment. 
He had also aided in raising companies for every prece- 
ding regiment, for that purpose speaking in different parts 
of the State. Owing to his zeal in the cause of the 
Union, Gov. Buckingham, without consulting Col. 
Wright's wishes, commissioned him Colonel of the 15 th 
Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers ; thus promoting 
him before he entered the field. The latter Regiment 



BIOGRAPHIES. 585 

he recruited to its full number and six hundred in excess 
in an unprecedentedly short time, by his personal exer- 
tions and great influence and popularity. 

His regiment went to Virginia in August, 1862, where 
for several months he commanded a brigade. He par- 
ticipated in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, 
under Burnside. After about a year's service in the 
field, he was discharged upon surgeon's certificate of 
disability, and subsequently, upon special request of 
Gov. Buckingham, he was appointed commissioner on 
the Board of Enrollment for the 2nd Congressional 
District, the duties of which he discharged with marked 
ability and zeal in the cause of the nation. In 1863 he 
was elected to the General Assembly of Conn, as a 
representative from the town of Meriden. 

Having served in the field and as commissioner for 
three years with great pecuniary sacrifice, Col. Wright 
removed, at the close of the war, to New Haven, Conn. ; 
where he resumed the practice of the law, and has con- 
tinued therein to the present time. He has served as 
United States assistant District Attorney for a term of 
years, and discharged the duties of that office with 
ability and satisfaction to the public. 

His present law partner is H. Lynde Harrison, Esq., 
who is himself somewhat identified with the history of 
Wallingford. Mr. Harrison taught school in Walling- 
ford in 1858-9, and represented the 6th senatorial dis- 
trict, of which Meriden is a part, in 1865 and 1866; and 
he is a young man of ability and promise. 

Mr. Wright is a thoroughly educated man. His 
studies are not confined to the legal profession alone ; 
but he is well read in every department of general litera- 
ture and national science. He has even pursued his 



586 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Studies into medicine ; and several years ago, the hono- 
rary degree of M. D. was conferred upon him by a 
medical college in the city of New York. His maxim 
is that of Lord Bacon, " All knowledge is my province ;" 
and he is not satisfied with the mastery of one profession 
only. His personal integrity has never been questioned, 
and his professional honor is fully up to the high stand- 
ard always maintained by the Connecticut bar. His 
mind works quickly and logically, and has been well 
trained for the successful practice of the most drastic 
profession pursued by men. His diction is at all times 
polished and elegant ; his command of language and 
power of characterization is almost wonderful ; and his 
manners are dignified and well calculated to please all 
with whom he comes in contact. As a lawyer he is re- 
markably strong ; as an examiner of witnesses he is 
powerful; in the presentation of facts in argument to 
court or jury, he is clear and forcible ; in the preparation 
of his cases for trial, thorough and exhaustive ; and, in 
his drafting of pleadings, neat, clear and logical. 

Since his removal to New Haven in 1864, ^^ ^^s, by 
strict attention to his business, built up a large and 
lucrative practice. He is a laborious worker, and is 
devoted to his calling, and has attained a position in 
his profession, which his many friends are glad to see 
him occupy. 

Col. Wright, though a republican in sentiment, par- 
ticipates but little in politics ; yet the republicans have 
few men in Connecticut who could shed more honor 
upon their party than he, were he to actually enter upon 
political life. Though not a native of Meriden, he has 
been for so many years identified with her niterests and 
progress, that this notice of him is due more to the town 




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BIOGRAPHIES. 58/ 

than to him ; and the people of Meriden can never feel 
less than a strong interest in his future success and 
welfare. 

WILLIAM YALE 

Son of Samuel and Eunice ( Payne) Yale, was born 
March 13, 1784. He attended the schools of the town 
until he was old enough to work, when he was appren- 
ticed to learn the tin business, and finally went into the 
business on his own account. It was his custom to go to 
Boston and purchase a box of tin ; then with the assistance 
of a sail-maker, he would make two bags in which he 
would put the tin ; then swinging it across his horse's 
back, he would bring it to Meriden, and make it into 
long tin combs, pint-cups and other articles. 

In 1817 he bought the farm of Benjamin Merriam, 
which comprised nearly the whole of what is now West 
Meriden. The land was purchased for $2500, he giving 
a note for ^1800 for one year, and paying the remainder 
in cash. Previous to the note coming due, he learned 
that it was the intention of Mr. Merriam to demand 
the payment of it in specie, and he prepared himself 
accordingly, by gradually accumulating the whole 
amount in sixpence and one shilling pieces. As he 
brought the coin home, Lyman Collins and Joel Hall 
counted it and put it in bags, upon which they put their 
private seal. This was continued until the whole amount 
was deposited in the bags. The day that the note 
became due, Mr. Yale stationed his son at the hotel, to 
watch for any stranger that might come. In the after- 
noon a gentleman drove up to the hotel, and enquired 
where Esq. Yale lived. The boy at once informed 
Messrs. Collins and Hall, and they repaired to Mr. Yale's 
to meet the stranger, who soon made his appearance. 



588 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

After a few remarks, the decanter with sugar, lemons, 
etc., was brought out, according to the custom of the 
times, and all took a drink. The stranger then remark- 
ed, that he was the sheriff of Hartford county, and had 
come to demand payment of the note which was due 
that day, and that he was ordered to demand specie pay- 
ment. " Very well," replied Mr. Yale, " I have antici- 
pated your demand, and am prepared to meet it." He 
then told Messrs. Collins and Hall to bring out the bags 
and examine the seals, and they were found all right. 
Mr. Yale then untied the bags and emptied the contents 
on the table, first sixpences and then shillings ; then 
turning to the sheriff said, "There is ^1800. which I tend- 
er to you in payment of my note, due this day." The 
sheriff was completely nonplussed. " It will take me a 
week to count it," said he. " Very well," replied Mr. 
Yale, " I don't doubt it, for it has taken me six months 
to get it." The sheriff took another drink, then filling 
the bags, he took his departure, after asking Mr. Yale 
if he did his own coining. 

Mr. Yale took an active interest in the affairs of the 
town, and was much respected by his townsmen. He 
married Mary Johnson, Nov. 20, 1803, and died Jan. 23, 
1833, in the forty-ninth year of his age. Mary, his wife, 
died April i, 1854, ae. sixty-nine years. His son, Edwin 
Rodolphus Yale, was born Aug. 8, 1804, and was ex- 
tensively engaged in business in Meriden for many 
years. He is now the proprietor of the Mansion House, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

SAMUEL YALE 

Was the son of Samuel and Eunice (Payne) Yale, and 
was born April 4, 1786. He was the third of a family 
of nine children, six sons and three daughters. At an 



BIOGRAPHIES. 589 

early age he was engaged with his father in the manufac- 
ture of cut nails, in a little shop which stood nearly in 
front of the present center Congregational church. He 
and his father worked the nail machine with their own 
hands, and each nail was headed separately. The elder 
Mr. Yale soon after commenced the manufacture of 
pewter buttons, which met with a ready sale, his son 
working with him. The father died Sept. i8, 1804, in 
his forty-seventh year, and after his death the son con- 
tinued the business in connection with his brother Hi- 
ram, employing two or three men. Samuel and Hiram 
afterwards removed to Richmond, Va., where they 
remained several years engaged in the tin business. 
They finally returned to Meriden, where, in connection 
with two other brothers, William and Charles, they com- 
menced the manufacture of tin and britannia ware. 
Their goods were sold chiefly by peddlers. The Yales 
were very enterprising men and imported from England 
more skilled artizans, and soon took the lead in the 
manufacture of britannia goods, such as tea-sets, church 
services,' etc. Charles and Hiram removed to Walling- 
ford and commenced business, and had for an apprentice 
Mr. Samuel Simpson. Samuel Yale remained in Meri- 
den and continued the tin and britannia business, occu- 
pying a shop on Liberty-st., and afterwards on the cor- 
ner of Broad and East Main-st. He continued here 
until 1858, when he retired from business. The shop is 
still standing a few rods east from Broad-st. 

Mr. Yale in his younger days was deputy sheriff for 
several years. When the Meriden Bank was organized 

1 The author has in his possession a flagon which was manufactured by 
the Yale Brothers. It was a part of the communion service of the First 
Baptist church in Meriden. 



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HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



he was chosen one of the directors, and held the office 
until his death. He was President and trustee of the 
Meriden Academical Association while it was in exist- 
ence. In 1850 he erected the building known as the 
Odd Fellows Building; and in 1856 erected the brick 
building on the northeast corner of Broad and Main-sts. 
Mr. Yale died March 12, 1854, ae. 79 years. His wife 
died in 1 865 in her 79th year. 

WM. HUBBARD YALE 

Son of Jonathan and Alma (Hubbard) Yale, was born 
in Meriden Nov. 22, 1817, in the house in which he now 




WILLIAM HUBBARD YALE. 

lives. The house was known to the old residents of the 
town as the "Penfield place," and was built by Mr. Wm. 
Yale's grandfather. Mr. Yale gives most of his time to 
the cultivation of his farm, but finds time to take an ac- 
tive interest in town affairs. To his memory the author 
is indebted for many facts contained in this volume. 
Mr. Yale married June 27, 1841, Miss Maria M. 
Hubbard. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 59I 

JAMES S. BROOKS 

Was born in Haddam, Conn., March i, 1796. He came 
to Meriden when he was sixteen years old, a poor boy, 
and was apprenticed to David Plant, to learn the busi- 
ness of carpenter and joiner. He served his apprentice- 
ship, and worked at the business a few years. Major 
Elisha A. Cowles was engaged in business in Meriden at 
that time, and having become acquainted with young 
Brooks, he employed him to travel and sell dry-goods 
and Yankee notions for him. Mr. Brooks with a single 
horse and wagon, in which he carried his goods, drove to 
South Carolina, and there carried on business in connec- 
tion with Mr. Cowles, under the name of J. S. Brooks 
& Co., for nearly twenty years ; his family residing, in 
the meantime, in Meriden. When he returned to Meri- 
den to live, he was engaged in numerous enterprises, at 
one time manufacturing augers, and at another as one of 
the firm of Parker, Snow, Brooks & Co., occupying the 
buildings now used by Parker Brothers. Mr. Brooks 
was one of the pioneers in building the Hartford, New 
Haven and Springfield railroad, was a Director for sev- 
eral years. Vice President, and for a number of years 
acting President. He was largely identified with the 
affairs of the town, serving as Selectman, Judge of Pro- 
bate, Justice of the Peace and as Representative of the 
town to the State Legislature in 1839, iS44> 1855 ^^'^ 
1857. He was very active in church affairs, and gave 
the land on which the West Meriden Congregational 
church was built, and the sum of one thousand dollars 
towards the building. He had a good knowledge of 
human nature, and a quick perception of the character 
and intent of men. He was ardent in his temperament, 
strong in his attachments, and kind as a friend and 



592 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

neighbor. Possessing strong common sense and good 
mother-wit, and an indomitable will and perseverance, 
he made his influence felt in the community. Mr. 
Brooks married, Aug. 31, 1823, Millicent A., daughter 
of Patrick Clark of this town. He died Oct. 29, 1862, 
leaving ten children : six daughters and four sons. One 
of the latter, John C, died in 1864, after nearly three 
years' service in the Union Army. He occupied the 
house just north of the depot in West Meriden. 

LEMUEL J. CURTIS 

Son of Elisha and Abigail (Hall) Curtis, was born Jan. 
15, 1 8 14. He attended school until he was sixteen years 
old, when he was apprenticed to Ira Yale of Wallingford 
to learn the britannia ware business. After serving 
about twelve months, he, together with Mr. Wm. Elton, 
bought out Mr. Yale and formed a partnership in which 
they continued about one year. In the summer of 1836 
Mr. Curtis and Mr. Isaac C. Lewis went to Illinois, in- 
tending to settle there and carry on business together ; 
but Mr. Lewis was taken sick, and they soon returned 
to Meriden, and formed a partnership and commenced 
manufacturing britannia ware about two miles east of 
the town. The partnership was soon dissolved, and Mr. 
Curtis, together with his brother Edwin E. Curtis, manu- 
factured britannia ware in Meriden for a few years. Mr. 
Lemuel Curtis then formed a partnership with Mr. Will- 
iam Lyman, and when the Meriden Britannia Company 
was formed in 1852, they both became members of the 
company. Mr. Curtis has been one of the directors of 
the company since its organization, and an active mem- 
ber until 1868. He has long been an active member of 
the Episcopal Church ; was vestryman for several years, 



BIOGRAPHIES. 593 

and is now one of the wardens. He married Dec. 24, 
1835, Bedotha P. Button, and has had two children. 

ASHABEL GRISWOLD 

Was born in Rocky Hill, Conn., April 4, 1784. He 
removed to Meriden in 1808, eating his first meal in 




ASHABEL GRISWOLD. 

Meriden at the residence of Mr. James Frary, in the 
north part of the town. On this occasion he first met 
Mr. Frary's daughter Lucy, whom he afterward married. 
Previous to his coming to Meriden he had learned the 
block-tin business of Captain Danforth of Rocky Hill, 
and soon after coming here he commenced business in a 
small shop near the residence of Mr. Samuel Clark, in 
Clarksville, now Fraryville, manufacturing tea-pots and 
other articles from block-tin. In 1810 he built the house 
just north of the residence of Mr. Wm. Lyman, and near 
this he built a shop which he occupied until 1842, when 
he retired from business. Mr. Griswold was a very ener- 
getic business man and highly respected in the com- 
munity. He was President of the Meriden Bank for 
some years, one of the wardens of the Episcopal church, 



594 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



Justice of the Peace, and represented the town in the 
Legislature in 1831 and 1847. He married ist, Lucy 
Frary ; 2nd, the widow of Andrew Lyman, and died May 
30, 1853, ae. 69 years. 

ELI IVES 

Son of Othniel and Sarah (Yale) Ives was born in the 
house now occupied by his brother Othniel Ives Jr. in 
the eastern part of the town, January, 1809. He re- 
mained on the farm until his twenty-second year, when 
with Mr. Noah Pomeroy he commenced the manufacture 
of tin ware. In 1837 he went to Wetumpka, Alabama, 
and commenced business in which he retained an inter- 
est, although living most of the time in Meriden. In 
1843 he bought the Tyler mills in Yalesville, and carried 
on the milling business and manufacture of britannia 
spoons. In 1849, ^^ company with Mr. Bennett Jeralds 
he commenced manufacturing britannia spoons and 
other articles in Prospect, Conn. The business was 




ELI IVES. 

carried on until 1854. In 1852 Mr. Ives was admitted 
as a partner in the firm of Goodrich and Rutty, and 



BIOGRAPHIES. 



595 



the firm was changed to Goodrich, Ives and Rutty. 
Mr. Goodrich retired in 1864, and Edwin R. Crocker 
and Nelson Payne were admitted, making the firm Ives, 
Rutty and Co. He has been a member of the common 
council, and also one of the aldermen. His services 
have been often called for in the settlement of estates, 
and he has taken an active interest in city improvements. 

LAUREN MERRIMAN 

Son of Asaph and Damaris Merriman, was born in 
Meriden in 1787. He early commenced the manufac- 
ture of block tin buttons in his own house, and afterwards 




LAUREN MERRIMAN. 

in a small shop which is now occupied as a dwelling- 
house, and stands opposite the north end of Foster and 
Merriman's shop. He afterwards commenced the manu- 
facture of ivory combs in Crow Hollow, where he 
continued until 1830, when he sold out the business. 
He was a very active and enterprising man, devoted 
entirely to his business, and accumulated a large proper- 
ty. He married Temperance Todd of Bristol, Conn., 
and had six children. His three sons have been actively 



596 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

engaged in business in this town ; viz., Asaph, Nelson, 
and Lauren T. Mr. Merriman died in April, 1867, se. 
80 years. 

ORVILLE H. PLATT 

Son of Daniel G. and Almira Piatt, was born in 
Washington, Litchfield county. Conn., July 19, 1827. 
He received his early education in his native town, and 
studied law with G. H. Hollister Esq., of Litchfield. 
He was admitted to the bar, and in the spring of 1851 
he removed to Meriden and commenced the practice of 
law. He was appointed Judge of Probate in 1853-4-5 
and 6 ; was Clerk of the Senate in 1855-6; Secretary 
of State in 1857; State Senator in 1861-2; and Repre- 
sentative in 1864-9. He was speaker of the House of 
Representatives in 1869. Mr. Piatt has always ranked 
high in the legal profession. His success as a lawyer 
has been dependent on an unshaken conviction of his 
probity, untiring diligence and devotion to the interests 
of his clients, and his comprehensive knowledge of the 
law, and his admirable judgment. The impulse he has 
communicated while living, to all schemes of public 
enterprise and improvement, will doubtless continue ; 
but his aid and influence would be missed in many 
channels which no other could successfully fill. Mr. 
Piatt married May 15, 1850, Miss Annie Bull of To- 
wanda, Penn., and has had two children, Daniel G. who 
died young, and James P. who is now in Yale College. 

SAMUEL PADDOCK 

Was born in Middletown, Conn., Feb. 22, 1784, and re- 
moved to Meriden in 1806. For over fifty years he was 
one of the active and influential men of the town, 
holding several offices in the gift of the town. He was 



BIOGRAPHIES. 597 

by occupation a farmer. August 20, 1803, he married 
Miss Polly Sears. January 22, 1823, he married for his 
second wife Charlotte Yale. He died August 7, 1869. 




SAMUEL PAUDOCK. 

One of his sons, Charles Paddock, is an extensive far- 
mer in the eastern part of the town. Another son, 
Samuel C. Paddock, is well known as a business man in 
Meriden. 

CHARLES PARKER 

Son of Stephen and Rebecca Parker, was born in Che- 
shire, Conn., January 2, 1809. When nine years of age he 
was placed with a farmer by the name of Porter Cook, 
where he remained until he was fourteen. He contin- 
ued on a farm until he was eighteen, when he went to 
work in Southington casting buttons for Anson Mat- 
thews. He remained there one year and then removed 
to Naugatuck, then a part of Waterbury, where he 
worked for Horace and Harry Smith about six months. 
In August, 1828, Mr. Parker came to Meriden and hired 
out to Patrick Lewis, making coffee-mills. In December, 
1829, he went into business for himself with a capital of 
P p 



598 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

seventy dollars, taking a contract from Lewis and Holt 
for thirteen months to manufacture coffee-mills. His 
shop stood nearly opposite his present residence. Du- 
ring the thirteen months Mr. Parker cleared thirteen 
hundred dollars. He then took in as partner, Mr. Jared 
Lewis, and took another contract from Lewis and Holt, 
to manufacture coffee-mills, ladles and skimmers. In 
January, 1831, he sold out to Mr. Jared Lewis and 
bought an acre of ground lying west of his present 
residence. On this ground was an old brown house, and 
Mr. Parker paid for the house and ground, six hundred 
and fifty dollars. On the back of this lot he built a shop 
which was finished in the spring of 1832, in which he 
manufactured coffee-mills and waffle irons. Mr. Parker 
then went to market with his own goods. In Nov. 
1833 Lewis and Holt failed, thus leaving the whole 
market in Mr. Parker's hands. In 1833 he associated 
with his brother Edmund and Heman White, under 
the firm name of Parker and White, and carried on 
business until 1835, when Edmund Parker was sent to 
Montgomery, Alabama, with clocks and dry goods. In 
1836 he returned, and Mr. White went to Montgomery 
with dry goods, which sold readily. In October, 1837, he 
made a second trip to Alabama with a large stock of 
dry goods ; but the hard times came on and he lost 
heavily, much embarassing the firm of Parker and White, 
who did not fully recover from their embarassment for 
over six years. They were often advised by their friends 
to fail, but did not, and paid all debts in full with interest. 
During this time Edmund Parker sold out his interest to 
Mr. White, and in 1843 the partnership was dissolved, 
Mr. White going south, where he soon failed. He came 
back to Meriden and hired out to Mr. Parker for one 



BIOGRAPHIES. 599 

hundred dollars a month. He built the house now 
owned and occupied by Mr. John W. Miles, corner of 
Broad and Elm streets. He died there of consumption. 
Mr. Parker's business steadily increased, and in 1844 he 
added largely to his buildings, putting in steam power, 
having previously used horse power. He was the first 
to manufacture plated spoons and forks, and the first to 
plate hollow ware in Meriden. Mr. Parker owns be- 
sides his shop in Meriden center, a factory in East 
Meriden, one about two miles west of Meriden, one in 
Yalesville, one in West Meriden, and occupies the Twiss 
shop in Prattsville. His business now amounts to about 
one million dollars a year. 

His success in life has been owing to strict ecomony 
and close application to business ; he often working 
fifteen hours a day, attending to his large correspondence 
evenings. He has been distinguished for good sense, 
great industry, method in business, and punctuality in 
all his engagements. At the age of thirty-one, Mr. 
Parker experienced religion, and after two years united 
with the Methodist church. He gave the Methodists 
the lot on Broad street on which their church was 
built, and also gave three-quarters of what the build- 
ing cost ; and he with his brother John jointly contributed 
between thirty and forty thousand dollars towards the 
erection of the present Methodist church. His liberality 
has been great but unostentatious ; and whenever he has 
conferred a favor he has endeavored to conceal it from 
the world. Mr. Parker has always refused to accept 
office, though often urged to do so, until Meriden was 
incorporated a city ; when he was elected Mayor, which 
office he held two years. 

Mr. Parker married October 6, 1831, Miss Abi Lewis 



600 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

Eddy, of Berlin, and has had ten children ; four are 
now living. The youngest son, Dexter Wright Parker, 
was graduated at West Point in the spring of 1870, he 
being then in his twenty-first year. 

EDMUND PARKER 

The youngest son of Stephen and Rebecca Parker, was 
born in Cheshire, Conn., Feb. 9, 181 1. He removed 
to Meriden at an early age, and shortly after became 
connected with his brother Charles and Mr. Heman 
White, in the manufacture of hardware, under the name 
of Parker and White, which firm were really the 
pioneers of the business enterprise of Meriden. To 
their energy, perseverance and success, is due in a 
great measure the growth and present prosperity of 
the town. Upon the dissolution of Parker and White 
he associated himself with his brother John in the brass 
and iron-foundry business, and in the manufacture of 
coffee-mills and other hardware, under the firm name of 
J. & E. Parker, which partnership continued until his 
health failed in 1865, when he sold out his interest to 
his brother Charles. He was Selectman and also 
County Commissoner for several years. He embraced 
Christianity at an early age, and for many years was a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Meriden. 
He joined the Episcopal Church in 1858, in which 
communion he remained until his death, which occurred 
April 19, 1866, at the age of fifty-five years. Mr. 
Parker was distinguished for the clearness and strength 
of his judgment, the ease and accuracy with which he 
transacted business, and the kindness and affability 
which he uniformly manifested in all the relations of 
life ; and while always attentive to business, he was 




EDMUND PARKER. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 



60 1 



never neglectful of the duties of friendship nor of social 
life generally. Mr. Parker married Miss Jennette 
Bradley of Branford, and had seven children, four of 
whom are now living. 

JOSEPH J. WOOLLEY 

son of Jo.seph and Fannie ( Burroughs) Woolley, was 
born at Bridgeport, Conn., September 17, 1832. He 




REV. JOSEPH J. \V\X)LLEY. 

studied for the ministry in the M. E. Church, and joined 
the New York East Conference in 1856, and was sta- 
tioned at South Norwalk, Conn. When the war broke 
out in 1861, he was commissioned as chaplain in the 
8th Regiment, Conn. Volunteers, and was connected 
with the Burnside ex})edition into North Carolina, being 



602 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKU. 

actively engaged in the battles of Roanoke Island and 
Newbern. Constant exposure for weeks brought on 
an attack of typhoid fever, and he came home in the 
spring of 1862. Immediately after his recovery he pre- 
sented the cause of the Chaplain's aid Commission in 
this State ; and it was while engaged in this work, that 
he was invited to become the Pastor of the Center 
Congregational Church in Meriden, Conn., where he 
was installed October 22, 1862 ; having been previously 
ordained by Bishop Simpson in the Methodist Church. 
Mr. Woolley was brought up in the Congregational 
Church under the pastorate of Dr. N. Hewitt, but was 
converted in the Methodist Church, which will account 
for his connection with that church, for which he still 
cherishes the warmest affection. Mr. Woolley has been 
twice married. His first wife was the daughter of 
Charles Briscoe of Bridgeport, Conn., with whom he 
lived five years ; during four years of which she was an 
invalid, being confined to her room the greater part of 
the time. She died May 6th, i860, leaving no children. 
In Dec. 1 86 1 he married the daughter of Dea. Stephen 
G. and Mary A. Ferris of South Norwalk, Conn., by 
whom he has two children, a son and daughter. 

In his present pastorate, Mr. W. succeeded the Rev. 
O. H. White of New Haven. The church membership 
at that time was 154; it is now 224. His church is the 
original church of Meriden, having been organized in 
October, 1729. 

HORACE C. WILCOX 

Son of Elisha B. and Hepsibah ( Cornwall ) Wilcox, was 
born in Middletown, Ct., Jan. 26, 1824. He lived on his 
father's farm until he was twenty years old, attending 
school until he was eighteen. In his twentieth year he 



BIOGRAPHIES. 603 

commenced peddling, and followed this business for near- 
ly two years. In 1850 he came to Meriden and began 
selling britannia ware for Mr. James Frary, and finally 
furnished Mr. Frary with stock, and took all of the goods 
that he manufactured. He followed this business for 
several years, taking also the goods manufactured by 
Messrs. Wm. Lyman and John Munson of Wallingford, 
and I. C. Lewis & Co. Mr. Wilcox took in partner- 
ship his brother Dennis C. Wilcox, and under the firm 
name of H. C. Wilcox and Co., remained until Dec, 
1852, when the Meriden Britannia Company was formed. 
The Company comprised Mr. Horace Wilcox, his brother 
Dennis, and the men for whom he had been selling 
goods. Mr. Lewis was elected President, and Mr. 
Wilcox Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. George R. Curtis, 
then the Cashier of the Meriden Bank, was admitted 
into the Company and filled the office of Treasurer, Mr. 
Wilcox continuing Secretary until 1865, when he was 
appointed President of the Company. The principal 
trait in Mr. Wilcox's character is an indomitable energy 
and perseverance. From a borrowed capital of three 
dollars, with which he commenced business, he has accu- 
mulated a large property. The success of the Meriden 
Britannia Company demonstrate his enterprise and 
sagacity. Success as the result of the skillful use of 
means and the powers of nature, persistent success, 
always proves ability. Judged by this standard, Mr. 
Wilcox is no ordinary man. He married first, August 9, 
1849, Charlotte A., daughter of Jabez Smith of Middle- 
town, by whom he had five children. He married sec- 
ond. May 31, 1865, Miss Ellen M., daughter of Edmund 
Parker, by whom he has two children. 



604 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ALMER HALL 

Son of David and Thankful Hall, was born in Walling- 
ford, Sept. lo, 1793. His early boyhood was spent with 
his parents on the farm. His opportunities for intellec- 
tual improvement were limited. After leaving the farm, 
he commenced for himself by peddling tin ware and 
" Yankee notions" over the Alleghany mountains, through 
Virginia, Tennessee and other States, for Charles Yale 
of Wallingford. After following this business a few 
years, he opened a small store in Wallingford for the 
sale of dry goods and groceries. He continued in that 
business several years. In 1827 he commenced the 
manufacture of britannia spoons, but did not succeed 
well in the business. In 1834 he went into company 
with Walter Martin for the purpose of manufacturing 
wooden screws. They soon failed, and Mr. Hall lost 
$9,000, all that he was worth. He became very de- 
spondent, and had no ambition to commence business 
again ; but visiting New York, a friend gave him seven 
pounds of German silver and told him to begin life 
again. In 1837 Mr. Hall formed a copartnership with 
William Elton under the firm name of Hall, Elton & 
Co., for the purpose of manufacturing German silver 
ware. They were the first successful manufacturers of 
this ware in this country. He continued in this business 
until his death, Jan. 15, 1865, at the age of seventy-two 
years. He was the last one of the constituent members 
of the Baptist Church, which was organized in May, 
18 17. Four weeks afterwards he was chosen deacon, 
and ever after used the office well, " purchasing to him- 
self a good degree." He had a more than ordinary gift 
for prayer and exhortation, and used it well to the last. 
He was thoroughly versed in the great doctrines of 



BIOGRAPHIES. 605 

grace. It was his delight to hear them preached, and to 
converse about them in private. Mr. Hall was a quiet, 
unassuming man, and was possessed of that charity 
which "thinketh no evil." He was inclined to put the 
best construction on the acts of others, and to impute 
to them the best motives possible. He was confiding 
and unsuspecting, so much so as to suffer loss from 
some with whom he transacted business. For many 
years he was the chief support of the church, when it 
could not have been sustained without him. Mr. Hall 
married, ist, Miss Lois Twiss of Meriden ; 2nd, Miss 
Fanny Silliman Ives of Meriden ; 3rd, March, 1840, 
Mrs. Clarissa Cooke of Wallingford. He had seven 
children, two of whom are living, viz. : Aimer I. and 
Jane A., wife of Mr. D. W. Fields of Wallingford. 

ELIHU YALE 

Son of Theophilus and Azubah (De Wolf) Yale, was 
born in Wallingford in 1747. He married Lucretia, 
daughter of Abraham and Prudence Stanley of the 
same town, Nov. 24, 1774. He was a blacksmith, 
and was one of the first in Connecticut who commenced 
the manufacture of scythes and bayonets. Being 
successful in business, from a small beginning he 
accumulated a large estate. He was in the service 
of his country during the Revolution, and was an active 
and efficient man in all his undertakings. He died 
suddenly, having attended Church during the day, 
Sunday evening May 12, 1806, in his fifty-ninth year, 
leaving seven children. 



6o6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

MISCELLANEOUS LAWS. LETTERS. CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
LAWYERS. MERIDEN GRAYS. 

At a special town meeting holden at Wallingford Jan. 
27, 1794, "Voted unanimously that this town do disap- 
prove of the measures taken by the General Assembly 
in October last relative to the sale of the western territo- 
ry belonging to this State, and the appropriation of the 
avails thereof; and that we deem it our duty to use every 
prudent method to prevent the aforesaid measures being 
carried into effect, and that the above Vote be inserted 
in the Connecticut Jonrnair 

At the October session of the General Assembly, 
1726, a grant of three hundred acres of land in the town 
of Goshen was made to John Hull of Wallingford, James 
Wadsworth of Durham and Hezekiah Brainerd of Had- 
dam (father of the missionary David Brainerd), for 
public services. It was called the Esquires' Farm, from 
its being given to these persons, each of whom had the 
title of Esquire. 

Y From ///d' CONNECTICUT JOURNAL, ^/r// 29, 1 768.] 

As I have never burthened the public to read or you to 
publish any of my pi oductions, I flatter myself the subsequent 
succint suggestions will be forgiven. As economy is the 
watchword of this reign, as candor was of the former, in the 



MISCELLANEOUS. 607 

courtly and ministerial style, it has crossed the Atlantic, and 
is in high vogue in America as well as in Westminster the 
city of the great king. The story is this : A few days since 
a strolling man in soldier's regimental garb, calling himself 
James McCannon, with a blazing woman, came into my house 
in early morn, begged for cider, then three mugs deep, as I 
was informed ; after some admonitions given him, my affairs 
pressing my immediate departure, I left him in the house, on 
which he soon became very boisterous, attempted to pilfer 
some things which my domestic discovered • finally carried 
off a brass save-all, of a stand of candleticks ( then undiscov- 
ered ), what else is at present unknown. This, though trifling 
in its value intrinsically, but as an ancient patrim.onial legacy 
of high estimation, not only is a standing evidence of their 
prudent economy, but ex in termini a memento of economy and 
save-all. And hereby I beg leave to give warning to all fami- 
lies to beware of such strolling pilferers, if they would save 
all. I beg leave also to ask the public, whether it would not 
be of public utility, to have task-masters in every town to 
compel them to labor, as they are passing every day in our 
streets, and will be probably more and more, or some other 
similar salutary measure. I ask pardon for one more hint 
which pops into my head, while my pen is moving, as a sup- 
plemental suggestion to economy and save-all. A respectable 
physician of the city of London, of high renown in the faculty, 
told the subscriber that he required his servants to save all 
the rags, not that it was of the least avail to him, but only a 
specimen of economy — save-all, and withal added, " The rags 
in this city are worth sixty thousand pounds sterling a year." 
I hope the paper-mill manufacturers will not esteem the fore- 
going hint burthensome, though the public may what precedes. 
Gentlemen, if it appear more eligible to save your pains and 
paper than print this, remember and save all. 
I am your most humble servant, 

E. Hall. 

Wallingford, 5 o'clock, April 2'] th. 



6o8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

\Fro)ii the Connecticut gazette.] 

At a meeting of the true sons of Liberty in Wallingford, in 
New Haven county, on the evening of the 13th day of Jan- 
uary, 1766, after duly formed by choosing a moderator and a 
clerk, the following resolves were come into, viz. : 

Resolved, i That the late act of Parliament, called the 
Stamp Act, is unconstitutional, and intended to enslave the 
true subjects of America. 

Resolved; 2. That we will oppose the same to the last ex- 
tremity, even to take the field. 

Resolved, 3. That we will meet at the Court House in New 
Haven, on the third Tuesday of February next ; and we de- 
sire all the sons of liberty in each town in the county would 
meet there by themselves or representatives ; there to consult 
what is best to be done in order to defend our liberties and 
properties, and break up the stop to public affairs. 

Resolved, 4. That this meeting be adjourned to the first 
Tuesday of February next, then to choose our representatives 
to attend the aforesaid meeting. 

A true copy, examined. 

P. P. Clark. 

CATHOLIC CHURCH. 

The first Roman Catholic service in Meriden was held 
at a private residence in the north-east part of the town. 
The building now occupied as a residence near the cor- 
ner of Liberty and Broad streets, and which then stood 
on the corner of Olive and South Broad streets, was soon 
after purchased and used by the Catholics for many 
years. Rev. Thomas Quinn was the first settled pastor, 
although Rev. Messrs. Stevens and Hugh Riley had 
previously had pastoral care of the society. During 
Rev. Mr. Quinn's pastorate, the present church of St. 
Rose of Lima was built at a cost of about $25,000. 
Soon after the completion of the Church, Father Quinn 
was removed to another field of labor, and was succeeded 



MISCELLANEOUS. 609 

by Rev. Thomas Walsh, the present pastor. Rev. Mr. 
Sheridan was curate for a while under Father Walsh, 
and was succeeded by the Rev. Mr. Plunkett, who in 
1870 was removed. The church has recently been 
enlarged. 

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass was offered up for the 
first time in Wallingford on the 22nd of December, 
1847, by a missionary Priest, in a private house on Main 
street, occupied by James Hanlon. Fifteen persons 
composed the congregation. From 1847 to 1857 the 
Catholics of Wallingford had divine service in private 
houses and in the hall of the tavern when it could be ob- 
tained, and it was attended by the Priest from Meriden. 
On the 23d of November, 1857, ^^e corner stone of the 
present Catholic church was laid by the Rev. Thomas 
Ouinn, then pastor of the Meriden church. Wallingford 
has ceased to be an out-mission to Meriden since 1868 ; 
Rev. Hugh Mallon being then appointed pastor. The 
Catholic population of Wallingford is now about one 
thousand. 

LUTHERAN CHURCH. 

The corner-stone of the St. John's German Evangel- 
ical church was laid Friday, Oct. 19, 1866, Rev. Dr. 
Bohrman of Albany preaching the sermon. In the 
stone were deposited a Bible, Catechism, Records of 
the Church, a copy of the Recorder, and several evan- 
gelical newspapers. Rev. Gustavus A. Schmidt was the 
first pastor, and was succeeded by Rev. Charles Groeber. 

LAWYERS. 

Benajah Andrews was for many years the leading 
lawyer of Meriden. He was Judge of Probate in this 
district from 1844 to 1846, and from 1847 to 1850. 
Dexter R. Wright, a graduate of the Wesleyan Uni- 



6lO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

versity, of the class of 1845/ ^^^ Tilton E. Doolittle, a 
graduate of Yale College of the class of 1846, practised 
law in this town for many years. Orville H. Piatt came 
here in 1851^ and has held many important offices in the 
gift of the town. Savilian R. Hall practiced here for a 
short time, and removed to New Haven, as did Messrs. 
Wright and Doolittle. The lawyers at present in Meri- 
den are as follows : George W. Smith, Cooke Lounsbury, 
George A. Fay, E. A. Merriman, Leverett L. Phelps 
and Ratcliffe Hicks. 

MERIDEN GRAYS. 

2d Brigade, Conn., State Militia. In 1830 the roll was 
as follows : Captain, Almeron Miles ; Lieutenant, John 
S. Blake ; Ensign, Osamas Crocker ; Sergeants, Alfred 
P. Curtiss, Alanson Curtiss, Edmund Parker, Harrison 
W. Curtiss ; Bngler, Elam L. Johnson ; Fifer, Henry P. 
Judd ; Drummer, John Miles Jr. ; Bass Drum.mer, Loyal 
Smith ; Almon Ives, Benj. H. Royce, Charles Parker, 
Charles Ranney, Daniel Hart, Edwin Birdsey, Ezra 
Rutty, Edward N. Hall, Geo. Thrall, Harrison Curtiss, 
Henry Penfield, Henry W. SaltonStall, Horace Redfield, 
Isaac W. Curtiss, James S. Lathrop, Lyman Ives, Nor- 
man W. Pomeroy, Nelson Payne, Sydney P. Hall, Wm. 
H. Yale, Wm. D. Cutler, Wm. Green, John Houseman, 
Alanson Carter, Wm. Seymour, Wm. White, Elias M. 
Barnes, Hiram H. Royce. 

1 See Biographical notices. 

2 See Biographical notices. 



GENEALOGIES. 



"To trace lineage — to love and record the names and actions of those 
without whom we could never have been, who moulded and made us what 
we are, and whom the very greatest of us all must know to have propagated 
influences into his being, which must subtly but certainly act upon his 
whole conduct in this world — all this is implied in ancestry and the love of 
it, and is natural and good." Westminster Review, July, 1853. 



INTRODUCTION. 

Few know the amount of time, patience and labor, that 
is required in compiling genealogies, and no one can 
estimate the difficulty of collecting these materials, who 
has not had experience in similar undertakings. It has 
been said, that it was useless to tell antiquaries anything 
about the cost of such works, for they understood it ; 
and it was equally useless to tell others, for they could 
not comprehend you. It is probable that this work 
would not have been printed for several years had not 
the services of Mr. Elihu Yale been called into requi- 
sition. He has spent many years in examining town, 
church and family records, and in an extensive corres- 
pondence with the descendants of the families noticed 
in this work. Every one who has had any experience 
in labors of this kind, knows that errors are unavoidable. 
The neglect of parents in having the births, deaths, and 
marriages in their respective families recorded, renders 
it imposssible in many cases, to collect from the town 



6l2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

records a correct list of a family. I have carefully com- 
pared these records with those of the neighboring towns, 
the published genealogies of some of the families, and 
also the records of the Probate office, and the office of 
the Register of deeds for the county. Thus in some 
instances I have supplied the record of whole families, 
not found upon the town records at all. It was my in- 
tention to bring the record of each family down to the 
present generation, but the work has grown to such a 
size that it will be impossible except in a few instances. 
Of the Parker, Street, and Brown families I have the 
record of several thousand names of collateral branches, 
and also the records of numerous Meriden families, since 
the incorporation of the town. These Meriden pedi- 
grees I had hoped to have incorporated in this work, but 
perhaps sufficient inducement may be offered to print 
them separately ; they would occupy about two hundred 
pages. Any corrections or additions to the families 
mentioned in these genealogies will be thankfully re- 
ceived by the author. 




6i3 



ABERNATHY.' 

WILLIAM. 

William Abernathy came to Wallingford from Branford. 
He was a native of Scotland, and was an active man among 
the settlers. The name of his ist wife was Sarah. His 2nd 
wife was Elizabeth. 

Children: i Elizabeth, b Oct. 15, 1673; 2 William, b Jan. 
23i 1675; 3 ^ii^'^^^i-, b Oct. 10, 1677; A ^(^O'l t) Mar. 27, 
1679 j 5 ''^ii>'ii'<'i, b Jan. 10, 1683, d Mar. 14, 1723 ; 6 Dan- 
iel, b Sept. 3, 1686 ; 7 Si/saiiiiali, b July 18, 1689. 

2. WILLIAM. 

William and Mary Abernathy. He died Feb., 1728. 
She died Jan. i, 1757. 

Children: 8 Maty, b April 30, 1700 ; 9 jfeminia, b Aug. 
20, 1702; \o Sarah, b Dec. 15, 1705; 11 Ann, b June 7, 
1706 ; 12 John, b Feb. 27, 1708, killed by lightning May 12, 
1727, a^ 19; 13 Calebs b Feb. 11, 1710, m. to Lois Gaylord 
by Capt. Yale, Sept. 26, 1733 ; 14 Susannah, b April 28, 
17 12, m. Samuel Yale. 

5. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Abernathy married Elizabeth Peck Nov. 21, 17 11. 

Children: 15 Abraham, b March i, 1712 ; 16 Samuel, 
b Dec. 28, 1718, d July 28, 1724; 17 Jasper, b Feb. 24, 
1721, d Dec. 2, 1741. 

13. CALEB. 

Caleb and Lois Abernathy, of Wallingford, married, 1733. 

Children: 18 William, b July i, 1734; 19 J/^/rr, b Nov. 
23i 1736; 20 John, b July 2, 1738; 21 Mary, b Dec. 9, 
1797 ; 22 Jared, b Oct. 31, 1741. 



I flinman's Letters of Conn., 17, 18. 

Qq 



6l4 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKI). 

ALLING AND ALLEN. 

JAMES. 

James Alling is the first of this name that I find in Wall- 
ingford, with his wife Abigail, before 1700. The name has 
not been numerous. 

Children: i Abigail, b. June 23, 1701 ; 2 yavus, b. Nov. 
15, 1702; 3 Stephen, b. Oct. 13, 1704; 4 Alary, b. March 3, 
1708; 5 6"^-;;/ //<?/, b. Jan. 15, 1710, m. Mary Blakeslee, June 

23, 1726; 6, Ebenezer, b. April 8, 17 13. 

2. JAMES. 

James and Mary (Beadles) Alling were married Sept 23, 

1731- 

Children: 7 Afars/iai, b. Aug. i, 1732; 8 Rebecca, b. Feb. 

7, 1734; 9 Abigail, b. Dec. i, 1735 ; 10 yosia/i, b. Feb. 

19, 1738. 

6. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Alling married Sarah Atwater, Dec. 19, 1742. 
He died Nov. 3, 1760. 

Children: 11 Sarah, b Feb. 8, 1745; 12 Daniel, b. Oct. 
22, 1747, d. July II, 1746; 13 Abel,h. Jan. 30, 1749; 14 
E710S, b. Jan. 17, 1752 ; 15 Datnaris, b. March 15, 1755 ; 16 
Abigail, b. July, 6, 1757 ; 17 Eunice, b. Dec. 19, 1760. 

EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Alling married Hannah . 

Children: 18 Daniel, b. Nov. 18, 1743 ; 19 Esther, b. Jan. 

24, 1744. 



ANDREWS.' 

WILLIAM. 

William Andrews, of Hampsworth, England (carpenter), 
was one of the fifty-three persons besides women and children 
who shipped at Hampton, 15 miles west-south-west of London, 

I Andrews' Hist. New Britain; Bubson's Hist, of Gloucester, 57, 58; 



GENEALOGIES. 615 

about the 6th of April, 1635, ^^ board of the Javies of 
London, of 300 tons, Wm. Cooper, Master. Several of the 
53 passengers had their wives and children with them, but 
no record of their names was kept. They landed at Boston, 
where Wm. Andrews was made a freeman in 1635. He was 
early at New Haven with Eaton and Rev. John Davenport. 
He built the first meeting-house there in 1644. He is known 
to have had three sons and one daughter, and is supposed to 
have had two other daughters whose names are now unknown. 
The name of his first wife who was the mother of all his 
children, is also now unknown. He married his 2nd wife, Anna 
Gibbands, Dec. 7, 1665 ; she was a daughter of William Gib- 
bands, who was Colonial Secretary in 1657. Mr. William 
Andrews died at East Haven, March 4, 1676. Mrs. Anna, 
his wife, died A. D. 1701. 

Children: i William, born in England, died Jan. 3, 1663, 
left no sons; 2 Samuel, born in England, 1632, died Oct. 6, 
1704; 2^ Nathan, born in England, 1638. Ancestor of the 
East Haven branch. Daughters, supposed three. 

Samuel and Nathan were of the original proprietors of 
Wallingford in 1670. Nathan was one of the twelve selected 
to lay the foundation for the formation of the Church in Wall- 
ingford, and was an active member of the plantation, after 
giving directions for its government, until they became suffi- 
ciently strong to support a minister. 



Samuel Andrews, son of William the emigrant, married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Deacon Wm. Peck, of New Haven. 
He took the oath of fidelity May 2, 1654; settled in Walling- 
ford in 1670. Made his will April 17, 1703, amount of estate 



Dodd's Hist, of E. Haven, loi, 102 ; Eaton's Annals of Warren, 376, 377 ; 
Eaton's Hist, of Thomaston, 135 ; Hale's Lawrence Family, 10-13 J tin- 
man's Conn. Settlers, 51-53; Machias, M. Centennial Celebiation, 152, 
153 ; Savage's Gen. Diet., i. 51, 57; Walker's Memorials of Walker Fam- 
ily, 215; Ward's Hist. Shrewsbury, 221-5. 



6l6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

^331 2s. 6d. He died in Wallingford, Oct. 6, 1704, ?t. 73 
years. She died in Wallingford. 

Children: 4 William, h. 1658; 5 Samuel, h. Feb. i, 1661, 
d. 1662, ffi. about I year; 6 Satniiel, h. April 30, 1663, m. 
Anna Hall, Aug. 27, 1686; 7 JFilliam, b. Feb. 9, 1664, m. 
to Hannah Parker, by Mr. Moss, Jan. 12, 1692 ; 8 9v;////, b. 
July 4, 1667 ; 9 Nathaniel, b. Aug 2, 1670, m. Susannah 
Tyler; she d. June 5, 172 1 ; 10 Iwiiis, b. May 30, 1673, d. 
I day after birth ; 11 Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1674, m. Benjamin 
Hall; 12 J/(?ri', b. March 27, 1677; 13 Joseph, b. June i, 
1679, m. Abigail Paine ; 14 Mar^^ery, b. Jan. 15, 1681 ; 15 
Dinah, b. July 25, 1684. 

3 NATHAN. 

Nathan Andrews, son of William the emigrant, married 
ist, Elizabeth Miles, July 26, 1686 ; 2nd, Hannah Gibbons, of 
New Haven. He went to Wallingford in 1670. Lot 8 on 
the west side of Main street was assigned him for his house 
lot. He died in 17 12. 

Children by ist marriage: 16 Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1688; 
17 Daniel, b Aug. 15, 1690, d. Aug. 15, 1690; 18 Tamer, 
b. Aug. 15, 1690, d. Jan. 11, 1727 ; 19 Sa?niiel, b. Aug. 15, 
169 1, d. Jan. 31, 1727; 20 Daniel: 21 Ma/y; 22 Jonathan, 

m. Jemima ; 2t, Abigail ; by 2nd marriage, 24 IVill- 

iam, b. Sept. 4, 1729. 

6. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, married 
Hannah, or Anna Hall, August 27, 1686. 

Children: 25 Thomas, h. March 11, 1687, m. Felix ; 

26 John, b. April 18, 1692, d May 6, 1693 ; 27 John, b. 
May 5, 1693, m. Hannah Merriman, July 19, 1714; 28 
Elizabeth, b Nov. 27, 1695, d July 19, 1697 ; 29 Samnel, 

b 1697, m Abigail ; 30 Elisha, b. Apr. 28, 1701 ; 31 

William, b July 6, 1702, m. Mary Foster; 32 Anna, m. 
Joseph Roys of Wallingford. 



GENEALOGIES. 617 

7. WILLIAM. 

William Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, married to 
Hannah Parker, by Mr. Moss, Jan. 12, 1692. He died July 
8, 1726. (Estate ^291.) 

Children: 33 Thankful A., m. Matthias Hitchcock. 

8. JOHN. 

John Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, married 

Sarah . 

Children: 34 ^/////, b. Oct. i, 1723. 

9. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, mar- 
ried Susannah Tyler, Dec. 13, 1705. She died June 25, 
172 1 ; and he married Elizabeth Clark, Oct. 16, 1721. He 
died March 5, 1735. Elizabeth Clark died Sept. 10, 1751. 

13. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Andrews, 
married Abigail Payne Nov. 10, 1704. He made his will 
Oct. 12, 1741, and died Nov. 20, 1741, ae. 62 yrs., 6 mos., 
II days. She died June 25, 1721. 

Children: 35 Calebs b. June 23, 1701 ; 36 Caleb, b. March 
12, 1706, d Nov. 20, 1741 ; 37 jfoseph, b March 3, 1708, d 
1741 ; 38 Giles, b March 19, 17 10, m Abigail Curtiss, April 
7' 1731 j 39 Mercy, (twin) b June 15, 17 14; 40 Mary, 
(twin), b June 15, 1714, m John Hulls of Wallingford ; 41 
Nathaniel, b March 16, 17 17, d 1741 ; 42 Andrew, b Aug. 

16, 1719, d. 179^, m Hester , she d Sept. 6, 1750; 

43 Stephen, b May 24, 1722, d 1775, £E. 73. 

26.1 d^iel. 
IMniel Andrews, son of Nathan and Elizabeth, married 

1st Mehitable , she died. He married 2d, Sarah , 

she died of small pox, 17 12. 'V 

Children by tirst wife: 44 Nathaniel, \). July 12, 1714; 
\^ Elnathan, Sept. 12, 17 17. By 2nd wife: 46 'Yehiel, b. 
June, 1720, m. Sarah Cook, J.m. 16, 1746 : 47 Hannah, b. 



6l8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKI). 

May 12, 1723 ; 48 Alchitablc, b. April 30, 1726 ; 49 Ephrahn, 
b. May 13, 173 1. By 3d wife, Deliverance: 50 Alargery^h. 
Nov. 6, 1733 ; 51 Abigail, b. May i, 1736 ; 52 Lydia, b. June 
16, 1740. 

22. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Andrews, son of Nathan and Elizabeth ; mar- 
ried Jemima Hotchkiss April 11, 1727. 

Children: 53 Abel, b. Jan. 28, 1728, m. Lettis Williams 
Feb. 10, 1757, and settled in Cheshire; 54 Esther, b. May 9, 
1730; 55 Mary,\i. Jan. 14, 1734; t^d Daniel, b. Jmie 4, 1737; 
57 yeviinia, b. Nov. 24, 1740. 

25. THOMAS. 

Thomas Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, married 
ist Felix ■ . He died in 1756, leaving widow Elizabeth. 

Children: 58 ^//s:^?/^//;, born April 23, 17 17, m. R. Strong 
of Waterbury, Conn.; 59 Benjamin, b. Nov. 26, 1718: 60 

Enos, b April 13, i7i9,m. Content ; 61 Sarali,h. July 15, 

1720; 62 Lois, b. July 15, 1722, m. Leverius Carrington ; 63 
Martha,h. Sept. 25, 1730; 64 lliankfnl, m. Jason Hitchcock. 

26. JOHN. 

John Andrews, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, married 
Hannah Merriman, July 23, 1714. She died Sept. 28, 1738. 

Children : 65 Ephraim, b. Oct. 14, 1714 ; 66 Phcbe, b. Sept. 
II, 1716 ; 67 Denizen, h. May 14, 1718, d. April 13, 1725; 
68.j£"/^67/, b. Jan. 15, 1720; 69 Anna, b. Nov. 17, i72i;7o 
Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1722 ; 71 Fefer,h. Dec. 6, 1723 ; 72 John, 
b. Nov. 23, 1727 ; 73 Hannah, b. Oct. 24, 1729; 74 Mary, b. 
Sept. 15, 1732, m. Joseph Parker in 1758; 1^ Elizabeth, h. 
Aug. 20, 1736. 

29. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Andrews, son of Samuel and Anna, married Abi- 
gail Tyler, daughter of John and Abigail. He died Oct. 5, 
1784, aged 87 years. She died Feb. 13, 1786, aged 89 years. 
Interred in Meriden. 

Children : 76 Elan, b Nov. 26, 172 1, m. Sarah . He died 



GENEALOGIES. 619 

Sept. 2 2, 1784; 77 ya(vl!,h. Nov. 18, 1723; 78 AHcholas^h. 
Dec. 27, 1725, died Dec. 21, 1784, ee. 26 years ; 79 Laba?i, h.J 
Apr. 25, 1728, m. Prudence Stanley, Apr. 5, 1758; 80 De/i/- 
zcii, b. Aug. 27, m. Abigail Whiting, May 11, 1757; 81-2 Aba- 
ses and Aaron, twins, b. Aug. 29, 1734; the former was a 
physician in Meriden ; 83 Samuel, b. April 27, 1737. 

30. ELISHA. 

Elisha Andrews, son of Samuel and Annah, married 
Mabel Andrews. 

Children: 84 Z///w, b. April i, 1721, m. John Couch of 
Meriden, Conn. ; 85 Elisha, b. Dec. 25, 1727, d. young; 86 
Elisha, b. Jan. 5, 1728 ; 87 Dinah, b. Mar. 23, 1729, m. Silas 
Merriman ; 89 Mabel, b. May 24, 1731, m. Benjamin Tyler of 
Farmington ; 90 Bartholoview, b. Jan. 30, 1735, "^- Sarah An- 
drews ; 91 Noah, b. Feb. 4, 1737, d. in the old French war; 
92 Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1738, d. in childhood; 93 Lucy; 
94 Anna. 

31. WILLIAM. 

William Andrews, son of Samuel and Anna, married 
Mary Foster, Nov. i, 1727. He died July 8, 1756. Will 
dated Oct. 6, 1736. 

Children : 95 Samuel, b. Aug. 21, 1727, m. Lydia ; 96 

Anna, b. Feb. 15, 1729 ; 97 Eunice, b. Feb. 18, 1750 ; 98 Titus, 
b. June 3, 1732 ; 99 JVilliam,h. Feb. 13, 1724; 100 Thankful; 
10 1 Mary; 102 Rhoda ; 103 Titus, b. March 7, 175 1. 

35. CALEB. 

Caleb Andrews, son of Joseph and Abigail ( Payne ), 
married, ist, Esther Beecher, May 22, 1727. She died Oct. 
25, 1729. He married 2nd, Mary Culver, July 5, 1733. He 
died Nov. 20, 1741. Estate ;^i3i4. 

Children by first marriage : 104 Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1729; 
•by 2nd marriage: 105 Lament, b. July 28, 1730, d. December 
6, 1736. 

38. GILES. 

Giles Andrews, son of Joseph and Abigail, married 
Abigail Andrews. They settled in SheJield, Mass. 



620 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

Children: io6 Amos, b. Jan. 19, 1732 ; 107 yoscp/i, b May 
2, 1743, d. Nov. 8, 1744. 

41. NATHANIKL. 

Nathanifx Andrews, son of Joseph and Abigail, married 
ist, Esther ; 2nd, Ruth ; He died July 2, 

1756- 

Children by Esther: 108 A/nos, b. April 15, 1733. Chil- 
dren by Ruth : 109 Rhoda.h. Feb. i, 1743; no A^<yt/iir?i,h. 
Feb. 2, 1750; III Daniel, \i. May 29, 175 1 ; 112 Moses, b. 
April 8, 1752. 

42. ANDREW. 

Andrew Andrews, son of Joseph and Abigail, married 

ist, Esther . She died. He married 2nd, Elizabeth 

Dunbar. He died Feb. 22, 1772, as. 72 years, 6 months, 
and 6 days. 

Children: 113, 114, Johaiuia and Sarah, b. July 31, 1740, 
twins ; the latter married Bartholemew Andrews ; 1 15 Margery, 
b. March 23, 1742, d. in 1751 ; 116 Esther, b. Feb. 24, 1743 ; 
by 2nd wife: 117 Eunice, b. Dec. 6, 1746 ; 118 Caleb, b. Dec. 
9, 1748; 119 Margery, b Nov. 23, 175 1; \2o Margery, h. 
June 14, 1752; \2\ Andrew, b. Aug. 9, 1756; 122 Joseph, 
b. Nov. 26, 1758, died on board of the old prison ship, Jer- 
sey ; 123 Nathaniel, b. May 20, 176 1 ; 124 Elizabeth, b. June 
20, 1763 ; 125 Maiy, b. May 20, 1766, m Joseph Blakeslee ; 
126 Abigail, b. April 26, 1770, m. Charles T. Jackson, of 
Litchfield, Conn. 

\ 43. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Andrews, son of Joseph and Abigail-, married 

twice; ist, Mabel , she died. 2nd, Hannah . 

He died in Meriden. 

Children: 127 Mary, b. April 5, 1747, m. a Mr. Bailey; 
128 Abigail, b Oct. 29, 1749 ; 129 Benjamin, b. Oct. 16, 1751 ; 
Abigail, b. Oct. 16, 1753 ; 130 Ma/ui, b. Sept. 23, 1761 ; 131 
Sarah ; Content. 

46. ELNATHAN. 

Elnathan Andrews, son of Daniel and Mehitable, married 
Hannah . 



GENEALOGIES. 621 

Children: 132 Bcla, b. March 16, 1740, cl. in Cheshire; 
133 Af/iasa, b. Sept. 22, 1742-3 ; 134 Dajiiaris, b. March 23, 
1745 ; 135 Hannah^ b. Jan. 10, 1746 ; 136 Elizabeth^ b. June 
21, 175^; 137 Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1761. 

47. JEHIEL. 

Jehiel Andrews, son of Daniel and Sarah ; married 
Sarah Cook 

Children: 138 MaM.h. July 19, 1746; 139 Thankful^h 
Dec. 9, 1748 ; 140 Lois, b. Aug. 8, 1750; 141 jfohn, b. Nov. 
12, 1752 ; 142 Elh'neza; b. May 4, 1754 ; 143 Sarah, b. Dec. 
29, 1756 ; 144 Eunice, b. March 14, 1759 ; 145 Chloc, b. Dec. 
16, 1760. 

53. ABEL. 

Abel x\ndrews, son of Jonathan and Jemima, married 

ist, Sarah ; she died, and he married, 2nd, Lettis 

Williams, Feb. 10, 1757, and settled in Cheshire, where they 
both died. 

Children: by ist marriage; 146 Sarah, b. Feb. i, 1744. 
By 2nd marriage; 147 SaJiiiw/ : 148 Mamrc ; 149 Abel, m. 
twice; 150 Chaiinccy, d. in Cheshire; 151 Esther, d. in 
Cheshire. 

59. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Andrews, son of Thomas and Felix, married 
Susannah . 

Children: 153 Samuel, b. Sept. 21, 1741. 
60. ENOS. 

Enos Andrews, son of Thomas and Felix , married 

Content . 

Children: 154 Ihomas, b. Aug. 8, 1744 ; 155 Bede, b. 
April 2, 1746; 156 Asahel.h Nov. 13, 1747; 157 HuhiaJi, 
b. Nov. 3, 1751 ; 158 Ihankful, b. Mar. i, 1754; 159 Enos, 
b. Oct. 12, 1760. 

65. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Andrews, son of John and Hannah, married 

Hannah — . 

Children: 160 Asahel, b Nov. 5, 1736. 



622 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

68. EBEN. 

Ehen Andrews, son of John and Hannah, married Eliza- 
beth Andrews, Dec. 13, 1739. 

Children: 161 Joel, b Aug. 11, 1740. 

72. JOHN. 

John Andrews, son of John and Hannah, married 
Abigail . 

Children: 162 Abigail^ b Sept. 21, 1740 j 163 Lydia, b 
Nov. 13, 1741. 

76. ELON. 

Elon Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, married 

Sarah . He died Sept. 22, 1784, aged 63 years. She 

died April 30, 1797, aged 60. 

Children : 164 Isaac, d Oct. 24, 1754 ; 165 Eunice, b July 23, 
1758 ; 166 Isaac, b March 8, 1762. 

77. JACOB. 

Jacob Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, married 
Ruth . 

Children: 167 Abigail, b Oct. 29, 1749; 168 Benjamin, h 
Oct. 16, 175 1 ; 169 Abigail, b Oct. 16, 1753. 

78. NICHOLAS. 

Nicholas Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, married 

Lydia , March 31, 1761. He died Dec. 21, 1784, 

ae. 50 years. He when living owned land now owned by 
Charles E. Yale. 

Children: 170 Amos, b July 24, 1762. 
79 laban. 

Laban Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, married 
Prudence Stanley. 

Children: 171 Abigail, b Sept. 21, 1740; 172 Lydia, h 

Nov. 13, 1741. 

80. denizen. 

Denizen Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, married 
Abigail Whiting, May 11, 1787. He died at Meriden, June, 
1807, £E. 77 years. She died Oct. i, 1796, ae. 60 years. 



GENEALOGIES. 623 

Children: 173 Sara/i, b March 16, 1758; 174 Abiicr, b 
August 25, 1759. He was paralyzed, died in Meriden, during 
the Revolutionary war ; 175 Abigail, b March 23, 167 1; 176 
Whiting; 177 Samuel; 178 Aaron; 179 Denizen; 180 Oliver, 
was a farmer in Meriden, and died there; 181 Loyal; 182 
Harvey; 18^ Sara/i : 184 P/iilonielia. 

81. MOSES. 

Dr. Moses Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, married 

Lucy . He died in Meriden, Oct. 2, 181 1, Ee. 77. She 

died June 13, 1832, £e. 86 years. 

82. AARON. 

Dr. Aaron Andrews, son of Samuel and Abigail, mar- 
ried Sarah Whiting of Stamford, Dec. 18, 1771, and settled in 
the old village of Wallingford. He owned and occupied the 
house now owned and occupied by Samuel B. Parmelee Esq., 
during his life-time. She died Aug. 28, 1836, ae. 92 years, 
5 months and 19 days. 

Children : 185 Sherlock, b. Oct. 19, 1772, d. at Geneva, N. Y., 
Aug. 28, 1795, m Selina, dau. of Samuel Tyler, of Walling- 
ford ; \8(> Betsey, b. Dec. 11, 1774, m. Oliver Clark, and d. 
Sept. 10, 1828, at Oswego, N.Y ; 187 John, ( M. D.) b. June 
13, 1777, m. Abigail Atwater ; 188 William, b. Dec. 26, 1779, 
d. in St. Bartholomew, Nov. 9, 1809 ; 189 Drake, b. Dec. 
27, 1781, m. Lucy Whittelsey, and d. in Illinois, May 21, 
1841 ; 190 Aaron, h. Dec. 20, 1784, d. in the West Indies, 
July, 30, 1837. 

89. BARTHOLOMEW. 

Bartholomew Andrews, son of Elisha and Mabel, married 
Sarah Andrews, of Wallingford. They both died at Wall- 
ingford. 

Children: 191 Elisha, b Jan. 5, 1761 ; went to Ballston 
Spa, N. Y. ; 192 Thofuas, b. May 17, 1762 ; d. in Walling- 
ford, left Betsey and Orrin ; 193 Esther, m. Ezra Reid ; 194 
Sally, b. April 17, 1774, d. in Wallingford; 195 Noah, b. 
April 17, 1744, d. in Wallingford; 196 Eunice, b. Sept. 8, 



624 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

1776, m. Asaph Merriman, of Wallingford ; 197 Lyina/i, 
settled at Ballston Spa, N. Y. ; 198 Cakb, b. Nov. 11, 1782, 
went to Nova Scotia, N. B. ; 199 Margery^ m. Constant Abbot. 

94. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Andrev^s, son of William and Mary, married Lydia 



Children: 200 Christopher, b. Oct. 29, 1752 ; 201 Lydia, b. 
Dec. 29, 1757 

123. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Andrews, son of Andrew and Esther, married 
Lois Blakeslee, May 7, 1781. He died Nov. 21, 1836, aged 
75 years, 8 months and i day. Mrs. Lois his wife died, 
March 8, 1823, aged 61 years, i month and 29 days. 

Children : 202 Ira, b Aug. 30, 1781, m. Julia, dau. of 
Jeremiah Hull ; 202, Andrew, b Sept. 6, 1783; 20^1^ Salmon, 
b April 3, 1788; 204 Joseph, b. Feb. 9, 1791 ; 205 Folly, 
b May 18, 1793, m Nathan Hull; 206 Mney, b Sept. 7, 

1795 ; 207 Orrin, b. Dec. 4, 1797, m. Cook, dau. of 

Chester Cook ; 208 Ahxthaniel, b 1800 ; 209 Aaron, b April 18, 
1803 ; 210 Ives, b March 28, 1805. 

cideon. 

Gideon Andrews, married Hannah , and had at his 

decease the following 

Children: 212 Caleb, xw. ist, Esther Benham, May 22, 1727. 
She d. Oct. 25, 1727. Married 2d, Mary Culver, July 5, 
1735.; -'^Z Jedediah ; 214 Lydia; 215 Sarah; 216 Phebc ; 
217 Esther; 218 Samuel. 

170. AMOS. 

Amos Andrews, son of Nicholas and Lydia , mar- 
ried Content . 

Children: 219 Abigail, b Feb. 17, 1752; 220 Sybil, b 
July 6, 1754; 221 Lois, b April 13, 1756 ; 222 Mary, b Mar. 
18, T758; 22T^ A7nos,\i Jan. 16, 1760. 



GENEALOGIES. 625 

TIMOTHY. 

Timothy A ndrews married Temperance Griswold, Aug. 23, 
1 741. She died Nov. 25, 1743, je. 23. He married a sec- 
ond wife, Rachel. She died Jan. 11, 1756, aged 33. He 
settled at Newark Valley, near Oswego, N. Y. 

Children by ist wife: 224 Lvdia, b Oct. 27, T743 ; by 2d 
wife, 225 Elisha^ b Dec. 12, 1746; 226 Timothy^ b. April 
27, 1749 ; 227 F/ii/ieas, b Nov. 25, 1752 ; 228 Benjamin, 
b Dec. 18, 1755. """ 

185. SHERLOCK. 

Sherlock Andrews, son of Doctor Aaron and , 



married Salina, daughter of Samuel Tyler, of Tyler's Mills, 
now Yalesville, Wallingford. He died at Geneva, N. Y., in 
1795. She died at Columbus, Ohio, aged 94 or 95. 

Children: 229 Samuel, was a lawyer at Columbus, Ohio; 
230 Sarah, m. Wilcox, a lawyer at Columbus, Ohio. 

187. JOHN. 

Dr. John Andrews, son of Dr. Aaron and , mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of Caleb Atwater, by whom he had 
all his children. His 2d wife was Anna, daughter of Re\-. 
James and Anna Noyes. 

Children: 231 Hon. Sherlock jf., b Nov. 1801, gradu- 
ated at Yale, and a lawyer at Cleveland, Ohio ; 232 Jaiie^ 
b Dec, 1803, m John M. Wolsey, Esq., of New Haven ; 

233 William, b 1806, a farmer at Elyria, Loraine Co., Ohio : 

234 John IVhitiiii^; b 1809, graduated at Yale. A lawyer 
at Columbus, Ohio. 

189. DRAKE. 

Drake Andrews, son of Dr. Aaron and , married 

Lucy Whittelsey, Oct. 12, 1812. He died in lllisia. May 21, 
1841. Of his family I have no further information. 

229. IRA. 

Col. Ira Andrews, son of Nathaniel and , married 

Julia Hall, daughter of the late Jeremiah Hall of Wallingford. 
He died Jan. 14, 1861, aged 79 years, 4 months, 15 days. She 



626 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

was born the 5th of March, A. D. 1788, and is living Jan., 1870. 
Children: 235 Janet, b June 9, 1806, m Miller ; 236 Ali, b 
Mar. 6, 1800, resides in Bridgeport, Conn ; 237 Gad, b Nov. 
19, 1803 ; 238-9 Burr and Sarah (twins), b Oct, 14, 1806 ; 
2\o Lee, b April 2, 1809 ; 241 Joseph D., b March 9, 1824 ; 
242 Jane, b June 24, 1830. 



ATWATER.' 



JOHN. 

John, son of Dajd^ Atwater of New Haven, settled in 
Wallingford in 1682 on a lot in the village designated as No. — 
on the east side of the Main street, being forty rods long and 
twenty rods wide, and was first settled by ©a^iei Atwater 
for his son Joshua, who died before taking possession of it in 
1680. He was married to Abigail Mansfield, Sept. 13, 1682, 
and was a weaver by trade. She died Sept. 24, 17 17. 

Children: i John,h. Aug. 17, 1683, m. Elizabeth Mix, 
Aug. 4, 1713 ; 2 Abigail, b Oct. 17, 1685 ; 3 Mercy, b Feb. 6, 
1687; 4 Hannah, b Dec. 17, 1690; 5 Joshua, b Sept. 18, 
1693, m. Mary Peck and Sarah Yale ; 6 Moses, b July 17, 
1696, m. Sarah Merriman and Mary Hotchkiss ; 7 Phineas, 
b Sept. 23, 1699, m. Mary Ward ; 8 Ebenezer, b Feb. 6,1703, 
m. Jane Andrews; 9 Caleb, b Oct. 9, 1705, m. Mehitable 
Mix; 10 Baijamin, b Dec. 8, 1708, m. Elizabeth Porter. 

I. JOHN. 

John, son of John and Abigail Atwater of Wallingford, 
married Elizabeth, daughter of Mix, August 4, 17 13. 

Children: \\ Elizabeth, b Nov. 17,1721, m ^Ives; 

12 Enos, b Dec 3, 1717 ; 13 Stephen, b Sept. 8, 17 14; 14 
John,\) Jan. 27, 17 18; 15 Sarah; 16 Hannah, h Dec. 28, 
1722, m Bela Hitchcock of Cheshire ; 17 Ebenezer,h 1723, 
d. Oct. 21, 1755; 18 Stephen, b Feb. 2, 1720, m Elizabeth Yale, 



I Atvvater's Gen. Reg. of Atwaters, 30 ; Hinman's Conn. Settlers, 76 ; 
Savage's Gen. Diet., i. 75, 76. 



GENEALOGIES. 627 

June 6, 1739; 19 Titus, b 1724, d. Dec. 26, 1758; 20 Amos, 
died without issue. 

5. JOSHUA. 

Joshua, son of John, m Mary, dau. of John Peck, 17 Jan. 
1723; m 2nd, Sarah, dau. of Theophilus Yale, Sept. 4, 1740. 
He died Nov. 29, 1757. 

Children: by ist marriage; 21 J^oshi/a, b Mar. 8, 1724, 
d 1747; 22 Alary, b Feb. 12, 1727. By 2nd marriage; it, 
Caleb, b Sept. 5, 1741 ; 24 Sarah, m Hall. 

6. MOSES. 

MosES, son of John Peck, m Sarah Merriman, Dec. 28, 
1722. She died Feb. 1733, and he married 2nd, Mary 
Hotchkiss, Apr. 22, 1734. 

Children : by ist marriage; 28 Abigail, b Sept. 13, 1725 ; 
26 Sara/i, b Oct. 29, 1727; 27 Moses, h Nov. 22, 1729; 28, 
Mercy, b xA.ug. 15, 1731. By 2nd marriage; 29 Elihii, b Jan. 
18, 1735 ; 3° Dai'id, b Feb. 23, 1736 ; 31 Mary, b Aug. i, 
1734; 32 Ha/i/ia/i, b May i, 1739. 
7. phineas. 

Phineas, son of John Atwater, m Mary Ward Nov. 9, 
1727, and died Oct., 1781. He resided in Cheshire. 

Children: 33 Reuben, b Oct. 13, 1728; 34 Williani, b 1730; 
35 Thomas, b Aug. 14, 1733 ; 36 Phineas, b Dec. 12, 1735 ; 
37 Damaris, b 1738, m Samuel Tyler of Wallingford ; 28 
Menab, b July 8, 1741, d Sept. 13, 1754; Ambrose, b Dec. 19, 
1743, m Sarah Tryon. 

8. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer, son of John Atwater m, Jane Andrews, Dec. 30, 

1737- 

Children: 40 Caleb, h Sept. 8, 1738, m Phebe Talmage ; 
41 Samuel, b January 30, 1740, m Hannah Bristol ; 42 Ebene- 
zer, b July 13, 1742 ; 43 Ephraim, b Nov. 27, 1743, m 
Abigail Rowe ; 44 Esther, b Feb. 4, 1746 ; 45 Elizabeth, b 
April 13, 1748 ; 46 Abigail, b Sept. 19, 1754 ; 47 Comfort, b 
March 16, 1757. 



628 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

9. CALEB. 

Caleb, son of John Atwater, married Mehitable Mix, Nov. 
10, 1726. 

Children: 48 Sara/i, b Nov, 28, 1727 ; 49 Einiice, b Sept. 

10, 1786, m Phineas Cook. 

10. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin, son of John Atwater, married Elizabeth Porter, 
Nov. 28, 1739. She died January 13, 1774, a^. 66 years. 

Children: 50 Elizabeth, b April 25, 1780 ; 51 Mary, b Dec. 
20, 1735 ; 52 Comfort, b Sept. 19, 1749, d January 22, 1789; 
53 Benjamin, b January 9, 1750, d January 19, 1781. 

\2. enos. 

Enos, son of John 2nd, married Hannah Moss, July 9, 1740. 

Children: z^\ Heman, b March 4, 1743, d Sept. 27, 1752; 
55 Asaph, b Aug. i, 1745 ; 56 Mehitable,h July 23, i747,m Eli 
Bronson of Waterbury ; 50 Enos, b Oct. 25, 1748, m Hannah 
Moss, July 3, 1 741 ; 58 Eunice, b Sept., 1750 ; 59 Heman, b 
Aug. 29, 1752, went to Southington ; 60 Kezia, b Oct. 10, 
1754 ; 62 Anna, b Nov. 17, 1756 ; d-^ Titus, b Jan. 6, 1761. 

14. JOHN. 

John, son of John 2d, m Hannah Thompson, Feb. 22, 1744. 
Children : (^2) Jt^remiah, b Nov. 10, 1744 ; 64 Phebe, b Aug. 

11, 1747, m Button ; 65 Hannah, b Feb. 17, 1749, m 

Samuel Hull of Cheshire; 66 John; 67 Jesse; 68 Mary, m 
Peck of Waterbury. 

18. STEPHEN. 

Stephen, son of John 2d, m Hannah Hotchkiss, Feb. 

23> 1744- 

Children : 69 Elizabeth, b Sept. 12, 1746 ; 70 Lois, m John 
Upson; 71 Stephen, b Sept. 4, 1749, d Aug. 25, 1750; 72 
Sarah, b Nov. 25, 175 1, m Enos Johnson; 73 Hannah, h 
Nov. 27, 1754, m John Hall ; 74 Naomi, b Aug. 17, 1756, 
m Enos Bushnell ; I'i^ Ruth, b Aug. 17, 1756, m Jonathan 
Hall ; 76 Stephen, b May 13, 1758. 

19. TITUS. 

Titus, son of John 2nd, m Margaret Scott, Dec, 14, 1758, 



GENEALOGIES. O29 

Children: 77 Chloc, b Sept, 29, 1750, m Samuel Cook ; 

78 Amos, b June 12, 1752, m Mary , his wife d Oct, 2, 1799, 

£6 38 ; 79 Aliriavi, b 1754, m Calvin Cowles ; 80 Rhoda, b 
May 15, 1756. 

23. CALEB. 

Caleb, son of Joshua and Sarah, m Abigail Jones for his 
ist wife, and Ruth Wadsworth, Jan. 22, 1776, for his 2nd wife. 

Children : 81 Sarah, b July 19, 1767 ; 82 Alary, b April 23, 
1769 ; 83 Lucy, b Dec. 8, 1770 ; 84 Joshua, b Feb. 8, 1773, m 
Elizabeth Cook, dau. of Aaron ; 85 James W., b June 30, 1777 ; 
d Oct. 30, 1777 ; 86 Aly^i^ail, b Dec. 13, 1778, m Doct. John 
Andrews; 87 Catharine: 88 Ru/h. 

27. MOSES. 

Moses, of Wallingford, son of Moses, m Emma Newton, 
Dec. 18, 1755. 

Children: 89 Sarah, b Nov. 16, 1755 ; 90 Lymau, lived in 
Broad Swamp, Cheshire. 

29. ELIHU. 

Elihu, of Wallingford, son of Moses, married Abigail Tryon. 

Children: 91 Freeman, b Feb. 16, 1766, went to Canan- 
dagua, N. Y. ; 92 Mary, b March 2, 1767 ; 93 Abiah, b Nov. 3, 
1769; 94 Sally, b Jan. 23, 1773 ; 95 Elihu, b June 9, 1776, 
went South ; 96 Jesse^ was Postmaster at New Haven, m 
Widow Hudson, left no children. 

30. DANIEL. 

Daniel, son of Moses of Wallingford, was an apothecary at 
New Haven, m Eunice Thompson of Stratford, Nov. 15, 
1770, and was killed in a skirmish with the British troops at 
Compo Hill, April 28, 1777. 

Children: 97 Chester, \i Dec, 21, 1772, d Mar. 30, 1773; 
98 Chester, \i April 14, 1774, no issue; 99 Sylvester, b Feb. 
17, 1776, d Sept, 9, 1776 ; 100 David, b 1777, graduated at 
Yale 1797, d 1805. 

33. REUBEN. 

Reuben, son of Phineas of Wallingford, m Sarah Hall 

R R 



630 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

April 29, 1752, and Mary Russel January 28, 1755. He died 
Aug, 19, 1 80 1. 

Cliildren: loi Sara/i, b June 14, 1753 ; 102 Merab, b June 
19? 1757 J lOTfF/iineas, b Nov. 25, 1758 ; \o/i^ Elizabeth AI. A., 
b Sept., 1760, m Andrew Hull of Cheshire ; 10^ Russel, h 
June 20, 1762, went to Blandford, Mass. ; 106 Nabby, b April 
2, 1764, m Dr. Elnathan Beach of Cheshire ; 107 Amaryllis, 
b April 2, 1764, m Titus Street of Wallingford, Cheshire, and 
of New Haven ; 108 Reuben, b May 18, 1767. 

34. WILLIAM. 

William, son of Phineas, of Wallingford, married Esther 
Tuttle. 

Children: 109 Rufus, b Nov. 29, 1754, m ist, Mary Tuttle 
of Wallingford, Dec. 18, 1777. He removed to Nova Scotia; 
wo Lyma7i,h Feb. 8, 1757; iii JVillia7n,h Feb. 16, 1759, 
went to Nova Scotia ; 112 Ckloe, b Sept. 21, 1763 ; 113 Jra, 
b June 21, 1765, d April 4, 1738, in Wallingford; 114 Ase- 
nath, b Oct. 30, 1768; 115 Esther, b Oct. 4, 1771 ; 116 
Ward, went to Nova Scotia. 

36. PHINKAS. 

Phineas married Mary , and 2nd, widow Hannah 

Ives, of Goshen, Conn., June 15, 1760. 
Child: 117 JFanl, h ijdo. 

39. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose, son of Phineas, married Sarah Tryon. 

Children: iiS Amelia, h July 3, 1767, m Thaddeus Tuttle; 
119 Linus, b July 23, 1769 ; 120 jFonathan, b Oct. 18, 1770 ; 
121 Ambrose, b April 5, 1773, d June 23, 1778; 122 Thomas, 
b April 19, 1774; 123 Sarah,h April 19, 1775; 124 Mary, 
b Oct, 17, 1778; 125 Phineas, b July 12, 1782; 126 Menab, 
b April 17, 1782, m John P. Wetmore ; 127 Clara C, b 
May 6, 1786, m Joshua Tuttle; 128 William, b May 9, 1789. 

40. CALEB. 

Caleb, son of Ebenezer, of Wallingford, m Phebe Tallmage. 



GENEALOGIES. 63 1 

Children: 129 Aiiuc, b Nov. 17, 1765; 130 Ebcnezer, b 
Feb. 16, 1768. 

41. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Ebenezer, m Hannah Bristol, May 5, 1768. 

Children: 131 Sylvia, b Feb. 21, 1769, m Winchell ; 

132 Merab, b May 11, 1771, m Ives, d 1857; 133 

Samuel^ b Oct. 7, 1773, d in Orange, Conn. ; 134 jfosluia^ b 
Feb. 20, 1779 \ 135 Ebenezer, d in Cheshire. 
43. ephraim. 

Ephraim, son of Ebenezer, m Abigail Rowe, d Oct. 22, 
1776, at Danbury, Conn. 

Children: 136 Lowly, b Oct 26, 1772, m Noah Andrews, 
of Wallingford ; 137 Eunice, b Sept. 18, 1744, m Mat- 
thews ; 138 Eph'aitn, b March 5, 1777. 

STEPHEN. 

Stephen, son of David, settled in Meriden, then in Wall- 
ingford, m Elizabeth Yale. He came from New Haven. 

Children: 139 Ruth, b June 6, 1740 ; 140 Stephen, b Sept. 
16, 1742, settled in Cheshire; 141 Eunice, b Sept. 28, 1744; 
142 Daniel, b Aug. 30, 1747, d unmarried ; 143 Mary, b June 

25, 1750, m Merriam ; 144 Elizabeth, b July 27, 1752 ; 

145 Christopher, b Jan. 6, 1757, d SepL 10, 1776: 146 Isaac, 
b Dec, 1758. 

ABRAHAM. 

Abraham, son of Jonathan, the son of Jonathan, the son 
of Daniel, the son of David, m Mary EuU in May, 1738, and 
settled in Cheshire, then belonging to Wallingford. /iHe died 
Jan. 4, 1786, ae 70 yrs. She died May 15, 18 11, ae 83 yrs. 

Children: 146 Esther, b Dec. 19, 1738 ; 147 Mary, b April 
28, 1740; 148 Chloe, b Oct. 27, 1742 ; 149 Isaac, b June 15, 
1746; 150 Zf^/V, b June 12, 1749; 151 Timothy, h Oct. 30, 
i']i,i ; A.s^2 Abigail; 153 Samuel, b 1757, died Jan. 12, 1748; 
154 Esther, b Dec. 10, 1763. 

benjamin. 

Benjamin, son of Joseph Atwater, the son of Jonathan, m 



632 HISTORY OF WALLIXGFORD. 

Phebe . She died March i, 1799, ae 64. He died 

Feb. 6, 1799, ae 72. 

Children: 155 yoseph ; 156 Sarah ^h April 26, 1756, m 
Charles Hull, 2nd, Aaron Hall, of Wallingford ; 157 Benjamin^ 
b Sept. 26, 1757 ; 158 litus^ b Aug. 29, 1759, d unm. at 
Cheshire; 159 Moses^\> May 12, 1765, d at Canandaigua, 
N. Y. ; 160 Aaron, b Nov. 10, 1776 ; 161 Joel, b April 22, 1769 ; 
162 Anna, b Aug. 23, 1777, d Aug. 29, 1776 ; 163 jferemiah, 
d in Canandaigua ; 164 Anna, m Stephen Jarvis, of Cheshire. 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Joseph, son of Jonathan, son of Daniel of 
Wallingford, m Phebe Hall, Aug. 18, 1756. He d Aug. 22, 
1769. She d March 23, 1767, ^e. 23 yrs.. 

Child: 165 Phebe, b Oct. 15, 1757, d Jan. 19, 1766, ae. 9 yrs. 

54. HEMAN. 

Heman, son of Enos Atwater, settled at Southington, and 
was the owner of Atwater mills. 

84. JOSHUA. 

Joshua, son of Caleb, of Wallingford, m Elizabeth Cook, 
dau. of Aaron Cook, Oct. 22, 1793. 

Children: 166 Elizabeth, h Aug. 4, 1794, m John Barker-, 

167 CarflU?ie, b June 17, 1796, m Dr. Jared P. Kirtland ; 

168 Emily, b Feb. 7, 1798, m Dr. Friend Cook ; 169 Abigail, 
b Dec. 28. 1800, d at Durham, Sept. 23, 1823 ; 170 Mary, b 
Oct. 18, 1802, d July 24, 1804; 171 Cah'b, b July 11, 1804, 
m Julia A. Royce, and 2nd, Elizabeth S. Clark ; 172 yosh/ta, 
b Aug. 26, 1806, m Mary H. Day ; 173 Thomas Cook, b Aug. 
20, 1808, m Harriet E. Cook ; 174 Lucretia, b June 26, 1800, 
d June 29, 1822 ; 155 Edgar, b Oct 12, 1812, m Sarah S. 
Yale, d i860 ; 176 J^ohn, b Jan 19, 181 5, m Caroline, 
and 2nd, Eliza Hall, dau. of Russel Hall ; 177 William, b 
Aug. 5, 1817, m Elizabeth Helfenstein ; 178 Mary Attn, b 
May 29, 1819, m Lieut. Garrit Barry. 

105. RUSSELL. 

RussEL, son of Reuben Atwater, of Cheshire (then Wall- 



GENEALOGIES. 633 

ingford), m Clarissa Chapman, Oct. 24, 1790, and died Oct. 
3, 1798. She was born Nov. 22, 1762. 

Children: 179 P/iineas, b Nov. 10, 1791 ; 180 Merab, b 
April 28, 1793, d March 19, 1794; 181 Russell, b Jan. 8, 
1795, d Dec. 22, 1823 ; 182 Frederick, b Nov. 6, 1796; 183 
Hoiry, b Sept. 21, 1798; 184 Thomas, b Sept. 21, 1798, d 
April 15, 1803. 

108. REUBEN. 

Reuben, son of Reuben Atwater, m Eliza Willard, and 2d, 
Sarah Lamb. He died F"ebruary, 1831. 

Children : 183 Catharine : 184 Clinton Edtvard. 

113. IRA. 

[ra, son of William Atwater, m Lois . He was a 

shoe-maker, and lived and died at what is now Yalesville. 

Children : 185 Mary, m and went to Bethany; \%6 Martha, 
m Henry Hough ; 187 William, d March, 1828 ; 188 J^ohn, d 
South; 189 Luman, of Fair Haven, Conn.; i()o Esther ; 191 
Lois: 192 Chloe. 

116. ward. 
Ward, son of Phineas, m Abigail Atwater. She died in 
New Haven in 1822. 

Children: 193 Rebecca, b Sept. 23, 1787, d Sept 22, 1788; 
194 Harriet, b Feb. 23, 1789, d May, 1795 ; 195 James, b May 
I, 1790, d Oct. 21, 1791 ; 196 James JFard,h Feb. 11, 1794, 
d Dec. 8, 1820; 197 IVilliam, b June 20, 1795, d Jan. 
1810; 198 Harriet, b March 14, 1797, d Sept., 1798 ; 199, 
Abigail, b Sept. 4, 1798, d Nov. 11, 1799; 200 Richard, h 
March 25, 1802, d Oct. 3, 1848 : 210 Edward, b June 29, 1803 ; 
202 Charlotte, b Sept., 1804. 

120. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose, son of Phineas Atwater, m Sarah Tryon. 

Children: 203 Amelia, b July 3, 1767, m Thaddeus Tuttle ; 
204 Linns, b Feb. 22, 1769 ; 205 Jonathan, b Oct. 18, 1770 ; 
206 A7fibrose , b April 5, 1773, d June 23, 1778 ; 207 Thomas, 
b April ig, 1775 ; 280 Sarah, b Feb. 11, 1777, m Asa Lyon; 



634 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKU. 

209 Mary, b Oct 17, 1778, m Peter B. Smith; 210 JViiiieas, 
b July 12, 1770; 211 Mcrab, b April 17, 1782, m John P. 
Wetmore ; 212 Clara, b May 6, 1786, m Joshua Fuller; 213 
William, b May 9, 1789. 

137. STEPHEN. 

Stephen, son of Stephen and Elizabeth Yale Atwater, m 
Anna Moss, March 23, 1780. Settled in Cheshire. 

Children: 2 li^ Hannah If., h Feb. 8, 1 781 ; 215 Richard, 
b Feb. 10, 1783; 216 Tempa,h Sept. 11, 1787; 217 Anna 
Maria, b Aug. 28, 1789; 218 Betsey, b Dec. 9, 1794; 219 
Mcrab, b June 22, 1797 ; 220 Matilda, b June 5, 1805. 

147. ISAAC. 

Isaac, son of Abraham Atwater, son of Jonathan of Che- 
shire, settled in Columbia, now Prospect, m Eunice , May 

16, 1771. He died Sept. 13, 1776, at New York. 

Children: 221 Patnelia, b March 28, 1772; 222 Abraham, 
b March, 6, 1774; 223 Hannah, b Oct. 15, 1775. 
149. timothy. 

Timothy, son of Abraham Atwater, son of Jonathan of 
Cheshire, m Lucy . 

Children: 224 Deborah,\> May 28, 1773 ; 225 Lucy, b Aug. 
8, 1775; 226 Cato, b Oct. 18, 1777; 227 Isaac, b Oct. 5, 
1779 ; 228 Lucinda, m March 4, 1782 ; 229 Timothy Glover, b 
July 20, 1784, d in Cheshire; 230 Charlotte, b July 22, 1786 ; 
231 Phineas, b Jan. 20, 1789 ; 232 Esther, b July i, 1791 ; 
233 Aaron, b March 11, 1793, m Betsey Atsom. 

151. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Abraham Atwater, son of Jonathan, settled 
in Cheshire, m Patience . 

Children: 204 Flanien, b March 30, 1783; 235 Roxanna, b 
Jan. 15, 1785 ; 236 Nancy, b May 15, 1789 ; 237 Nancy, 2d, b 
Sept. 13, 1789 ; 238 Mary Ann, b Jan. 4, 1792 ; 239 Patience, 
b March 13, 1794 ; 240 Nabby Ann, b Dec. 13, 1797 , 241 Abi- 
gail Ann, b Oct. 19, 1800; 242 lois, b July 15, 1803; 243 
Lois Maria, b Feb. 13, 1806, m Joseph Hitchcock of Cheshire. 



GENEALOGIES. 635 

153. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Benjamin of Cheshire, m Hannah Hitch- 
cock, Sept. 17, 1783. 

Children : 244 jfoscph Hall, b Feb. 29, 1784, m, had Joseph 
H. ; 245 Phcbe, b Nov. 25, 1786 ; 246 Alnwn, b March 5, 1788 ; 

247 Hannah, b April 20, 1790, m Belina Clark of Cheshire; 

248 Freeman, b April 17, 1796, m Beach. 



BEAUMONT. 



DEODATE. 

Deodate Beaumont was born in Wallingford as early as 
the commencement of the present century, and perhaps 
earlier. He was a mechanic and farmer, and owned and 
occupied the house and lot now owned by his son Elijah 
Beaumont in Wallingford. 

Children: John; Elijah; Elizabeth. 



BARKER.' 

JOHN. 

John and Sarah Barker were in Wallingford previous to 
1739, from Branford, where he was born. He built the large 
brick house now owned by Samuel C. Ford, Esq. His farm 
was a large one, and one of the best in the county of New 
Haven. Of his history very little can now be learned. 

Children: i Sarah, b July 22, 1739; 2 John, b May 2, 
1 741 ; 3 Mary,h March 10, 1742, m Solomon Johnson ; ^Ed- 
ward, m Rachel, dau. of Constant Kirtland ; 5 Eunice, m John 
Beadles, Jan. 18, 1764. 



I For collateral branches, see Abbott's Hist. Andover, Mass., 20-1 ; 
Harry's Hist. Hanover, Mass., 206-7 ; Blood's Hist. Temple, N. H., 203 ; 
Bolton's Hist. Westchester Co., N. Y., 501 ; Deane's Hist. Scituate, 
Mass., 216 ; Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 139 ; Goodman's Foot family 
Gen., 189; Hanson's Hist. Gardner, Me., 156; Savage's Gen. Diet., i. 115, 
116. 



636 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

4. EDWARD. 

Edward Barker, son of John and Sarah Barker, m 
Rachel, dau. of Constant and Rachel Kirtland of Wallingford, 
and remained on the old homestead until his death. 

Children : 6 jfolui^ m Elizabeth Atwater, of Wallingford ; 
7 Sarah, m Wm. H. Jones, New Haven. 

BEACH.' 

Genealogists have been somewhat divided and in doubt 
regarding the earliest families of this name. Hinman assigns 
John of Stratford, to Thomas of Milford ; but John of Strat- 
ford had two children born to him before John the son of the 
Milford Thomas was born. Savage thinks John of Stratford 
was probably son of Richard of New Haven, if not his brother. 
Savage also thinks Benjamin of Stratford was son of Richard 
of New Haven. But if so, he would have been only fifteen 
years old when first announced in Stratford, which is out of 
the question. The probabilities seem to indicate that John, 
Benjamin and Richard, who all appear in Stratford, and 
Thomas of Milford, were brothers. The latter had a 
home lot in Milford in 1648. The Beaches of Litchfield, 
and George Beach E§q. of Hartford, are said to be of this 
stock. Richard Beach of New Haven I take to be the man 
who was in Stratford in 1663, and as keeper of the ordinary 
or tavern, desired a grant of land from the town, and 
also exemption from military duty. He bought of Thomas 
Wheeler, who bought from Robert Rice, the lot where 
Mr. Meacham now lives. Wheeler moved to Pagusset 
( Derby), and sold to R. Beach, who sold to Mr. Fenn of 
Milford, and he sold in 1667 to Rev. Israel Chauncey, the 
second pastor of the Congregational church in Stratford, 
part of this land, with part of the land owned by John 
Brinsmade, one of the first settlers ( on the river side), and 



I For collateral branches, see Hinman's Conn, settlers, .163, 164 ; Lit- 
tell's Passaic Valle)- Gen., 35-7 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, i. 144. 



GENEALOGIES. 637 

the land owned by William Beardsley, with a piece of Nicho- 
las Knell's lot on the back street and now ( 1868 ) owned by 
Alfred E. Beach, son of the late Moses Yale Beach of Wall- 
ingtbrd, a lineal descendant of John, brother of Richard. 

Benjamin Beach, a brother also of John, as I suppose, was 
in Stratford in 1659. From him descended Benjamin Beach, 
the merchant and owner of vessels, who was a man of prop- 
ert)' and built the old house that was taken down by Mr. 
Patterson some years ago, and which stood where Mr. 
Dutcher, in 1863, lived. Benjamin Beach senior's descen- 
dants settled in part in Trumbull. The year of John Beach's 
birth is now unknown : he died suddenly, intestate, in 1667, 
and the names of his ten children are given on the probate 
records, but not that of his wife. He became one of the 
original proprietors of Wallingford, and is represented in the 
inventory of his estate as having property in Wallingford to 
the amount of ^92 igs. ; and in Stratford to the amount 
of ;{J"3i2 13.*-. He seems to have bought in Wallingford 
with a view to the settlement of his sons there. John 
Jr., Isaac and Thomas removed to Wallingford, but the 
first two died in Stratford. Indeed, Isaac in 1694 united 
with Stratford church, and is entered as of W'allingford. His 
grave-stone with that of his brother Nathaniel's and also of 
Nathaniel's wife, yet remain in the old cemetery at Stratford. 
As John Beach senior's estate was administered in Fairlield 
county probate court, he evidently had not transferred his 
residence to Wallingford. 

References in the Stratford Records establish the identity 
of the Wallingford Beaches with the family of John Beach of 
Stratford, through his son Thomas principally, as will be seen. 

Children of John Beach of Stratford : i Elizabeth, b March 
8, 1652, m Kliasaph Preston, went to Wallingford; yolm,\) 
April, 1654, m Hannah, dau. of Thomas Staples of Fairfield, 
1679 ; 3 Mary, b Sept., 1656 ; i Thomas, b May, 1659, m Ruth 
Peck of Wallingford, and 2nd, Phebe, dau. of Timothy Will- 
coxen ^5 Nathaniel, b March, 1662, m Sarah Porter, April 29, 



638 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

1693, went to Wallingford ; 6 Hannah^ b Dec, 1665, m Zacha- 
riah Fairchild, Nov. 3, 168 1, after his decease she m John 
Barrit; 7 Sarah, b Nov., 1667 ; 8 Isaac, b June 27, 1659, m 
Hannah Birdsey, was a tailor in Stratford ; 9 Joseph, b Feb. 
5, 1 67 1, m Abiah, dau. of Ebenezer Booth ; 10 Benjamin, b 
March, 1674, m Mary . 

John Beach's house lot extended from Main-st, to Back-st, 
originally called Front street, and covered the present lots 
now occupied by the Masonic Lodge, Alfred Barnet and Mrs. 
Hubbell, with a part of Mrs. Linsley's and Miss Poor's 
grounds. 

I will now attempt to trace, so far as I can by existing re- 
cords, the settlement and increase of the above named ten 
children of John Beach of Stratford : 

I. ELIZABETH. 

Elizabeth m Eliasaph Preston. He was born with his 
twin brother Hackaliah, April 9, 1643 • was a son of William 
Preston, one of the first settlers of New Haven. Their 
mother was probably William Preston's 2d wife, and a daughter 
of Robert Seabrook, another of whose daughters was the 
wife of Thos. Fairchild, and an original proprietor in Strat- 
ford. Eliasaph Preston removed to Wallingford soon after its 
settlement in 1674, and was the first Deacon of the Congre- 
gational church in that place. He died in 1705, ag. 62 years. 
Elizabeth was his second wife. His first wife Maiy Kimberly 
died in 1674, April 28. She was the widow of Thos. Kimberly, 
and died in 1672. 

The children of Eliasaph and Elizabeth Preston were : 1 1 
Elizabeth, b Jan. 29, 1676 ; 12 Hannah, b July 12, 1678; 13 
Eliasaph, b Jan. 26, 1679-80 ; 14 Joseph, b March 10, 1681-2 ; 
15 Esther, b Feb. 28, 1683-4 • 16 Lydia, b May 25, 1686 ; 17 
Jehiel, b Aug. 25, 1688, d Nov., 1689. 

2. JOHN. 

John Beach m Hannah, dau. of Thomas Staples of Fair- 
field, 1679. 

Their children recorded at Stratford were: 18 Mary, 



GENEALOGIES. 639 

b July 14, 1683, m Archibald Dunlap, June, 1704, and 2nd, 

Smith; 19 j(?/////, b about 1685, m Samuel Fairchild, 

1704; 20 Mchitable, b Sept. 30, 1690; 21 Ebcnczcr^h Sept. 
14, 1692 ; 22 Hester^ b May 3, 1694. John Beach 2nd d in 
Stratford, 17 12. 

4. THOMAS. 

Thomas Beach, married ist, Ruth Peck, a sister of John 
Peck, and setded in Wallingford May 12, 1680; 2nd, Phebe, 
dau. of Timothy Willcoxen of Stratford. She was born in 1669. 
Her father was son of William, an original proprietor of 
Stratford, whose house-lot was situated about where Mrs. 
Turk's home-lot now lies ( 1863 ), and probably covered Mr. 
Wm. Benjamin's lot besides. Phebe's mother was Johannah, 
dau. of Deacon John Birdsey, an original proprietor of Strat- 
ford. 

Children: 23 Hannah^ b Feb. 26, 1680, d Sept. 18, 1683; 
24 Ruth, b Oct. 24, 1684, died young; 25 Thotnas, b Dec. 9, 

1685, d Dec. 13, 1685 ; 26 Bciioni, b Oct. 20, 1686, d Dec. 5, 

1686. Mrs. Ruth Beach died Dec. 5, 1686. Children by 
2nd marriage: 27 Thnothy^ b Jan. 11, 1689, m Hannah 
Cook, Nov. 25, 1713; 22>{^Naf/ia/i, b Aug. 18, 1692, m 
Jemima Curtiss, Sept. 29, 1713J 2() Moses, h Feb. 19, 1695, "^ 

Esther Tyler, Sept. 21, 1722, 2nd, Susannah ; 30 GersJumi, 

b May 23, 1697, m Deliverance How of Wallingford ; 31 Ca/eb, 

m Eunice ; 32 Thankful, b Sept. 20, 1762 ; t^t, Phebe, b 

May 23, 1 7 10; 34 yoanna,\) Oct. 9, 1705, m Mr. Royce. Mr. 
Thomas Beach died in Meriden, where he was buried in the 
old cemetery. May 13, 1741, aj 82 years. 

5. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Beach m Sarah Porter, daughter of Nathaniel 
Porter. She was born 1667. Her mother was a daughter of 
Philip Groves, the first and only ruling elder in Stratford 
church. She died in 1738, and her grave-stone yet stands 
with that of her husband, who died in 1747. 

Children: 35 Ephraim, b May 25, 1687, m 1712, Sarah, 
dau. of Andrew Patterson, d Oct. 30, 1717 ; 36 Elizabeth, b 



640 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Nov II, 1689; 37 David, b May 15, 1692, m 1717, Hannah 
Sherman, clau. of Matthew, son of Samuel Sen. ; 38 Josia/i, b 
Aug. 18, 1694, m 1722, Patience Nichols; t^C) -Nathaiucl, b 
Dec. 22, 1696, m 1720. Sarah, dau. of Solomon Burton, d 1734 ; 
40 Sarah, b Nov. 12, 1699 ; 41 Daniel, b Jan 15, 1700, m 
1724, Hester, dau. of Benj. Curtiss, son of John, son of Will- 
iam Curtiss ; 42 Anna, b March, 1704, m Elnathan Beers, Jan. 
25, 1728; 43 Israel, b May, 1705, m 1731, Hannah Barrett, 
dau. of Joseph, son of John, son of William ; 44 James, b 
Aug. 13, 1709, m Sarah Curtiss 17 10, dau. of John, son of 
Benjamin, son of John. 

8. ISAAC. 

Isaac Beach, married Hannah Birdsey, daughter of John, 
in 1693. Mr. Birdsey was a son of John, an original settler 
in Stratford. Her mother was Phebe, daughter of William 
Willcoxen, also among the first settlers of Stratford. Han- 
nah was born February, 167 1. Isaac Beach settled in Wall- 
ingford on land given him by his father John Beach, but in 
1694 was received into the church at Stratford as from Wall- , 
ingford. He died in Stratford in 1741, and his grave-ston^.---" 
still remains. Hannah his wife died Oct. 15, 1750, in her 79th 
year, and was buried in the Episcopal burying-ground, Strat- 
ford. He sold land in Wallingford to Joseph Rice in 1699. 

Children: 45 lVilliajn,h July 7, i^^ m Sarah Hull of 
Derby, dau. of Joseph Hull ; 46 Elnathan, b July 7, 1698, m 
Abigail Ufifont, 2d, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Cook ; 47 John, 
b Oct. 6, 1700, Episcopal clergyman at Newtown, Ct., d Mar. 
19, 1782 ; 48 Mary, b Dec. 16, 1703 ; 49 Hannah, b May 26, 
1709 ; 50 Dinah, b Oct. 14, 17 13. 

9. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Beach, son of John No. i, married Abiah, dau. of 
Ebenezer Booth, son of Richard, an original settler in Strat- 
ford. Pie died in 1737, a^. 66. His grave-stone yet remains. 

Children : 51 Sarah, b July 13, 1697 ; 52 Agar, b April 8, 
^^699 ; 53 Abraham, b April 29, 1701 ; 54 Hannah, b Feb. 12, 
1702, m Zachariah Tomlinson, grandson of Henry and great 



GENEALOGIES. 64I 

grandfather of Gov. Gideon Tomlinson, d in 181 2 ; 55 J^o- 
seph ; 56 Abiah.h Jan. 12, 17 12-13, m Samuel Judson in 1737. 
His first wife^ in 1734 was Bethiah Beach. 

10. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Beach of Stratford, m Mary /fvnliA* C ^ C 1^ 
Children: 57 j^c/"///;/, b April 23, 1674; 58 Peter, b Sept. 
14, 1696; 59 Eunice, b Aug. 3, 1699; 60, 61, Benjamin and 
Mary, b May 19, 1702, the former went to Durham, Conn. 

46. ELNATHAN. 

Elnathan Beach, son of Isaac and Hannah Beach, was 
a merchant settled in Wallingford, in the southerly part of 
what is now Cheshire, and for several years was engaged with 
Captain Samuel Cooke, in foreign trade, in which they 
were \'ery successful. Mr. Beach soon became a man of 
great wealth and high standing in the community. He pre- 
sented the Congregational society of Cheshire with a bell for 
their meeting-house, and by his last will left a bequest of sev- 
eral pounds as a fund for the relief of the poor of the parish 
of Cheshire. He married first Miss Abigail Ufford of Strat- 
ford, May 9, 1720. She died Dec. 2, 1738. He married 
second, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Samuel Cooke, Feb. 8, 
1742. She died May 18, 1754, £e. 21 years. He died Aug. 
16, 1742, ae 45 years. 

Children by first marriage; 79 Isaac, b April 7, 172 1, d Jan. 
27, 1724; 80 Elnathan, b July 21, 1723, at Cheshire, d May 
18, 1754, ae 31 ; 81 Isaac, b March 3, 1725, d Oct. 13, 147 I, 
ae 16 years; 82 yohn, b 1733, a farmer at Cheshire; 83 
Hannah, b Nov. 12, 1728; S4. Ain'gai/, h Dec. 17, 1730; 85 
Samuel, b Dec 26, 1737, Dea. of the church, graduated at Yale, 
1757 j 86 Sarah, b March 25, 1727, m Jonathan At water of 
New Haven ; 87 lois, b Aug 18, 1732, m Col. Thaddeus 
Cook of Wallingford, d April 4, 1753; 88 Esther. 

Child by second marriage: 89 Abraham, b Aug. 29, 1743, 
graduated at Yale, 1757, and was a distinguished clergyman 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of New York. 
He died 1828, ae. 85 years. 



642 HISTORV OF WALLINGFORD. 

45. WILLIAM. 

William Beach, eldest son of Isaac and Hannah Beach 
of Stratford, married Sarah Hull, daughter of Joseph Hull of 
Derby (ancestor of Com. Isaac Hull), in 1725. Her mother 
was Mary Nichols, dau. of Isaac 2d of Stratford and Derby. 

Children : 62 Isaac^ b and bap. Oct., 1726, bap. in the Cong, 
church, Stratford; 63 Ann, b April, bap. May, 1729, m Wm. 
Sam'l Johnson, bap. in Cong, church ; 64 Abel, b and bap. 
Nov. 31, 1731, m Mary Lewis 1757, d 1768; 65, dd Henry 
and Abijah, b May, 1734, bap. in the Episcopal church. 

63. ANN. 

Ann Beach, daughter of William and Sarah Hull Beach, 
married in Nov., 1749, at the age of 20 years, Wm. Sam'l 
Johnson, aged 22 years, son of Rev. Samuel D. D. by his 
wife Charity, wid. of Benj. Nichols, oldest son of Hon. Mat- 
thias Nichols of Islip, L. I. Wm. Samuel Johnson had by 
wife Ann, 

Children: 67 Charity, b July, 1750; 68 Sarah, b April, 
1754] 69 Gloriance Ann, b March, 1757 ; 70 Mary, b April, 
1759; 71 Samuel William,h Oct., 1761 ; 72 Elizabeth, bDec, 
^763 ; 73 Robert Charles, b May, 1766. 

71. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Wm. Johnson, son of Anna and Wm. Samuel 
Johnson, married Nov., 1791, Susan, dau. of Pierrepont Ed- 
wards Esq., and grand-daughter of Rev. President J. Edwards. 

Children : 74 Anna Frances ; 75 William SaiJiuel ; 76 Sarah 
Elizabeth: 77 Edwards; 78 Robert Charles. 

85. SAMUEL. 

Dea. Samuel Beach graduated at Yale College in 1757. 
He was an Attorney at Law in his native town, Cheshire, and 
was a highly respected citizen, and filled with honor many 
offices of public trust, and was a delegate to the convention 
which formed the constitution of the United States. He 
married Mary . 

Children ; 90 Mary Ann, b July 31, 1760 ; 91 Samuel W., 



GENEALOGIES. 643 

b Feb. II, 1762, was a farmer in Cheshire, where he died. 
Sons, Samuel W., Albert and Rufus. By second marriage : 92 

Biirragt', m Bowden, was a graduate of Yale College in 

1793 and became an Attorney at Law in his native town, 
where he died ae. 70. He had daughters, Elizabeth, wife of 
Rev. Dr. Fuller, Augusta, Amelia. 

29. MOSES. 

Moses Beach, son of Thomas and Phebe, of Wallingford, 
married Esther Tyler, Sept. 26, 1722. She died Sept. 16, 

1750, cC 55. He married Susannah . She died 

April 9, 1770, ae 62 yrs. Mr. Beach died in Wallingford. 
He was a farmer and resided on, and owned the farm called 
( at the present time ) the Wooden Farm, in the southern 
part of Yalesville. 

Children: 93 Ephraim, b Aug. 2, 1723, m Lydia , d 

August 29, 175 1 ; 94 Titiis, b April 4, 1725; 95 Moses, b 
Nov. 8, 1726, m Dinah Sperry, March 19, 1756; 96 Lois, b — 
April 29, 1729, d Jan. 4, 1731 ; 97 Esther, b May 16, 1731 ; 
98 Asahcl, b Jan. 11, 1736, m Keziah Roys, Feb. 11, 1757, and 
settled in Westbury in Waterbury, previous to 1764. 

28. NATHAN. 

C Nathan Beach, son of Thomas and Phebe of Walling- 
ford, married Jemima Curtiss, Sept. 29, 17 13. He lived in) 
the house late the property of Jason Beach. 

Children: 99 Joseph, \> June 10, 1764; 100 Jll//iaf/i, b , .^^T^^^^ 
Nov. 18, 1716, m Susannah Holt, Oct. 15, 1739; ^o^ Lxilia, "^^c^ "ix^ 
b Feb. 26, 1719; 102 Nathan, b May 2^^ 1721 ; 103 Stephen, H -t^^'t^^ 
b April 6, 1729 ; 104 Elihu, b Dec. 14, 1734. 

95. MOSES. 

MosES Beach, son of Moses and Esther, married Dinah 
Sperry of New Haven, March 19, 1756. She died April 8, 
1768, leaving one child, a daughter; 105 Mary, b Feb. 14, 1758. 
She became the wife of Turhand Kirtland of Wallingford. 
She died Nov. 24, 1792. The 2nd wife of Mr. Beach was 
Parthenia Tallman of Branford. By this marriage they had 



644 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

one child, a son. She d July 5, 1797, ae 60. 106 Moses 
Spi'rry, b March 7, 1776, d at Norwalk, Ohio, in 1826, ae 50 
yrs., m Lucretia Yale of Wallingford. 

104. MOSES. 

Moses Sperry Beach, only son of Moses and Parthenia, 
married Lucretia Yale, daughter of Elihu and Lucretia 
(Stanley) Yale. She died 1800, and had by this marriage 
two children: 107 Sally, m Horatio Green of Springfield, 
Mass. ; 108 Moses Yale, b Jan., 1800, d July i, 1868, ae 68. 
He married 2nd, Lois Ives, daughter of Abijah Ives, of 
Wallingford. She died at New Haven, Huron Co., Ohio. 

Children : 109 Tallman, b in Wallingford, d at New Haven, 
Ohio; no Abraham Stanley, b in Wallingford, d supposed in 
Canada ; in Abijah, M. D., b in Wallingford, resides in Ohio ; 
10 1 Asahel, b in Wallingford, d in Kansas. 

30. GERSHOM. 

Gershom Beach, son of Thomas and Deliverance Howe 
Beach. 

Children: 112 Ruth, b Aug. 21, 1722 ; 113 Aaron, b Jan. 

14, 1727; 114 Joanna, b Aug. 17, 1724, m Chittenden; 

115 Gershom, b Sept. 24, 1729. 



CHESHIRE BRANCH. 

82. JOHN. 

John Beach, son of Capt. Elnathan and Abigail, married 
Eunice Eaton in 1744, and settled on a farm left him by his 
father. His house stood almost opposite the present resi- 
dence of Edward Andrews, south part of Cheshire', Conn. 
It was a large two story red house, and was in its day consid- 
ered a first class house. 

Children: 1S6 Hannah, b Jan. 29, 1756, m Samuel Rice, 
1776, Feb. 15; 187 Isaac, b Aug. 25, 1758, d Dec, 1776; 
188 Elnathan, b Aug. 30, 1760, m Abigail Atwater ; 189 
James Eaton, h ^t^t, 1762, m Huldah Sherman of Bridge- 
port ; 190 John, b May, 1764, m ist, Lucv Cornwall, 2d, Lois 



GENEALOGIES. 645 

Doolittle ; 191 Eunice, b Jan. 4, 1766, m Dan Bradley; 192 
Adijah, b 1768, m Jemima Cornwall; 193 Bildad.h Sept., 
1770, m ist, Huldah Hotchkiss, 2d, Hannah Cossit ; 194 Abra- 
ham, b 1772, d in 1772 ; 195 Lois, b Dec, 1774, m Calvin 
Lawrence. 

188. ELNATHAN. 

Elnathan Beach, M. D., was a physician in his native 
village, where he married Abigail Atwater. He built and 
occupied the house now known as the Bronson house, oppo- 
site the south-west corner of the public Green in the village. 
He died in Western N. Y. 

Children: 196 Hannah: 197 Nardssa : 198 yulia : 199 
Eliza. 

189. JAMES. 

James Eaton Beach married Huldah Sherman of Bridge- 
port, where he died quite advanced in life, and highly 
respected by the community generally. A fine marble monu- 
ment has been erected to the memory of both him and his 
wife. 

Children: 200 Polly ; 201 Laura; 202 Lsaac, now resides in 
Bridgeport. 

191. EUNICE. 

Eunice Beach married Dan Bradle}', and settled at 
Marcellus, N. Y. 

Children: 2ot, A^a /icy ; 204 Harriet: 205 Augustus ; 206 
William; 207 Dan. 

190. JOHN. 

John Beach married Lucy Cornwall, daughter of Abijah 
Cornwall of Cheshire, and sister of Thomas T. Cornwall, 
Sept. 20, 1786. She died, and he married Lois Doolittle of 
Cheshire. He died in western New York, Dec. 23, 1844, ae. 
80 years. His wife Lucy died Feb. 14, 1814. 

Children: 208 Abraham, b Nov. 9, 1787, d March i, 1788, 
in his 2d year; 209 Horace, b April 11, 1789, m Ann Atwater 
of New Haven, no issue. His widow m Laban Smith, is liv- 
ing in 1869. He died in 1826 ; 210 Lsaac, b June 5, 1792, m 
S s 



646 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Nancy Cooper of Meadville, Pa., May 15, 1823, she died 
March 2, 1857; 211 Williajn, b Feb. 6, 1797, d Sept., 1820; 
212 ^ohn, b July 16, 1794, m Polly Prescott of New Haven, 
Feb. 14, 1819, d Oct. 17, 1849 ; 213 Matilda, b Feb. 13, 1799, 
was the wife of John H. Cooley of New Haven; 214 Lor- 
raine, b March 24, 1802, m Minerva Porter of Marcellus, 
N. Y., Nov. 20, 1823. She dying, he m Sarah Elizabeth 
Plant of Stratford, Ct, no issue ; 215 Lucy Ann, b Dec. 15, 
18 10, d Aug. 17, 1845. She m Samuel Porter Rhodes of 
Marcellus, April 26, 1829. Her children were: 216 Edward, 
b June 26, 1830, d June 3, 183 1 ; 217 Edward P., b Jan. 14, 

1832, d March 31, 1836; 218 Augusta Comstock, b Sept. 30, 

1833, d Oct. 31, 1859; 219 WilUatn Porter, b May 2, 1826; 
220 Samuel Porter, b May 2, 1838 : 221 Ann Elizabeth, b Nov. 
15, 1840; 222 yo/in Beach, b Aug. 8, 1843 ; 223 Mary Ma- 
tilda, b Aug. 12, 1845, d Aug. 22, 1845. 

192. ABIJAH. 

Abijah Beach married Jemima Cornwall, daughter of 
Abijah Cornwall of Cheshire, Nov. 6, 1796. He was a 
merchant, inn-keeper and farmer in his native town Cheshire 
until his death, which occured Dec. 2, 182 1. She died at 
the house of her son-in-law, Edward A. Cornwall Esq., Dec. 
17, 1853. Mr. Beach while living built the house now owned 
by Burrit Bradley Esq., and also that of Martin Branin in the 
village of Cheshire, long occupied for a store and hotel by 
Mr. Beach and others. 

Children: 224 Richard, b July 14, 1799, m Lucinda 
Hitchcock, of Cheshire; 225 Palmina,h April 19, 1802, m 
Truman Atwater ; 226 Elnathan, b Sept. i, 1804, m Mary 
Bullard, of Cheshire ; 227 Eunice, b Feb. 11, 1809, m Edward 
A. Cornwall Esq., of Cheshire; 228 Abijah, b Dec, 1812, 
d Jan. 9, 18 13. 

193. BILDAD. 

BiLDAD Beach, married for his ist wife Huldah Hotchkiss, 
and his 2nd, Hannah Cossit, and removed to Marcellus, N. 
Y., where the familv still reside. 



GENEALOGIES. 647 

Children: 229 E?>iily: 230 Laura: 231 Hannah: 232 
Meral?: 233 Merab. 

224. RICHARD. 

Richard and Lucinda Beach were married Nov 21, 1824; 
he resided in his native town, Cheshire, until 1830, as a mer- 
chant. He built a store on the canal, at what is now West 
Cheshire, and gave it the name of Beachport. In 1830 he re- 
moved to Burton, Grange Co., Ohio, where he prosecuted the 
mercantile business with good success, until near the close 
of his life. 

Child: 234 Ann Fa/nilna, b July 14, 1826, d Dec. 17, 1848. 
She married Wm. Tolles, of Burton, Ohio, June 9, 1846, had 
two children, both deceased. 

226. ELNATHAN. 

Elnathan and Mary Ann Bullard Beach were married 
Jan 18, 1824. He resided at Cheshire and Hartford, and 
finally removed to Michigan. 

Children: 235 Lucretia H., b Aug., 1824, died 1827; 236 
Elizabeth Eunice, b Jan. 26, 1826, m Chester S. Steele of 
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 22, 1852, 3 children; 237 William A., 
b 1828; 238 Henry Bullard, b Oct., 1830; 239 Mary A/m 
Beach, b Sept. 9, 1832, m William Carey, of Pittsfield, Mass. 
in 1863, and has had three children; 240 Echi.<ard E., b Sept. 
6, 1834; 241 Cornelia, b Sept. 9, 1836; 242 George, b July 3, 
1840, died Sept. 15, 1842. 



WALLINGFORD BRANCH. 

27. timothy. 

Timothy, son of Thomas and Phebe Beach, born in Wall- 
ingford, married Hannah Cook, Nov. 25, 1713. 

Children: 115 Thomas, b Aug. 6, 1714, d Sept. 27, 1714; 
116 Thomas, b Dec. 16, 1751; 117 Keziah, b Oct. 18, 1717 ; 
118 Prudence, b Oct. 6, 1719 ; 119 Hannah, b April 21, 1722 ; 
120 Ebenezer, b Feb. 9, 1724; 121 Thankful, b Dec. 19, 1725; 
122 Keziah, b May 18, 1733. 



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648 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORn. 

28. NATHAN. 

Nathan, son of Thomas and Phebe Beach, born in Wall- 
ingford, married Jemima Curtis, Sept. 29, 17 12. 

Children: 123 yoseph,h ]din. 10, 1714 ; 124 William, b 

Nov. 18, 1716, m Susannah , she d Sept. 24, 1742; 

125 Lydia, b Feb. 26, 1719 ; i26[jVat/ian, b May 23, 1721 ; I 
127 Sarah, b Oct. 22, 1723; 128 Enos, b Jan. 30, 1726; 129 '" 
Stephen, b Oct. 16, 1729 ; 130 Elihu, b Dec. 17, 1734 ; 132 
Eunice, b March 3, 1737. 

31. CALEB. 

Caleb, son of Thomas Beach, of Wallingford, m Eunice >2-a^A' 
Children: i-^t, Sarah, b Oct. 20, 1728; 134 Margaret,h 
Aug. 28, 1735. 

116. THOMAS. 

Thomas, son of Timothy Beach, m Hannah . 

Children: 135 Damaris, b April 5, 17 14 : i2,(> Affizi, b July 
14, 17 16 ; 137 Abigail, b Oct. 15, 17 18 ; x^^ Londrey, b March 
5, 1727 ; 139 Asa, b Oct. 3, 1752. 

123. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Nathan and Jemima Beach, of Wallingford, 
m Experience . 

Children: 140 Ziv//c?, b Sept. 13, 1735; ^41 Mchitahle, b 
Nov. 2, 1732 ; 142 Mary, b Dec. 22, 1740; 143 Elizabeth, b 
Feb. 24, 1743 ; 144 jfohn, b Jan. 25, 1745 ; 145 Joel, b Sept. 
23, 1747 ; 146 Sarah, b Sept. 21, 1749. 
128. ENOS. 

Enos, son of Nathan and Jemima Beach, m Anna . 

Child: 147 Joanna, b April i, 1751, in Wallingford. 

124. WILLIAM. 

William, son of Nathan and Jemima Beach, m Susannah 
• for his first wife. His 2nd wife was Martha . He 



built the house in which lived the family of the late Mr. 
Charles Parker, on Parker's Farms, in Wallingford. He went 
west with his family. Susanna d Sept. 24, 1742. 

Children: by first m, 148 Benjamin, b May 21, 1740; by 



GENEALOGIES. 649 

2nd ni, 149 So/omoii, b March 31, 1744 ; 150 Isaac, b April 
16, 1746; 151 2/iankfii/, b Sept. 25, 1747. 

98. ASAHEL. 

AsAHEL, son of Moses and Esther Beach of Wallingford, m 
Keziah Royce, Feb. 11, 1757. He removed to Waterbury, 
and from thence to Kingsbury, N. Y., in 1799. 

Children: 1^2 Esther ; ic^t, Kezia/i. 

JOHN JR. 

John Jr., son of John Beach of Stratford, was among the 
first planters of Wallingford. He died in 1709. 

Children: 154 Nathaniel; 155 Lettice, b Dec. 24, 1679, i''^ 
Wm. Ward ; 156 Mary, b Jan. 11, 1681, d Sept. i, 1688 ; 157 
Hannah, b March 17, 1684, m Eliphalet Parker, Aug. 5, 1708 ; 

158 Thcmias, b Feb. 14, 1686, m Hannah Atwater, May 9, 1711; 

159 John, b Oct. 15, 1690, m Mary Royce, Feb. 22, 1717 ; 160 
Samuel, b Nov. 29, 1696, m Phebe T3'ler, April 29, 1718. 

160. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Beach, son of John Jr., m Phebe Tyler. Family 
mostly settled at North Haven. 

Children: 161 Bcnlah, b March i, 17 19; 162 Rhoda, b 
Nov 26, 1720; 163 Zopher, b Feb. 10, 1723; x^a, Phebe, \i 
Jan. 2, 1725 ; 165 Benoni, d June 5, 1738 ; 166 Esther, b Jan. 
6, 1733 ; 167 Eunice, b Jan. 27, 1735 ; 168 Fajtmieas, b Jan. 
i5» 1737 j 169 Hannah, b Nov. 8, 1739 ; 170 Daniel, b. March 
24, 1740. 

159. JOHN. 

John Beach, son of John, married Mary Royce, Feb. 22, 
1 7 18-9. 

Children: i^i Adna,h Jan. 11, 1718, m Hannah Miles; 
172 Edmund, b Feb. 18, 1720; 173 Linus, b Dec. 5, 172 1 ; 
174 Amos, b Jan. 3, 1724; 175 Mary, b April 28, 1726 ; 176 
jfacob, b Dec. 5, 1728; 177 Royce, b Oct. 13, 1733 ; 178 Sam- 
uel, b Dec. 22, 1729 ; 179 Bahhvin, b July 26, 1736. 



650 HISTORY OF WALUNGFOKU. 

158. THOMAS. 

Thomas Beach, son of John, m Sarah Sanford, Feb. 19, 

1 7 12. She died, and he married Lois . 

Children: by ist marriage, 180 Baniahas, b July i, 1716^, 

181 Abel, b May 12, 1728, d May 7, 1729. By 2d marriage,'' 

182 Amos, b Oct. 14, 1747 ; 183 John, b Oct. 15, 1744; 184 
Lois, b July i, 1749 ; 185 Adtia, b May 17, 1759. 



BARTHOLOMEW.' 

DANIEL. 

Daniel and Sarah Bartholomew are the first of the 
name in Wallingford. Of their origin and subsequent his- 
tory, nothing has come to my knowledge. The records in rela- 
tion to this family as well as many others, have been so kept 
as to render it almost impossible to trace them. 

Children: i Samuel, b April 11, 173512 Reuben, b Sept.' 
19, 1736; 3 William, \) Feb. i, 1738; 4 Jacob, b June 11, 
1740; 5 Susannah, b April 11, 1745. 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph Bartholomew m Mary , Jan. 13, 1741; 

probably a brother of Daniel. 

Children: 6 Hannah, b Jan. 29, 1742 ; 7 Andreiv, b Nov. 
24, 1744; 8 Joseph, b Sept. 6, 1746; 9 Jonathan, b May 6, 
1751 ; 10 Joseph, b Aug. 25, 1752. 

TIMOTHY. 

■Timothy Bartholomew m Mary Hull, July 12, 1737; m 
2nd, Abigail Phelps, Jan. 11, 1742. 
Child: II Timothy, b Aug. 11, 1745. 

JOHN. 

John and Jerusha Bartholomew of Wallingford, had 
12 John Porter, b Nov. 10, 1740. 



I For collateral branches, see Savage's Gen. Diet., i. 120-130. 



GENEALOGIES. O5 I 

BEADLES.' 

NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Beadles came to Wallingford, probably soon 
after the commencement of the last century, and located him- 
self on a farm on the west side of the river, and near the line 
which divides Cheshire from Wallingford. The house is still 
standing, and is the first house north of the residence of the 
late John Cook. He died about 1764. Elizabeth, his wife, 
died in Wallingford. 

Children: i Nathaniel, b Dec. 15, 1703, m Elizabeth Hitch- 
cock, Nov. 10, 1726; 2 Mary, b Sept. 18, 1708 ; 3 Josiah, b 
Aug. 3, 171 1 ; 4 Samuel Sharp, graduated at Yale College in 
1757, estate settled in 1763, died Jan. 5, 1762. 

I. CAPT. NATHANIEL. 

Capt. Nathaniel Beadles, son of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
beth Beadles, married Elizabeth Hitchcock, Nov. 10, 1726. 
He died Feb. 10, 1762. 

Children: 5-6 Elizabeth and Susannah (twins), b Sept. 17, 
1727; 7 John, was a captain of the militia; 8 Hannah; 
9 Sarah; 10 Lois, b 1743, m John Hull, she died Sept. 6, 
1802, as. 59 ; II Mehitable ; 12 N'afhaniel, died March 4, 1763. 

7. capt. JOHN. 

Capt. John Beadles, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth 
Beadles of Wallingford, m daughter of John Barker. They 
had a large family, some of whom settled in the State of 
New York. 

Children: 13 John; \\ Henry, m Blakeslee, dau. of 

Joseph ; 15 Alfred, m Byington, and settled in Cheshire, 

a wagon maker. 

I For collateral branches see Hinman's Conn. Settlers, 164, 165 ; 
Savage's Gen. Diet., \. 144, 1^5. 



652 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORU. 

BELLAMY.' 

MATTHEW. 

Matthew Bellamy ( a weaver ), the ancestor of those of 
the name in Wallingford, appears first at Fairfield, Conn., 
then at Killingworth, where he married Sarah Wood, Sept. 
26, 1705. She died March 8, 1721. He married for his 
second wife, Mary Johnson, May 31, 1722. He died June 7, 
1752, ag. 77 years. Mary died May 10, 1730, ae. 66 years. By 
ist marriage ; 

Children: i Mary, b Sept. 5, 1706, m Benjamin Gray, May 
10, 173 1 ; 2 Matthew, b June i, 1708, m Rachel Clark, Sept. 

14, 1754, ae. 46 ; 3 jfohn, b Jan. 26, 1713, m Martha ; 4 

yames, b Sept. 29, 1716 ; 5 yoscph, D. D., b Feb. 20, 1719, 
grad. at Yale; 6 Samuel, b Jan. 18, 172 1. By 2d marriage, 7, 
8, Sarah and Anna, b Jan. 25, 1722 ; 9 Moses, b June 29, 
1725, m Elizabeth Martin, Dec. 8, 1762 ; 10 Aaron, b July 23, 
1728, m Desire Parker, Dec. 20, 1753; \\ Hannah, h May 
17, 1731- 

2. MATTHEW. 

Matthew Bellamy, m Rachel Clark, Jan. 26, 1734, by 
Rev. Samuel Hall of Cheshire. 

Children: 12 Thankful, b Nov. 23, 1734; 13 Lois,\> Jan. 
^5; 17375 14 Ajin,h Feb. 11, 1738; 15 Reuben, h De^. 31, 
1742 ; 16 Matthew, b Feb. 9, 1745 ; 17 Asa, b Dec. 19, 1753 ; 
18 Silas, b Jan. 14, 1755. 

5. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Bellamy, D. D., settled as Pastor over the Con- 
gregational church at Bethlem, in 1740; married Frances 
Sherman of New Haven, April, 27, 1744. She died Aug. 30, 
1785. He married 2d, the widow of Rev. Andrew Storrs of 
Watertown, Conn. He died March 6, 1760. 

Children: 19 Lucy, b Aug. i, 1745, m Abijah Gu.r "^y, 

I For collateral branches, see Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, 507 y Hin- 
man's Conn. .Settlers, 182-5 ; Savage's Gen. Diet., I. 160-1. 



GENEALOGIES. 653 

Aug., 1772; 20 Rebecca^ b Oct. 15, 1747, m Rev. Mr. Hunt, 
of Preston, Conn. ; 21 Daniel^h Nov. 10, 1750, d May, 1826; 

22 Jonat/iafi, b Nov. 18, 1752, d at Oxford, N. J., in 1777; 

23 Samuel, b March 13, 1756, d Nov. 11, 1802 ; 2\ Elizabeth 
b Dec. 23, 1759, m Charles Sheldon, of Springfield, Mass. ; 
25 William, b June 28, 1770; 26 Joseph Sherman, b 1773. 

TO. AARON. 

Aaron Bellamy, m Desire Parker, Dec. 20, 1753. He 
resided in the southwest part of Cheshire on the farm late the 
property of Elias Gaylord Jr., and at this time ( 1869), the 
property of Amos Rice. 

Children: 27 Rhoda, b Oct. 30, 1754; 28 Desire, b July 3, 
1758 ; 29 Mary,\) April 18, 1761. 



BENHAM.i ^v ^^i 



1. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Benham came from New Haven to Wallingford 
in 1670, with the first settlers in the village, and some of his 
children were born after his removal there. The name of his 
wife who died in Wallingford was Winifred. He died in 1702. 

Children: i Mary ; 2 Joseph, b May 25, 1659, m Hannah 
Ives,. Aug. 17, 1682 ; 3 Sarah, b 1660, d 1668; 4 Johaii- 
Jiah, b July 25, 1762; 5 Elizabeth, b Sept. 13, 16643 ^ 
John, b Dec. 28, 1666, d 1670; 7 John, b Nov. 3, 1671, in 
Wallingford ; 8 Mary, b May 18, 1673 ; 9 Samuel, b May 12, 
1673 ; ID Sarah, b Sept. 6, 1676; 11 James, b about 1679, d 
1745 ; 12 Winifred, b Aug. 21, 1684. 

2. JOSEPH. ,^ 

Joseph Benham, Jr. m Hannah Ives, Aug. 17, 1672, and 
settled in Wallingford. 

^ Hdren : 13 Mary, b May 18, 1683 ; 14 Joseph, b Dec. 

I For collateral branches, see Hinman's Conn. Settlers, 195, 196 ; Sav- 
age's Gen. Diet., i. 155. 



654 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

15, 1685, m Hope, dau. of Samuel Cook ; 15 Abigail, b April 
14, 1688, d 1741. 

II. JAMES. 

James Benham, m Esther Preston, Dec. 9, 1702, in Wall- 
ingford. She died a widow July 3, 1764. 

Children: 14 jfehiel, b Feb. 23, 1703-4, d July g, 1780, ae. 
76; 15 Sarah, h K-^xW 12, 1706, m Henry Hotchkiss, Nov. 
23, 1736 ; 16 Esther, b March 18, 1709 ; 17 Sajniicl, b Nov. 

9, 1711, m Phebe ; 18 John, b Dec. 17, 17 14, m Mary 

; 19 Lydia, b Jan. 9, 1717 ; 20 Mary, b July 27, 1719 ; 

21 Eunice, b Aug. 5, 1723. 

14. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Benham, 3d, married Hope, .dau. of Samuel and 
Hope Cook. She died Jan. 31, 1731. 

Children: 22 Ha7inah,h Dec. 2, 1708, m Samuel Beach, 
March 23, 1732 ; 23 Esther, b March 18, 1709 ; 24 Joseph, 

b April 5, 1711, m Mary ; 25 Enos, b Sept. 8, 1713, m 

Anna ; 26 Thankful, b Feb. 14, 1716; 27 Phebe, b May 

20, 1718, m Robert Austin ; 28 John, b Oct. 4, 1723; 29 
Lois, b April 30, 1727 ; 30 Esther, b March 22, 1730. 

17. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Benham m Phebe , she died, and he married 

Dorothy Hotchkiss, Dec. 27, 1742. 

Children: 31 Esther, b March 4, 1737; 32 6>//7'e'r, b July 
30, 1743, m Dorothy . 

18. JOHN. 

John Benham m Mary Curtis, Sept. 23, 1747. 
Children: 34 jfohi, b July 15, 1750; 35 Mary, b Nov. 6, 
1752 ; 36 Hope, b Dec. 21, 1754. 

SERG't JOSEPH. 

Serg't Joseph Benham, m Mary Curtis, April 5, 1732, 
and 2d, Mary Bunnell, Aug. 3, 1735. He died April 18, 1754. 

Children: 37 BenjaiJiin, b May 23, 1733; 38 Reuben, b 
Sept. 30, 1734, m Abigail Clark Sept. 10, 1758; 39 ^ja;, b 
June 10, 1736; 40 Shradrack, b Jan. 14, 1736 ; 41 Martha, b 



GENEALOGIES. 655 

Aug. II, 1737, m Benjamin Cook, Aug. 2, 1759 ; 42 Natha)iiel, 
b Jan. 18, 1739 ; 43 Abigail, b Jan. 14, 1740, d Nov. i, 1743.; 
44 yamcs, b Feb. i, 1745 ; 45 Daniel, b July 31, 1758, d May 
16, 1761. 

26. ENOS. 

Enos Benham m Anna Hull Aug. 3, 1741. 

Children : 46 Asaph, b Dec. 23, 1741 ; 47 Enos, b April 6, 
1744, d May 2, 175 1 ; 48 Molly, b Nov. 16, 1746, d Sept. 8, 
1753 j 49 Samuel, b Oct. i, 1749, d Jan. 5, 1751 ; 50 Folly, b 
March i, 1752 ; 51 Theophilus, d Feb. i, 1759 ; 52 Samuel, b 
March 8, 1758 ; 53 Molly, d June 29, 1748 ; 54 Anna, b Aug. 
29) 1755? cl Sept. 29, 1760; 55 Enos, b Nov. 5, 1761, d May 
2, 1760. 

39. REUBEN. 

Reuben Benham m Abigail Clark, Sept. 10, 1758. 
Child: 56 Reuben, b June 9, 1761. 

NATHAN. 

Nathan Benham married Mary . 

Children: 57 Hannah,\) Jan. 9, 1722 ; 58 Patience, b Dec. 
23, 1723 ; 59 Ebenezer,h Oct. 31, 1726, m Elizabeth Hotch- 
kiss Nov. 23, 1750; 60 jfoel, b March 2, 1730, m Esther 
Andrews. 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph Benham m Em. Curtis Jan. 7, 1735. 

Children: 61 Sarah, b Oct. 26, 1735, d Dec. 29, 1736- 
62 Isaac, b Aug 29, 1736 ; 63 Safnuel, b June 8, 1755, d April 
22, 1759; 64, Uri, b Dec. 15, 1751. He settled on a farm 
near the Honey-pot brook in Cheshire; 65 Sarah, b Dec. 25, 
1741 ; 66 Elizabeth, b March 23, 1745, d Aug. 10, 1758; 67 
Em., b June 5, 1745, d May 20, 1751 ; 68 Lois, b July 13, 1750; 
69 Elisha, b Nov. 17, 1753. 

60. JOEL. 

Joel Benham, married Esther Andrews, Dec. 7, 1752,111 2d, 

Elizabeth . 

Children : 70 James, b Oct. 26, 1753 ; 71 Elizabeth, b Mar. 



656 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

h 1755; 72 Ebenezer, b July 21, 1756; 73 Lyman, by 2nd 
wife, b Oct. I, 1760. 

59. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Benham married Elizabeth Hotchkiss Nov. 23, 
1780. 

Child: 74 Sarah, b Sept. 18, 1763. 

62. ISAAC. 

Isaac Benham married Lucy Cook, May 11, 1758. 
Child: 75 Elizabeth, b Oct. 19, 1758. 



BLAKESLEE.i 



The name of Blakeslee, on the early records, is written in 
twenty-five or more different ways. It is now generally 
spelled as above. 

There is a tradition among the descendants that two broth- 
ers of the name of Blakeslee came from the west of England, 
designing to settle in the Plymouth Colony, and that one of 
them died on the passage. The other came to Plymouth, 
where he died in the early days of the Colony, leaving one 
son, who was placed with a blacksmith in New Haven, Conn., 
to learn the trade. It is also asserted that the brothers 
brought an anvil with them, and that it was seen but a few 
years since in Roxbury, Conn. 

SAMUEL. 

Samuel and Elizabeth Blakeslee appear to be the first 
of the name in Wallingford ; they were in the place about the 
year 1712 ; of their history very little now appears. 

Children: i Obedience, b June 13, 17 13, m Joshua How; 2 
Jemima, b Oct. 13, 1717 ; 3 Susannah, b March 15, 17 19, m 
■ Andrew Parker, April 27, 1736; 4 Elizabeth, b July 8, 1721, 
m Gamaliel Parker ; 5 Abigail, b Sept. 8, 1723, m Elijah Oak- 
ley ; 6 Zeruah,h Jan. 16, 1726, m Nathaniel Ives, Nov. 8, 

I For collateral branches, see Bronson's Hist. Waterbury,'4^9— 77 ; / 
Savage's Gen. Diet, I. 189-190. 



GENEALOGIES. 657 

1744; 7 Phcbe, b Nov. i, 1728; 8 Thankful, b Nov. 26, 1729, 
m Justus Hoalt, April 26, 1849; 9 Hannah; 10 Joseph, b 
April 1, 1732 ; II Afiriam, b Oct. 4, 1735, m Joshua How 
Oct. 14, 1756; 12 Pheht\ b July i, 1744. 

10. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Blakeslee married Lois Ives, April i, 1757. 

Children: 13 Elizabeth, b July 14, 1758; 14-15 Zw'.y and 
jfoseph (twins ), b Jan. 9, 1762 ; 16 Joseph, b 1766, d Dec 19, 
183 1, ae. 65 ; 17 John W. 



BRISTOL.' 



henry. 

Henry Bristol was in Wallingford in the early part of 
the last century, and settled in the parish of New Cheshire, 
where he died, 1750 ; m Desire Bristol. 

Children : i Jonathan, b Dec. 27, 1725 ; 2 Lydia, b March 
16, 1728 ; 3 Desire, m Thomas Brooks, Feb. 12, 1728 ; 4 
Austin, d before his father, 1750 ; 5 Henry, d before his 
father, 1748 ; 6 Amos, m Joanna Parker of Wallingford ; 7 
Simeon, graduated at Yale College ; 8 Gideon, b 1722, d July 
15, 1747, s. 25 ; 9 Aiigiistiis, b 1720, d Feb. 4, 1742, s. 22. 

I JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Bristol m Elizabeth , m 2nd, Susannah 

Peck, Oct. 16, 1 76 1. 

Children : 10 Gideon, b June 1,1, 1755; ^^ Lo7uly, b Feb. 20, 

1753 '■> 12 Jonathan, b August i, 1760, m Thankful . 

5 henry. 

Henry and Lois Bristol, of Cheshire in Wallingford ; he 
died 1748-9. 

Children : 13 Mary, b March 12, 1742 ; 14 Sarah, b June 
10, 1744; 15 Damaris ; 16 Henry. 



I For collateral branches, see Redfield's Gen. of the Redfield family, 36. 



658 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

6. AMOS. 

Amos and Joanna ( Parker) Bristol. 

Children: 17 7y/w;;(7-y, b March 28, 1741 ; 18 Augustus, b 
July 19, 1743 ; 19 Hannah, b March 20, 1745 ; 20 Amos, b 
May 6, 1751 ; 21 Ezra, b January 9, 1753 ; 22 Reuben, b 
Oct. I, 1755 ; 23 Lydia,h Sept. 15, 1757 ; 24 Lucy, b Sept. 
10, 1759. 



BROCKETT.' 

JOHN. 

John Brockett came to Wallingford with John Moss from 
New Haven, in 1667 or 1668, and was chosen by the people 
of New Haven as one of the committee to manage the affairs 
of the settlement. He was frequently called to fill many of 
the public offices of the village, and after its incorporation, to 
represent the town in the General Court. His house lot was 
No. I, at the extreme south end of the village, extending from 
the Old Colony road east toward Wharton's Brook, twenty 
rods wide and forty rods long ; subsequently it was extended 
to the Brook. The land on which now stands the house of 
the heirs of the late Edward Hall, is a part of this grant. 
He died March 12, 1689, ae. 80 years. 

Children : i jfohn, b in England, was a physician, and set- 
tled near Muddy river in North Haven ; 2 Benjamin, b 1648, 
m Lydia Elcock, he died May 22, 1679 j 3 Abigail, b March 
10, 1649 j ^ SamHel,\i Jan. 14, 1650, m Sarah Bradley, May 21, 
1682 ; 5 Jabez, b Oct. 24, 1654, m Dorothy Lyman, Nov. 20, 
169 1 ; 6 Silence, m Joseph Bradley ; 7 Mary, m William Pen- 
nington of New Jersey. 

I. JOHN. 

Dr. John Brockett m Elizabeth , and settled at 

Muddy River as a farmer and physician, and remained there 

I For collateral branches, see Savage's Gen. Diet., i. 257, 258. 



GENEALOGIES. 659 

during his life-time. He died 1720. He settled the estate of 
his father in 1689-90. At his death he gave all his property 
to his widow Elizabeth, by will. He had a son Moses, b 
April 23, 1679. 

2. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Brockett m Lydia Elcock, Dec. 16, 1720. 

Children: Z Ma rf/ia, h Oct. 2, 1721 ; 9 Zil/a, b June 17, 
1723, d March 20, 1737 ; 10 Alice, b Feb. 12, 1725 ; 11 
Hezekiah, b Dec. 31, 1727; 12 Lydia, b March 14, 1729, d 
Nov. 17, 1729 ; 13 Lydia, d March 7, 1731 ; 14 Benjamin, b 
May 2, 1733 ; 15 Zenieh, d March 21, 1737 ; 16 Lydia, b 
March 20, 1737 ; 17 Sarah. 

4. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Brockett m Sarah Bradley, Nov. 21, 1682. 

Children: 18 Samuel, b Feb. 15, 1682, m Rachel Brown, 
April 15, 1699 ; 19 Daniel, b Sept. 30, 1684 ; 20 John, b Nov. 
8, 1685, m Huldah Ells; 21 y^;j'^///, b Oct. 25, 1688; 22 
jfosiah, b July 25, 1691 ; 23 Alice, b April 23, 1693 ; 24 
Josiak, b July 25, 1698, m Deborah Abbott. 

5. jabez. 

Jabez Brocket, m Dorothy Lyman, Nov. 20, 1691. 

Children: 25 yoseph, b Sept. 17, 1692; 26—27 Ja7}ies awA 
Dorothy (twins), b March 16, 1695 ; 28 Mary, b March 16, 
1699 \ 29 an infant dau., b May 14, 1696, d June 10, 1696; 
30 Caleb, b July 5, 1697 ; 3| Gideon, b April 15, 1699, d May 
8» i7°5 ; 32 Andreia, b July 6, 1701. 

18. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Brockett m Rachel Brown, April 15, 1699; she 
died Jan. 24, 17 18. He married Elizabeth How, Aug. 5, 17 18. 

Children: 33 Titus, b June 28, 1700, m Mary Turhand ; 
2,^ Sarah, h Aug. 26, 1702; 35 Lsaac, b Sept. 3, 1705, m 
Mary Sedgwick, June 16, 1733 ; 36 Rachel, b March 20, 1708; 
37 Abigail, b Feb. 11, 171 1 ; 38 Samuel, b June 21, 17 14. 

20. JOHN. 

John Brockett married Huldah Ells, March i, 1711. 



660 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 39 Daniel, b April 3, 1712, m Rachel ; 40 

David, b Nov. 28, 17 14; 41 Anna, b Feb. 2, 17 15, m Gideon 
Hotchkiss, Jan. 18, 1737; 42 Christopher, b April 3, 1718; 
A^T^ Mehitahle,\i April 3, 1719; 44 Elisha,h May 31, 1726; 
45 John,h Feb. 14, 1728. 

24. JOSIAH. 

JosiAH Brockett m Deborah Abbot, Nov. 16, 1725. He m 

2nd, Mary , who survived him and m Captain Isaac Bron- 

son of Waterbury, Feb. 13, 1755, she d Aug. i, 1816. 

Children by ist wife : 46 Hannah, b Sept. 22, 1725 ;by 2nd, 
47 Job, b Sept. 20, 1727, m Martha Ebenathe; 48 Sarah, 
b Dec. 7, 1728, m James Bronson, Aug. 22, 1750; 49 Abigail, 
b July 23, 1732 ; 50 Mary, b Feb. 22, 1735 ; 51 Elizabeth, b 
April 15, 1736. 

■T^T^. TITUS. 

Titus Brockett m Mary, daughter of Henry Turhand, of 
Wallingford, Feb. 12, 1.728. He was one of the most active 
Episcopalians in the place, and was one of the four largest 
contributors toward the erection of the second church edifice, 
in 1762, which, until within a few years, occupied the lot on 
the corner opposite the Isaac Peck house, on which a school- 
house is about being erected, the lot having been given to the 
town for Tthat purpose by the late Moses Yale Beach Esq. 
Mr. Brockett died July 29, 1773, ae. 74 years. His wife died 
May I, 1777, ae. 64 years. 

Child: 52 Turhand, b March 7, 1733, ^ May 23, 1738; 

The disease of which Mr. Titus Brockett died was small- 
pox. He was a member of Parson Andrews' Episcopal 
church, and a strong Tory. Parties had been formed for 
and against the British Government. In Wallingford they 
ran extremely high, and just two years before, Rev. Mr An- 
drews delivered his celebrated Fast-day sermon, that compelled 
him to leave for Nova Scotia. At the funeral of Mr. Brockett 
the Whigs would not have him buried with other members 
of the family, but compelled Turhand Kirtland and two 
others, to have the grave dug on a wet, springy place, directly 



GENEALOGIES. 66 1 

under the east fence of the burying-ground, so that the water 
immediately filled the grave, though in mid-summer. It was 
therefore necessary to sink the coffin with two rails till the 
earth could be returned. For a long time these rails remained 
standing up out of the grave, and did not decay. Some of 
the famil}^ supposed that the timber was supernaturally 
preserved, as a testimony against the wicked whigs. 

35. ISAAC. 

Isaac Brockett married Mary Sedgwick, a daughter of 
Samuel and Ruth Sedgwick of Hartford, June 16, 1731. She 
died Jan. 19, 1734. He married Elizabeth Culver, Feb. 25, 
1737, who after his death married Daniel Frisbie, May 4, 
1748. He died Oct. 18, 1746. He was an ardent churchman. 

Child by ist marriage: 53 Rachel, b May 23, 1732, m Con- 
stant Kirtland. Children by 2d marriage : 54 Ruth, b Feb. 
Zi 1738 J 55 Esther, b Oct. 6, 1739; 56 Hannah, b Oct. 6, 
1741 '} 57 Ruth, b Oct. 26, 1744. 

38. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Brockett married Ruth . He was a son of 

Samuel and Rachel Brockett. 

Children: 58 Eunice,-'^ Jan. 15, 1744; 59 Zuer, b Mar. 24, 
1746; do Joel, \i June 14, 1749; 61 yoel, b July 28, 1750; 
62 Zenas, b July 12, 1752; 63 Benjainm, b Oct. i, 1760. 

39. DANIEL. 

Daniel Brockett, son of John and Huldah, m Rachel . 

Children: d^ Daniel, b July 3, 1737; 65 Daniel, b April 
13, 1740. 

45. JOHN. 

John Brockett, son of John and Huldah Brockett, mar- 
ried Jemima . 

Children : 66 Christopher, b June 2, 1749 ; 67 Susannah, b 
Nov. 17, 1750. 

47. job. 

Joe Brockett, son of Josiah and Deborah Brockett, m 
Martha Ebernathe. 

Child : 68 Lucretia, b July 27, 1756. 
T t 



662 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

BROWN.' 

FRANCIS. 

Francis Brown married Mary Edwards, in England, and 
came over to America, and to New Haven, in advance of the 
colony ; was one of the company that spent the winter of 
1637-8 in a hut which. they had erected on the east corner 
of what is now College and George-sts. He was one of the 
subscribers to the colony compact, or constitution, in 1639. 

Children : i Lydia ; 2 yohn ; 3 Eleazer ; 4 Samuel ; 5 Eb- 
enezer. 

4. SAMUEL. 

Samuel married Mercy Tuttle, May 2, 1667, ^""^ was one of 
the original subscribers for the settlement of the village of 
Wallingford. Lot No. 7, west side of the Main street, was as- 
signed to him for his encouragement, as a house lot. But 
it does not appear that he ever built upon it ; why he did not 
is unknown. This lot was subsequently assigned to John 
Moss, who built a house upon it \ and it remained in the family 
until the death of the late Ebenezer Morse, a few years since. 
In 1850 Moses Y. Beach purchased this lot, and erected that 
elegant mansion, now known as the Beach House, upon it. 
Samuel Brown died in Wallingford, Nov. 4, 1691, ae. 46 yrs. 

Children: 6 Abigail^ b March 11, 1669, d j'oung ; 7 Sarah, 
b Aug. 8, 1672 ; 8 Rachel, b April 14, 1677 ; 9 Francis, b Oct. 
7, 1679; 10 Gideon, b July 12, 1685; 11 Samuel, b Oct. 29, 
1699.2 



BUNNEL.3 



Peter Bunnel came from England in the May-flower, with 
the Pilgrims, and landed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1620. 



1 Durrie refers to 45 works for collateral branches. 

2 Bronson in Hist, of Waterbury gives descendants of above. 

3 For collateral branches, see Hinman's Conn, settlers, 405, 406. 



GENEALOGIES. 66t, 

RICHARD. 

Richard Bunnel came from England in 1630, and settled 
at Watertown, Mass. 

BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Bunnel was an early settler in Wallingford ; 
was made a freeman in 1670. He was at New Haven in 
1668, and possibly previous to that date. He married Mary 
Brooks, and had a daughter, i Lydia^ b Aug. 27, 17 13. 

2. ABNER. 

Abner Bunnel, born in 1676. 

Children: t, Abner ; \ Dcwid ; ^ Enos, m Truelove , 

she d May 7, 1717,^. 22; 6 Ehe)ieze)% b 17 16. 

NATHANIEL. 

Ensign Nathaniel Bunnel was an early settler in that 
part of Wallingford now Cheshire, where he married Desire, 
daughter of Benjamin Peck, May 10, 1709. She was born 
Aug. 26, 1687, and died in 1721. He married Mary Brooks, 
Feb. 17, 1726, and died of small pox. May 4, 1732, ae. 46 yrs. 
He appears to have been the ancestor of all who have gone 
from Cheshire that bear the name of Bunnel. 

Children: 7 Desire, b March 26, 171 1 ; 8 Ebenezer, b May 
21, 1713, m Lydia Clark ; 9 Betija7nin, b April 16, 1715 ; 10 
Farmineas, b March i, 1717 ; 11, 12, jfared and Desire {\yNm%), 
b June 25, 1719; 13 Ab?ier, b March 24, 1721, m Elizabeth 
Preston, Feb. 19, 1746 ; 14 Joseph, b Jan. 17, 1723. By 
2nd marriage: 15 Fatie?ice, b Nov. 28, 1726; 16 Hezekiah, b 

Nov. 21, 1727, m Esther ; 17 Rachel, b Nov. 15, 1728, 

m Samuel Thompson, June 27, 1747; \Z Rebecca, h Jan. 6, 
1730; 19 Stephefi, b July 6, 1731. 

8. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Bunnel m Lydia Clark of Cheshire, 1738. 

Children: 20 Nathaniel, b June 4, 1739 ; 21 yared, b Oct. 
6, 1 741 ; 22 Lydia, b May 4, 1744 ; 23 Israel, b March 17, 
1747 ; 24 Ebenezer, b Feb. 15, 1750, d March i, 1756; 25 



664 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Lydia, b Jan. 26, 1753; 26 Hannah, b April 11, 1756; 27 
Desire, b Jan. 7, 1759 ; 28 Miriam, b March 20, 1762. 

9. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Bunnel married Lydia Fox, Dec. 22, 1743. 
Children: 29 Betijamin, b July 15, 1747; 30 Samuel, b 
Jan. 7, 1750. 

10. PARMINEAS. 

Parminias Bunnel ni Rachel Curtis, Sept. 20, 1739. 
After his death she married Samuel Thompson, June 7, 1741. 

Children: 31 Desire, b May 19, 1740; 32 Parmineas, b 
Jan., 1742 ; 33 Mary, b Jan. 6, 1745 ; 34 Jolm, b April 18, 
1746 ; 35 Rachel, b July 2, 1748 ; 36 Desire, b Nov. 7, 1750 ; 
36 Damaris, b June 30, 1752 ; 38 John, b July 25, 1754. 

^3 abner. (^(^ 

Abner Bunnel m Elizabeth Preston, Feb. 19, i-7^. ^'' ' 
Children: 39 David, b Dec. 2, 1747 ; 40 Abner, b Nov. 18, 
1749 ; 41 Elizabeth, b Nov. 20, 1751 ; 42 j5';w.$', b May 15, 
1753, m Naomi, dau. of Stephen and Hannah Atwater ; 43 
Reuben, b Feb. 22, 1755 ; 44 Safnuel, b May 12, 1757 ; 45 
Esther, b March 26, 1759 ; 46 Jehiel, b Oct. 6, 1763 

14. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Bunnel m Hannah Hotchkiss, Feb. 28, 1745. 
Children: 47 Eunice, b May 23, 1745 ; 48 Miriam, b May 
31. 1747- 

16. HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah Bunnel m Esther . 

Children: 49 Nathaniel, b Jan. 23. 1734, m Lois Rice, June 
17, 1759; 50 Titus, b Nov. 9, 1735 ; 51 Esther, b Nov. 31, 
1737- 

19. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Bunnel married Mary Hendrick, Sept. 26, 1752. 

Children : 52 Lois, b July i, 1754; 53 Mary, b March 27, 

1756 ; 54 Levi, b July 19, 1759 ; 55 Eunice, b June 10, 1761. 



GENEALOGIES. 665 

23. ISRAEL. 

Israel Bunnel married Jerusha Dowd, daughter of Ben- 
jamin Dowd of Middletown. He was a large landholder in 
Cheshire, and one of the most prominent and active men in 
the town, and for many consecutive years served as selectman, 
and in various other offices in the gift of his fellow-townsmen. 
His death was greatly lamented by all who knew him, and 
especially by his neighbors and friends. 

Children: 56 Nathaniel, d in Cheshire ; 57 Riifus ; 58 Vir- 
gil : 59 Israel; 60 y aims, d in New Haven; 61 Ebenezcr ; 
62 Dennis ; 63 Haiuiah : 64 jfenisha, m Doct. Pierre E. Bran- 
don. 



CANNON. 



LYMAN. 

Lyman Cannon, married , a daughter of the late 

Elisha Smith, of Wallingford. He carried on the tin busi- 
ness with considerable success during his whole life in 
Wallingford. He was a Deacon in the Congregational 
church. 

Children : Burdett, d in Wallingford ; William, resided in 
New Haven; James, d in New Haven in 1868; i daughter. 

CARTER. 

This name appears in Wallingford before 1738, in the per- 
sons of William and Anna Carter. They had a daughter born 
Nov. 20, 1^738, and a son, William, born Nov. 14, 1748, and 
perhaps others. Dea. Salmon Carter was one of the old in- 
habitants sixty years ago, in Wallingford. He carried on cabi- 
net making and a small store. He by close application to busi- 
ness and rigid economy in all his affairs, accumulated a very 

handsome estate. He married Hough, daughter of 

Joseph and Hough, of Wallingford. In appearance 

he was a sedate, and remarkably dignified man in his manners 



G66 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

and address, but little seen in the public streets, except on 
business 

Children : i Salome, d unm. ; 2 Betsey, m Lyman Collins, 
of Meriden ; 3 William, m wid, Hiram Yale, of Wallingford, 
left no children. 



CARRINGTON.' 

This family is one of great antiquity. Sir Michael Carring- 
ton, who was a standard bearer to Richard I., 1189, is the first 
of whom I find any record. His grandson Sir William Car- 
rington was an officer under Edward I., 12 72-1307. Sir 
Edmund Carrington, Kt., was an officer under Edward H., 
1307-27. Sir William Carrington, Kt., temp, of Edward 
HI. 1327-77. Sir Thomas Carrington, Kt, Steward (of the 
household) to Edward HI., was the father of John Carrington, 
who in the beginning of the reign of Henry IV. for his ad- 
herence to Richard H. (who was deposed) was compelled to 
flee from his country, and on returning assumed for disguise the 
name ofSmith.^- He died 1446, and was father of Hugh ( Car- 
rington ) Smith, who appears to have been the father of ( 1445- 
1500) Sir John Carrington Smith, Baron of the Exchequer, 
temp. Henry VHI., whose fourth son ( 1509-47) Francis (Car- 
rington ) Smith, of Ashley Tolville, Leicester, was great grand- 
father of Charles ( Carrington ) Smith, who was created Oct. 
31, 1643, Lord C , Baron of "Wotton Warren " in War- 
wickshire, 4th of Nov., following Viscount Carrington in the 
Peerage of Ireland, was murdered by his valet at Pontoise in 
France, Feb. 21, 1664, and was succeeded by Francis Car- 
rington Smith, 2d Baron and Viscount. He died in 1705. 
Charles, his son, died young, in May, 1706. The title and 
honor thus became extinct. 

John Carrington was an early settler in Farmington, and 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, 338 ; Camp- 
bell's Hist. Virginia, 624-625; Foot's Hist. Virginia, 2nd series, 575; 
Hinman's Conn. Settlers, 491-492 ; Mead's Hist, of Old Churches and 
Families of Virginia, 11. 29. 



GENEALOGIES. 66/ 

one of the "eighty-four proprietors" in 1672. He signed the 
articles for the settlement of Mattatuck, Waterbury, in 1674, 
and appears to have joined the new plantation early; for he 
is named in all the divisions of fences. It appears that for 
some cause he did not fully comply with the conditions of the 
new plantation covenant, and was consequently declared to 
have forfeited his rights, Feb. 6, 1682. But little is known of 
him. He died in the early part of 1690, leaving a widow 
who died before the inventory of his effects was rendered, 
June 30, 1690. His son John was the administrator, and the 
estate amounted to ^120 iis. John had £2^, and each of 
the other children had ;^i2 ; their guardians were instructed 
to put out the three youngest, and not to be governed or over- 
ruled by John the administrator. John's brothers were Ebe- 
nezer, Samuel and Ezekiel. John Carrington's house-lot of 
two acres was on West Main-st, the south side, about where 
Leavenworth street now runs. It was bounded north and 
south on the highway, east on Timothy Stanley, west on 
George Scott. It was sold in 17 10, by the heirs to Timothy 
Stanley and George Scott, for ;^ 12. 

Children : i jFohn^ b 1667, d 1692 in Farmington, he was 
a cooper; 2 Mary, b 1672, m William Parsons of Farming- 
ton, Ct. ; 3 Hannah, b 1675, ^'^ Joshua Holcombe of Sims- 
bury, Ct. ; 4 Clark, b 1678, m Sarah Higason, and lived in 
Farmington: 5 Elizabeth, b 1682, m John Hoskins of Wind- 
sor ; 6 Ebcnezer, b 1687, removed to Hartford, d in Waterbury, 
had no issue. 

I. JOHN. 

John Carrington, first of Waterbury, married Miss 

Hunn, from Mass. He married for his second wife Miss . 

He lived on a farm at Red Stone Hill in Farmington, where 
he died. 

Children by ist marriage : 7 Nathaniel, m, had no issue, d 
on the old homestead; 8 John, m Mabel Beach in New York, 
was a merchant in Goshen, d a young man ; 9 jfei-cmiah, b 
1746, m Mindwell Cook and settled in Wallingford, where 



668 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

he kept a tavern a great number of years; lo Deborah, m 

Rice, she died at Onondaga, N. Y., a woman of great 

worth; ii Kcziah, m ist, Munson, 2d, Esq. Oliver Stan- 
ley of Wallingford ; 12 Ma7'tka,m. Fisk Beach of Goshen, 
brother of Mabel, had 8 children. By 2d marriage: 13 Jona- 
than., b 1748, m Azubah Burns of Bristol, d 1733 ; 14 Solomon, 
d in the old prison ship New York ; 15 Fhincas, d supposed 
in the service of the U. States ; 16 David. 

8. JOHN. 

John Carrington, son of John and Hunn Car- 

rington, married Mabel Beach, of Goshen, Conn. He was a 
merchant in Goshen. He died of a fever in New York while 
a young man. 

Children: 17 Harvey, m Catlin, children, John 

and Lucia; 18 Elisha, m Judy Thompson, she died leaving 
7 daughters and i son ; 19 Miles, resides in Augusta N. Y., 
is accounted a good man ; 20 Amia, m a lawyer named 
Dawes, had 2 children, she died young; 21 Mabel, m., and 
lived in humble circumstances. 

JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah Carrington, son of John and Hunn 

Carrington, married Mindwell Cook, daughter of Isaac and 
Jerusha, of Wallingford, and was the keeper of the hotel 
now kept by Dwight Hall in the village of Wallihgford, for a 
number of years. He died Dec. 17, 18 12, ae. 66 years. 
She died Jan. 7, 18 13, ae. 64 years. 

Children: 22 James, b 1770, d July 6, 1836, as. 66, m Patty 
McLean, she died March 12, 1836,36. 64; 23 Liverins, b 1778, 
d Dec. 22, 1848, a?. 70. 

22. JAMES. 

James Carrington, son of Capt. Jeremiah and Mindwell 
Carrington, m Patty McLean of Wallingford. He was an 
energetic and thorough business man, and for many years 
was in the employ of Eli Whitney Esq., as superintendent of 
the Gun Factory at Whitneyville. He was Postmaster at 



GENEALOGIES. 669 

Wallingford many years, and leader of the singing in the old 
three-story meeting-house, being a fine musician, and possessed 
of a remarkably full, well-toned bass voice. 

Children: 24 Miles, now of Mobile, Ala. ; 25 James Whit- 
ney, Astoria, N. Y.; and several daughters. 

23. LIVERIUS. 

LivERius Carrin(;ton, son of Capt. Jeremiah and Mind- 
well Carrington, m ist. Thankful Hall, 2nd, Eliza Kirtland, 
3d, Sarah Kirtland Yale, wid. of Selden Yale, and sister to 
Eliza, his 2nd wife. He studied medicine with Dr. Kirtland 
of Wallingford. Not liking the professsion he formed a 
partnership with the late George B. Kirtland, and entered the 
mercantile business, in which he continued until his decease 
in 1840. 

Children by ist marriage: 27 William, b about 1807, 
successor to the old firm, C. & K. ; 28 Anna, and an infant, 
both of whom died, Anna at the age of 17. Children by 
2nd marriage: 29 Sarah K. ; 30 Anna, m Joel Peck, late 
deceased. Children by 3d marriage: 31 A7;-//(^z;/^, business 
clerk ; 32 Ellen. 



CLARK.' 



I. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Clark, son of James, of New Haven, born 
Nov. 29, 165 1, m Sarah, daughter of James Peck, of New 
Haven, May 6, 1678 ; she died May 20, 1696, ae. 37 years. 
He died April 30, 1721, ae. 70 years. He married Elizabeth 
Royce for his 2nd wife, Dec. 22, 1696. He was the first of 
this name in Wallingford. 

Children : by ist m, i Caleb, b March 6, 1678 ; 2 Sarah, b 
Aug. 20, 1681, m Isaac Cook, Oct. 11, 1706; 3 yosiah,h 
Feb. 6, 1683, m Mary Burr; 4 Stephen, b Dec. 18, 1686 ; 5 

I Durrie refers to fifty-two works containing notices of the Clark 
family. 



6/0 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Hannah, b Aug. i8, 1689, d before her father ; 6 Sylvaniis, b 
Feb. I, 169 1-2, m Damaris Hitchcock in 1717 ; 7 Obadiah, b 
Oct. 17, 1694, d before his fiither ; 8 Stephen, b Dec. 7, 1696, 
d Mar. 25, 1750. By 2nd marriage: 9 Eliphalet, b Dec. 28, 
1697 ; 10 Elizabeth, b Sept. 24, 1698, d before her father ; 11 
Susannah, b April 29, 1700, d before her father ; 12 Caleb, b 
Sept. 26, 1701, m Lois How, Jan. 19, 1722; \-i^ Phebe, b May 

20, 1703 ; 14 Daniel, b Feb. 7, 17 12, m Elizabeth , she d 

April 17, 1755 ; 15 Abigail, b June 8, 1705 ; 16 jfatnes, b Sept. 
29, 1713, d before his father; 17 Susannah, b Sept. 30, 1717 ; 
18 Sarah, b Sept. 24, 172 1, d June 18, 1722. 

3. JOSIAH. 

JosiAH Clark, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Clark of 
Wallingford, m Mary Burr, April 21, 17 10. 

Children: 19 SolomoJi, b March 6, 1711 ; 20 Mary, b Mar. 
22, 1723. 

6. SYLVANUS. 

Sylvanus Clark, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Clark, mar- 
ried Damaris Hitchcock, April 22, 17 17. 

Children: 21 jfonah, b Jan. 31, 17 18] 22 Thankful, b Dec. 

21, 1719, m James Curtis, Nov. 11, 1738. 

8. STEPHEN. 

' Stephen Clark, son of Ebenezer and Sarah Clark, m 
Lydia Hotchkiss of Cheshire. She died Nov. i, 1737, ae. 41. 
He died, Nov. 25, 1750, as. 64 years, at Cheshire. His sec- 
ond wife was Ruth . 

Children by ist marriage: 23 Lydia, b Nov. 25, 1718; 24 
Sarah, b Sept. 24, 1721 ; 25 Andrew, b Oct. 24, 1727, m 
Mehitable Tuttle, Feb. 7, 1748. Children by 2nd marriage: 
26 Desmania, b Sept. 26, 1751; 27 Amasa, b Nov. 25, 1753 ; 
28 Mary, b Oct. 4, 1756; 29 Stephen, b Dec. 16, 1785, m 
Mehitable ; 30 Levi, b Jan. ii, 1761. 

12. CALEB. 

■ Caleb, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Clark, married Lois 
How, Jan. 19, 1722. 



GENEALOGIES. 6/1 

Children : 31 Margery, b April 14, 1723 ; 32 Eunice, b Mar. 
23> 1725 ; ZZ Phebe, b Mar. i, 1728 ; 34 Lois, b Aug. 31, 1730. 

14. DANIEL. 

Daniel, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Clark, married 
Elizabeth Miles, Sept. 17, 1741 ; she died April 17, 1755. 
He m again in 1741 ; he died Aug. 17, 1774, ae. 63 yrs. 

Children: 35 Lois, b Nov. 12, 1743 ; 36 Archibald, b Sept. 
I, 1745-6, m Polly Ives, of North Haven ; 37 Ebenezer; 
38 Daniel, was a town pauper for years ; 39 Abigail; 40 James. 

25. ANDREW. 

Andrew, son of Stephen and Lydia Clark, m Mehitable 
Tuttle, Feb. 7, 1748-9. 

Children : 41, Stephen, b Jan. 16, 1749 ; 42 Lydia, b March 
23) 1752 ; 43 Mehitable, b Aug. 21, 1758. 

WILLIAM. 

William Clark married Mindwell Rowe, Aug. 29, 1749. 
Children : 44 Sylvanus, b Oct. 4, 1750; 45 Josiah, b Aug. 
8, 1752. 

ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Clark married Martha Tyler, Oct. 5, 172 1. 

Children: 46 Mary, b March i, 1724; 47 Lydia, b March 
I, 1726 ; 48 LLannah, b Sept. 12, 1727 ; 49 Riifus, b March i, 
1728; 50 Keziah, b Oct. 31, 1731. 



COOK.' 

The ancestors from whom most of the Cooks in New 
England trace their descent, came from Herefordshire and 
Kent, in England. The ancestral branch from whom those of 
the name trace their origin, now resident in various parts of 
the state, came from Kent, and were of the Puritan stock. 



I For collateral branches see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 207 ; 
Babson's Hist. Gloucester, Mass., 74 ; Bronson's Hist. Waterbury, 485-7; 
Cope's Record of Cope family of Penn., 44, 78, 79-82, 157, 175, 176; 
Fox's Hist. Dunstable, Mass., 242; Freeman's Hist. Cape Cod, Mass., 11. 
366, 389, 634, 642, 643 ; Hinmans's Conn. Settlers, 698-703 ; Hobart's 



6/2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Henry Cook was at Plymouth, Mass., before 1640. He had 
sons, Isaac, John, Henry and Samuel. Isaac is supposed to 
have remained at Plymouth, and John to have settled at 
Middletown. Henry and Samuel settled at Wallingford, and 
are the ancestors of most of the name of Cook in Connec- 
ticut, and of many in various parts of the country. 

SAMUEI,. [ 

Samuel Cook came to New Haven in 1663, m Hope, 
daughter of Edward Parker of New Haven, May 2, 1667. 
They went to Wallingford in April, 1670, with the first plant- 
ers. He was, perhaps, the first and only shoemaker and 
tanner of leather in the place. After the decease of his wife 
Hope, he married Mary Roberts, July 14, 1690. He was 
regarded as a very good man by his friends and neighbors, 
and was frequently called to fill offices of responsibility and 
trust in the village, and in the church of which he was a 
member. He died March, 1702. He left an estate of ^340. 
His widow m Jeremiah How, sen., April 9, 1705. 

Children by ist marriage: i Samue/, h March 3, 1667-8, in 
New Haven ; 2 John, b Dec. 3, 1669, in New Haven; 3 
Hannah, b March 3, 167 1-2, in Wallingford ; 4./saac,h March 
10, 1673, d April 7, 1673 ; 5 Mary, b April 23, 1675, ^n 
Nathaniel Ives, April 5, 1699 ; 6 Elizabeth, b August 22, 
1677, d young; 7 Judith, b Feb. 29, 1679, m Jeremiah How 
jr., April 20, 1704, she d March 20, 1708 ; 8 Isaac, b Jan. 10, 
1681 ; 9 Joseph, b Feb. 25, 1683 ; 10 Hope, b Sept. 27, 1686, 
m Joseph Benham, Dec. 18, 1706, she d Jan. 30, 1731. By 
2nd marriage : 11 Isi-ael, b May 8, 1692 ; 12 Mabel, b June 30, 
1694; 13 Benjamin, b April 8, 1697, d T717, unmarried, was 



Hist. Abingdon, Mass., 363-4; Hollister's Pawlet, Vt, 179, 180; How- 
ell's Hist. Southampton, L. I., 210-12 ; Judd and Boltwood's Hist. Hadley, 
Mass., 465-471 ; Kellogg's Memorials of John White, 77 ; Kidder's Hist. 
New Ipswich, N. H., 352 ; Mitchell's Hist. Bridgewater, Mass., 141 ; Nash's 
Gen. of Nash Fam., 33, 34 ; Stiles's Hist. Windsor, Conn., 572-4';-. Savage's 
Gen. Diet., i. 445-51 ; Bond's Hist, and Gen. Watertown, Mass., 163, 164 ; 
Jackson's Hist. Newton, Mass., 247-50. 



GENEALOGIES. 673 

a tanner and currier; 14 Ephraitn, b April 19, 1699; 15 
Elizabeth, b Sept. 10, 1701, m Adam Mott, Aug 28, 17 17. 

I. SAMUEL. 1^ 

Samuel Cook, son of Samuel and Hope Cook, married 
Hannah Ives, daughter of William of New Haven, March 

3, 1692, John Moss Esq. officiating. She died May 29, 1714. 
He then married Elizabeth Bedel, of Stratford. He died Sept. 
18, 1725, ae. 58 years, at Wallingford. His widow married Capt. 
Daniel Harris, of Middletown, Conn. He was a farmer in 
the western part of the township, near the line which now 
divides Cheshire from Wallingford. Some of his descendants 
are still occupying the same land. Estate, ^"390. 

Children: 16 Hannah, b May 28, 1693, m Jeremiah Hull, 
she died Nov. 22, 1735, ^- 43 years ; 17 Samuel, b March 5, 
1695 ; 18 Aaron, b Dec. 28, 1696 ; 19 Lydia, b Jan. 13, 1699, 
m Daniel Dutton, d Oct. 12, 1738; 20 Moses, b Jan. 

4, 1700, d Dec. 25, 1711 ; 21 Miriafn, b Nov. 4, 1703, m 
Benjamin Curtis, Dec. 12, 1727; 22 Thankful, h Yy&c. 2^, 
1705, d Aug. 19, 1714 ; 23 Esther, b March 8, 1707, m Abel 
Yale, July 22, 1730; 24 Eunice, b Feb. 25, 1709 ; 25 Susan- 
nah, b Sept. 5, 171 1, m Joseph Cole, Dec. i, 1735 ; 26 Hope, 
d Sept. 18, 1728. By 2nd marriage: 27 Moses, h Nov. 6, 
1716; 28 Thankful, b Nov. 14, 17 18, m Stephen Hotchkiss, 
Dec. 31, 1742 ; 29 Asaph, b June 23, 1720; 30 Hannah, b 
Nov. 4, 172 1, m Zephaniah Hull, of Cheshire, and settled at 
Bethlem. 

2. JOHN. 

John Cook, son of Samuel and Hope Cook, married Han- 
nah Hall, and settled in the western part of the township near 
Scott's Rock in Cheshire. He died April 30, 1739, se. 
70 years. 

Children: 31 Ezekiel, b April 20, 1700, d Nov. 7, 1722 ; 32 
Nao?ni, b Jan. 27, 1704, d Nov. 20, 1707; 33 fohn, b Aug. 
23, 1707, d Nov. I, 1722; 34 Mary, m John McKay, she d 
1763, in Cheshire, Conn. 



6/4 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 



8. ISAAC. 

Isaac Cook, son of Samuel and Hope Cook, married 
Sarah Curtis, Oct. ii, 1705. He d Feb. i, 1712, inWalling- 
ford. His widow married Caleb Lewis, in 17 14. Estate, 

Children: 35 Sarah, b July 20, 1707 ; 36 Amos, d in child- 
hood ; 37 Mindwell, b May, 1709, m Caleb Evarts of Guilford, 
Conn. ; 38 Isaac, b July 22, 17 10. 

9. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Cook, son of Samuel and Hope Cook, married 

Abigail . After her death, he married Eleanor Johnson, 

Oct. 14, 17 14, and remained in Wallingford until 1743, when 
in the autumn of that year, he went to Goshen in Litchfield 
county, and was among the earliest and most prominent men 
in the place. He died Nov. 7, 1764, ae. 82 years. 

Children by ist marriage : 39 Lois, b April 25, 1700, d in 
infancy; 40 Sa?nuel, b Feb. 18, 1702 ; 41 Abigail, b Jan. 18, 
1703. By 2d marriage: 42 F/iebe,h Oct. 7, 17 15, m Eli Petti- 
bone, Feb. 21, 1751, she d about 1767; 43 Benjamin, b Jan. 
5, 1 7 18; 44 Daniel, b Aug. 19, 1720; 45 Walter, b Dec. 21, 
1722 ; 46 Joseph, b Jan. 18, 1726 ; 47 Lois, b May 23, 1729; 
48 Lambert, d at Goshen; 49 Hannah, b Nov. 15, 1735, m 
Roger Pettibone, Jan. 25, 1752, she d April 29, 1763. 

II. ISRAEL. 

Israel Cook, son of Samuel and Mary Cook, married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Ebenezer Clark of Wallingford, Feb. 
22, 17 17. He settled in what is now Cheshire, and afterward 
moved to Vermont with some of his children, where it is sup- 
posed he died. 

Children: 50 Catharine, b July 3, 1 7 18, m Isaiah Smith, 
of New Haven, May 20, 1750; 51 Ebenezer, b Dec. 13, 17 19; 
52 Sarah, b May 5, 1722, m ist, Jonathan Hall, Dec. 25, 1739, 
2d, Jehiel Andrus, Jan. 16, 1745 ; 53 Deborah, b Oct. i, 
1725, m Elisha Perkins, June 20, 1748; 54 Anna, b July 4, 
1727; 55 John, b 1731, bap. in Cheshire, June, 1751; 56 



GENEALOGIES. 675 

Amos, b Dec. 5, 1734; 57 Be/ijamin,h about 1736; 58 Ashbei, 
b May 6, 1738 ; 59 Charles, doubtless settled in Vermont ; 60 
Ezekid, b and bap. at Cheshire, June, 175 1, supposed settled 
in Vermont. 

14. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Cook, son of Samuel and Mary Cook, married 
Lydia Doolittle. She died Dec. 25, 1785, as. 84 years He 
died March 22, 1774, ae. 75 years. He was licensed by the 
county court, April 24, 1727, to prosecute the business of 
tanning and dressing leather in Cheshire. 

Children: 61 Mary, b Feb. 13, 1723, d same year; 62 
Mamre, b Dec. 21, 1725, m Daniel Hotchkiss, of Cheshire; 
63 Lydia, b March 2, 1726, m Jason Hitchcock, Sept. 20, 
1741 ; 64 Mary, b April 7, 1728, m John Smith of Cheshire; 
65 Ephraim, b April 7, 1730; 66 Tirzah, b Oct. 3, 1733, 
m Samuel Smith of Cheshire; 67 Elam, b Nov. 10, 1735; 
68 Elizabeth, b Feb. 10, 1738, m Ebenezer Brown of Che- 
shire ; 69 John, b Dec. 27, 1739; 70 Merri}nan,h 1741, d 
unmarried in Cheshire; 71 Thankful, no account of this 
.person recorded ; 72 Fhcbe, m Timothy Gaylord, May 4, 1748. 

17. CAPT. SAMUEL., 

Capt. Samuel Cook, son of Samuel and Hannah Ives 
Cook, married Hannah Lewis, daughter of Ebenezer and 
Elizabeth Lewis, of Wallingford, Feb. 8, 172 1. He was a 
wealthy shipping merchant, from the port of New Haven, 
where he died Nov. 7, 1745 (Thanksgiving Day), leaving an 
estate of ^29103. He was buried at Cheshire, where a fine 
altar tomb marks his resting place. His benefactions to the 
church and poor of Cheshire are lasting monuments to his 
memory and worth. ^7 

Children: 73 Hatmah^ \> Dec. 22, 1722, m Elnathan 
Beach. She died May 18, 1754; 74 Rhoda, b Oct. 22, 1724, 
m Benjamin Hitchcock, of Cheshire, Feb. 27, 1745 ; 75 
Damaris, b Nov., 1726, m Rev. Ebenezer Boone, of Far- 
mington, Dec. 19, 1750, then removed to Vermont; 76 Thad- 
deus, b Sept. 10, 1728; 77 Lowly, b May 10, 1730, m Andrew 



6^6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

Hull of Cheshire, Oct. 17, 1750; 78 Safnuel, b Nov. 16, 
1733; 79 Eunice^ b June 29, 1735, m Samuel Hull, of Che- 
shire, b Feb., 1755; 80 Ztv'/, b Nov. 10, 1737, ni Isaac Ben- 
ham of Cheshire; 81 Aaro?i, b Nov. 30, 1739. 

Elnathan Beach was a partner with Capt. Cook, whose dau. 
he married. Andrew Hull was the Hon. father of the late 
Gen. Andrew Hull of Cheshire, and .great grandfather of 
Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote, U." S. N. Samuel Hull 
was brother to Andrew Hull, and grandfather to the late Mrs. 
Jonathan Law, of Cheshire and Hartford. 

18. AARON. 

Aaron Cook, son of Samuel and Hannah ( Ives ) Cook, 
married ist, Sarah, daughter of James Benham, Nov. 14, 
1723. He married 2d, Sarah Hitchcock. She died Aug. 11, 
1735, and for his 3d wife he married Ruth Burrage, of Strat- 
ford, Feb. 7, 1736. He was a very large landholder in the 
south-eastern part of Wallingford, Northford survey. He 
died Oct. 14, 1756, as. 60 years. Mrs. Ruth Cook died July 
2, 1786, as. 79 years. 

Children, by istm.: 82 Samuel, b Sept. 25, 1725, d before 
his father ; 83 Stephen, b Dec. 28, 1727 ; 84 Titus, b Feb. 25^ 
130; 85 Abel, b Feb. 23, 1732. By 2d marriage: 86 Sarah, 
b June 2, 1735. By 3d marriage: 87 Lydia, b 1736, m Uriah 
Collins, she d Jan. 9, 1793 ; 88 Ruth, b Sept. 7, 1738, m 
William Collins, she d June 9, 1790; 89 Esther, h May 14, 
1740; 90 Elizabeth, b March 16, 1741-2, d Jan. 27, 1751 ; 
91 Aaro?i, b June 5, 1744; 92 Miria??t, b June 30, 17 46, d 
Dec. I, 1750; 93 Lucy, b Sept. 20, 1748, d April 29, 1760; 
94 Elizabeth, h ]\\\\Q 7, 175 1, d Oct. 19, 1762. 

27. MOSES. 

Moses Cook, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cook, m Sarah 
Culver, June 18, 1740, and went to Branford. Subsequently 
he went to Waterbury, where his wife died, Jan. 4, 1760, and 
he afterwards m Dinah Harrison, widow of Benj., June 7, 
1762. He was killed by Moses Paul, an Indian, in the town 



GENEALOGIES. 6^ J 

of Wooclbridge, Dec. 12, 177 1. (Paul was executed at New 
Haven in June, 1772). Mr. Cook was ae. 54 years. Mrs. 
Dinah Cook d Oct. 4, 1792. 

Children by ist ni. : 95 Charles, b June 3, 1742 ; 96 Moses, 
b May 30, 1744, in Branford, d 1832 ; 97 Sarah, b June 13, 
1747, d April 5, 1823 ; 98 Esther, b June 27, 1750, m Joseph 
Beebe, she d in Ohio, 1810 ; 99 Elizabeth, b May 15, 1752, 
ni Benj. Baldwin, she d 1797 ; 100 Hannah, b Jan. 11, 1755, 
m Titus Bronson, she d 1841 ; loi Lytlia, b March 27, 1760, 
m Hickox. 

29. ASAPH. 

Asaph Cook, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cook, m Sarah 
Parker, of Wallingford, and went to Granville, Mass., where 
he remained until about the close of the Revolution, when 
he removed to Granville, N. Y., where he d in 1792 ; she d in 
1818, ae. 96 years. 

Children: 102 Samuel, b Aug. 18, 1744; 103 Ainasa, b 
1746, m Miriam Loomis, of Granville, N. Y., subsequently of 
Essex Co., N. Y. ; 104 Asaph, b March 6, 1748 ; 105 Joseph, 
b April 13, 1750 ; 106 Susannah, b April 13, 1750, m Ichabod 
Parker, she d 1770; 107 Sarah, h i']c^2, m Wm Meacham, 
2nd, Zeruah Everest, she d 1777 ; 108 Thankful, b 1754, m 
Gideon Beebe, of Adams, Mass. ; 109 Hannah, b June 5, 
1758 ; no Charles, b May 9, 1764 ; in Lois, b 1766, m John 
Merrick, of Granville, N. Y. 

38. ISAAC. 

Isaac Cook, son of Isaac and Sarah Cook, m Jerusha 
Sexton, of Wallingford, Oct. 13, 1733. He died March 16, 
1780, dd 80 years. She died Oct. 13, 1795. He was a tanner 
and currier of leather. 

Children: 112 Amos, b Dec. 5, 1734 ; 113 Jerusha,h Nov. 
i9> 1736, ni Gideon Hosford, Feb. 23, 1757; 114 Isaae,\) 
July 28, 1739 ; 115 Caleb, b Nov. 14, 1741 ; 116 Mindwell, b 
Dec. 9, 1743, d Jan. 26, 1744; 117 Ambrose, b March 19, 
1744, d in infancy ; 1 18 Ambrose, b June 30, 1746 ; 1 19 Elihu, 
U u 



678 hIST(3RY OF WALLINGFORD. 

b Aug. 16, 1747, d Aug. 31, 1747 ; 120 Mimhoe/I, b April 20, 
1750, m Capt. Jeremiah Carrington, of Wallingford. 

43. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Cook, .son of Joseph and Eleanor Cook, mar- 
ried Hannah Munson, Jan. 20, 1741. She was celebrated 
in her day as a skillful midwife in Wallingford, where they 
lived at the time of his decease, which occurred about 1790. 
He was a weaver and farmer. 

Children: 121 Benjamin^ b Oct. 8, 1743; 122 Martha, m 
Col. Isaac Cook of Wallingford ; 123 Joel, b Aug. 31, 1745, d 
young; \2\ Merriman, b Oct. i, 1748; \2^ Lois,h 1752, m 
Oliver Doolittle, Jan. 16, 1776 ; 126 F/iebe, b May 3, 1756, m 
Isaac Doolittle of Wallingford. 

44. DANIEL. 

Daniel Cook, son of Joseph and Eleanor Cook, m 
Elizabeth Pond, Feb. 6, 1746. He moved from Wallingford 
to Goshen, where she died, Sept., 1791. 

Children: 127 Samuel, b Aug. 2, 1747, in Wallingford, went 
to Goshen, Conn. ; 128 Amasa, b Oct. 26, 1749 ; 129 Philips 
b Feb. 2, 1752 ; 130 Lois, b Feb. 27, 1754, m Joel Gaylord, 
of Goshen, Conn.; 131 Lydia, b Oct. 29, 1756, m Moses 
Bartholomew, of Goshen, Conn. ; 132 Daniel, b Aug. 18, 1761 ; 
133 Moses, b April 25, 1764 ; 134 John, b Sept. 8, 1767, no 
report from him. 

45. WALTER. 

Walter Cook, son of Joseph and Eleanor Cook, m 
Reuema Calling, and went to Goshen, Conn. Subsequently 
he went to Richmond, Mass. He was a farmer and shoe- 
maker. 

Children : 135 Eniiiee, b Nov. 10, 1754, in Wallingford ; 136 
Pitman, b June 28, 1757, in Wallingford; 137 Walter, b Sept. 
10, 1764, in Goshen; 138 jFolin, b Oct. 2, 1767, in Goshen; 
139 Sinai, b Oct. 12, 1769, in Goshen; 140 Susannah, b Feb. 
26, 1790, in Goshen ; 141 Lucy, m Abijah Newton, of Goshen, 
Conn. 



GENEALOGIES. 6/9 

48. LAMBERT. 

Lambert Cook., son of Joseph and Eleanor Cook, 

married ist, Abigail , and settled in Goshen, Conn. She 

died Oct. 8, 1758. He married Mindwell Loomis, for his 2nd 
wife, Dec. 13, 1759. He died at Goshen, Conn. 

Child by ist marriage: 142 Alary, b July 17, 1757. By 
2nd marriage: 143 Abigail, b Jan. 25, 1760; 144 Joseph, h 
Feb. 25, 1762 ; 145 Hannah, b Dec. 25, 1763; 146 infant, b 
June II, 1765, d ae. I day. 

51. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Cook, son of Israel and Elizabeth Cook. He 

married Eunice . I'his family left Wallingford soon after 

the war of the Revolution. 

Children: i^"] Ebenezer, h May 19, 1760; 148 Munson.h 
March i, 1762 ; 149 Eunice, b Feb. 28, 1766 ; 150 William, b 
July 3, 1772. 

55. JOHN. 

John Cook, son of Israel and Elizabeth Cook, married 
Naomi Abernathy, and removed to Guildhall, Vermont. She 
died in 1809, aged about 75 years. He died at Guildhall in 
1812, aged 81 years. 

Children: 151 Benjamin, b Jan. 24, 1764; \^2 Naomi, h 
March 12, 1766, m Laban Beach ; 153 John, b March 16, 
1768, d at Guildhall, Vt. ; 154 Ruth, b Feb. 7, 1769; 155 
Lemuel, b Feb. 7, 1770; 156 Etios A.,\i }-2i\\. 7, 1773; 157 
Raphael, b May 8, 1775 ; 158 Abigail, b May 2, 1777, 

d at Guildhall, Vt. ; 159 Anna, b July 4, 1779, ™ 

Stoddard; 160 Beulah, m Eli How, she died in 1810; 161 
Zaccheus, b Sept. 13, 1781. 

57. benjamin. 

Benjamin Cook, son of Israel and Elizabeth Cook, mar- 
ried Martha Benham, Aug. 2, 1759, and doubdess left Wall- 
ingford soon afterwards. 

Children: 162 Martha, b March 11, 1760, in Wallingford; 
163 Benja?nin, b May 6, 1675. 



680 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

58. ASHBEL. 

AsHBEL Cook, son of Israel and Elizabeth Cook, married 

Rachel . He left Wallingford about 1768, when it is 

supposed he went to Vermont. 

Children: 164 jfolvi ; 165 Simeon, d young; 166 Israel; 167 
Ashbel ; 168 Shneoti ; 169 Rice, b Aug. 12, 1780, in Rutland, 
Vt. ; 170 Orel. 

65. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Cook, son of Ephraim and Lydia Cook, married 
Elizabelh Hull, Jan. i, 1752. He was a farmer, shoemaker, 
tanner and currier of leather ; he died in Cheshire, Conn., 
Jan. 18, 1789, ae. 59 yrs. 

Children: 171 Lois,h Jan., 1753, d Nov. 4, 1753, ae. 10 
mos. ; 172 Ephrami, b 1754, d Dec. 2, 1764, je 10 yrs. ; 173 
Lydia, b Dec. 20, 1756; 174 Anna, b Feb. 5, 1764; 175 
Urijia, b 1765, d Dec. 11, 177c, ae. 6 yrs.; 176 Clarituia, b 
1770, d Dec. 5, 1772, as. 2 yrs. 

67. ELAM. 

Elam Cook, son of Ephraim and Lydia Cook, married 
Abigail Hall, Jan. 8, 1761. He died in Cheshire, Feb. 3, 
1808, aged 73 years. She died in Ohio, Sept. 26, 18 16, aged 
81 years. 

Children: 177 Merrimati, b Nov. 12, 1761, went to Barton, 
Ohio; 178 Samuel, h 1764, settled in Cheshire, Conn.; 179 
Esther, b March, 1769, m John YoixX of Prospect, and went 
to Ohio, she was the mother of Gov. Ford of Ohio ; 180 
Ephraini, b Dec. 21, 1775; 181 Elam, b 1780, settled in 
Cheshire ; 182 jfostp/i H., b Feb. i, 1782 ; 183 Abigail, b 
July 10, 1784, married Hon. Peter Hitchcock of Ohio, for- 
merly of Cheshire. 

, 69. JOHN. 

John Cook, son of Ephraim and Lydia Cook, married 

Obedience ; he died in Cheshire, Oct. 2, 1764, ae. 25 

yrs. His widow married Daniel Ives, Dec. 7, 1769. 

Child : 184 Ephraiin, b 1763, d Oct. 2, 1765, ae. 2 yrs. 



GENEALOGIES. 68 1 

76. THADDEUS. 

Col Thaddeus Cook, son of Capt. Samuel and Hannah 
Cook, m ist, Lois, daughter of Capt. Ehiathan Beach, of 
Cheshire, Nov. 28, 1750. She died April 4, 1753, ae. 21 yrs. 
He m 2nd, Sarah, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Hall, of Che- 
shire. She died Sept. 5, 1774, ae 44 years. His 3d wife was 

Abigail , she survived him. After having served his 

country during the Revolution, under the brave Gen. Gates, 
and his townsmen in almost every office of trust or honor 
within their gift, he died Feb. 27, 1800. 

Child by ist marriage: 185 Lois^ b April i, 1753. By 
2d marriage: 186 Sarah, b July 23, 1755, m Dr. Gould Gift 
Norton, of Cheshire, she d Sept., 1838; 187 Sa?nuel, b April 
19, 1758 ; 189 Eunice, b Jan. 15, 1761, d Feb. 26, 1776, as. 15 
yrs. ; 190 Liuy, b 1762, m Amos Harrison Ives. She d Feb. 
30, 1836, in Cheshire ; 191 Thaddeus, b May 3, 1764, gradua- 
ted at Yale, 1783, d Oct. 3, 1789 ; 192 Sally, m Nathan Har- 
rison, of New Branford ; 193 Clarissa, m — — Hall, and had 
a d\u., Sukey Hall. 

78. .SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Capt. Samuel and Hannah Cook, ni 
Jerusha Hollingworth, March 4, 1756. It was the intention 
of his father that he should receive a liberal education at col- 
lege, but for some cause now unknown, he gave it up, and 
settled on a fiirm in the north part of Cheshire, where he d 
Jan. 5, 1800, ae. 67 years. 

Children : 194 Hannah, b April 20, 1758, m a Mr. Wright ; 
195 Temperance, b Aug. 6, 1760 ; 196 Perez, b Dec. i, 1762 ; 
197 Jerusha, b Jan. 7, 1767, d July 29, 1803 ; 198 Eunice, b 
March 23, 1769; 199 Da maris, b Feb. 23, 1772; 200 Abigail, 
b June 27, 1775, m Elkanah Doolittle, of Cheshire. She d 
Dec. 16, 1800. 

8r. AARON. 

Aaron Cook, son of Capt. Samuel and Hannah Cook, m 
Mary, dau. of Capt. Cornelius Brooks, of Cheshire. He d 
Sept. 29, 1776, ae. 37 yrs. She d Sept. 30, 1776, as. 38 yrs. 



682 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

He was a farmer, about three and one-half miles south-east of 
Cheshire meeting-house, where his father formerly lived. 

Children: 201 Jernsha, b 1757, m Robert Hotchkiss. She 
d May 19, 1824; 202 Corficlius, b Oct. 9, 1763 ; 203 Sue, m 
Samuel Cook, she d Dec. 24, 1824; 204 Aaroti, b 1768, d 
in Cheshire; 205 Stephen^ b 177 i,m Eunice Beadles, of Wall- 
ingford ; 206 Mar}\ m Shelden Spencer, Esq. 

83. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Cook, son of Capt. Aaron and Sarah Cook, m 
ist, Anna Culver, Dec 25, 1751. After her decease he m 
Thankful Preston, March 2, 177 1, and for his 3d wife he mar- 
ried Anna Tyler. Anna his ist wife died Dec. 10, 1769. 
Mrs. Thankful his 2d wife died Sept. 20, 1776, and Anna his 
3d wife died Sept. 23, 18 17, ae. 80 years. 

Children by ist wife: 207 Samuel, b Oct. 22, 1752; 208 
Stephen, b March 25, 1755', went to Vermont; 209 Anna, b 
Oct. 5, 1757 ; 210 Elihii, b July 2, 1760, went to Vermont; 

211 Ruf/i, b June 30, 1763, d £e. 90 yrs. By 2d marriage: 

212 Lyman, b June 30, 1772, went to Ohio; 213 Jared, b 
Aug. 9, 1775. By 3d marriage: 214 Lefuuel, b Sept. 2, 1779 ; 
215 Malachi, b Aug. 28, 1781. 

84. TITUS. 

Titus Cook, son of Capt. Aaron and Jerusha Cook, mar- 
ried Sarah Merriman, Jan. 18, 1753. She died Feb. 16, 
1795. He died April 4, 1809, a;. 80 years, and was buried 
in Northford, Conn. 

Children: 216 Sarah, b Nov. 14, 1753; 217 Jernsha, b 
May 27, 1757 ; 218, 219 Lucy and Titus, b April 23, 
1761, d in childhood; 220 Abigail, b July 19. 1763; 221 
Esther, b July 21, 1765 ; 222 Caleb, was accidentally killed ; 
223 Sally ; 224 Titus, b Nov. 7, 1775 ; 225 Lydia, b April i, 
1778. 

85. ABEL. 

Abel Cook, son of Capt. Aaron and Sarah Cook, married 
Mary, daughter of Dea. Benjamin and Elizabeth P. Atwater 



GENEALOGIES. 683 

of Wallingford, Nov. 16, 1757. She was born Dec. 30, 
1735, and died Jan. 13, 1774, x. 39. He died Aug. 10, 1776, 
36. 44 year.s. 

Children: 226 Ahvater, b Nov. 3, 1758; 227 Porter, b 
July 27, 1760; 22% Elizabeth, b March 13, 1763; 229 Abel, 
b March 27, 1765; 230 Chester, b Aug. 13, 1767, d young; 
231 Daniel M., b Feb. 16, 1770 ; 232 Mary, b April 2, 1773, 
m Col. Eliakim Hall, d Dec. i, 1839 ; 233 Chester, b Oct. 6, 
1775- 

91. AARON. 

Aaron Cook, son of Capt. Aaron and Ruth B. Cook, mar- 
ried ist, Lucretia Dudley. She died April 16, 1771, ae. 27 
years. He married 2d, Elizabeth Taintor. She died April 
24, 1816, ae. 65 years. He died Sept. 14, 1825, se. 80 years, 
and was interred in Northford grave-yard. 

Children ; 234 Oliver Dudley, b 1766, grad. at Yale College, 
1735 J 253 ^<7/w/, b 1768; 236 Kilborn, b 1771, settled in 
North Guilford, Conn. By 2nd marriage: 237 Increase, b 
1773, grad. at Yale College, 1793 ; 238 Nathaniel, b 1775, m 
Susan Baldwin ; 239 Lucretia, b 1780, d Nov. 14, 1844; 240 
Apollos, b 1786, settled at Cattskill, N. Y. ; 241 Thomas Bur rage; 
24F Elizabeth, b 1776, m Joshua Atwater, she d Apr. 4, 1842, 
ae. 66 years ; 243 Lydia, m Doct. Amos G. Hull ; 244 
Henrietta. 

95. CHARLES. 

Charles Cook, son of Moses and Sarah Cook, married 
Sybil Munson, Aug. i, 1764. He resided severally in New 
Haven, Waterbury and Watertown, Conn. He died in 1797, 
JE. 55 years. 

Children: 245 James Munson, b June 11, 1765, in New 
Haven; 246 Sarah, b Dec. 22, 1766. 

96. MOSES. 

Moses Cook, son of Moses and Sarah Cook, married 
Jemima Upson of Waterbury, March 4, 1766. He was a 
musician during the Revolutionary war. He died Dec. 25, 
183 r. She died March 6, 1^21. 



684 HISTORY OF WALLINGP'ORD. 

Children : 247 Joseph, b March 4, 1767 ; 248 Lucy, b Sept. 
29, 1769, d unmarried, Dec. 8, 1835 ; 249 Daniel, b Sept. 5, 
1773; 250 Hannah, h March 5, 1775, "^ Horatio Upson, 
Waterbury ; 251 Anna, b March 8, 1778, m Mark Leaven- 
worth ; 252 Elias, b Dec. 26, 1783, m 2nd, Mrs. Charry 
Bartholomew. 

102. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Asaph and Sarah Parker Cook, m 
Chloe Atwater, daughter of Titus and Margarette, of Che- 
shire. He went with his father to Granville, Mass., and sub- 
sequently to Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. He died in 
1823, ae. 79 years. 

Child: 253 Moses, settled at Hartford, Washington Co., 
N. Y. 

104. ASAPH. 

Asaph Cook, son of Asaph and Sarah Parker Cook, mar- 
ried Thankful Parker, June 17, 1776; she was born in Wall- 
ingford, April, 1776. They removed to Granville, N. Y. In 
1818 they went to Ridgefield, Four Corners, Ohio, where he 
died in 1826, ae. 78. He was at the battle of Lexington, 
Mass., as were several of his brothers. His widow died in 
1819. 

Children: 254 Ehithcras, b March 21, 1777, d Nov., 1780; 

255 Hannah, b Feb. 25, 1779, m Lewis Stone, Aug. 3, 1839 ; 

256 Asaph, b March 23, 1781, d August 2, 1842 ; 257 Rhoda, 
b January 7, 1784, d Sept. 30, 1805 ; 258 Chhe, b July 21, 
1786, d Oct., 1845 j 259 Elutheras, b Dec. 25, 1787, d Dec. 
27, 1864; 260 Sarah, hl-^Vi. 2, 1790, d March, 1829 ; 261 
Thankful F., b April 26, 1792, d unmarried, Aug. 3, 1858; 
262 Erastus, b Feb. 6, 1795, d July 30, 1849; 263 Edwin, b 
Aug. 25, 1797, d Nov. 3, 1807 ; 264 Israel, b Dec. 4, 1801, d 
unmarried, Jan. 6, 1854 ; 265 Elmira, b Oct. 15, 1803, d un- 
married, Jan. 10, 1852. 

105. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Cook, son of Asaph and Sarah Parker Cook, went 
early in life with his father and family to Granville, N. Y. • 



GENEALOGIES. 685 

thence to Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y. ; and in 1803 to 
Adams, Jefferson Co., N. Y. ; from there in 1805 to live with 
his sons in Ohio. He died at Oxford, Erie Co., Ohio, ae 
nearly 86 yrs. The name of his wife was Rachel Langdon. 
I have ascertained the names of only two of their children, 
to wit : 

266 C/iauHcey, b 1775, resided in Erie Co., Ohio; 267 
Charles L., b 1778. 

no. CHARLES. 

Charles Cook, son of Asaph and Sarah Parker Cook, 
married Elizabeth Curtis of Granville, N. Y., daughter of 
David Curtis ; he died at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., May 13, 
1855, ffi. 91 yrs. 

Children: 268 Betsey, b Feb. 4, 1791, m Rev. E. Rossiter, 
she died Nov., 1833 ; 269 Daniel C, b May 20, 1793, ^ 1813, 
was a physician ; 270 Horace, b Nov. 5, 1775; 271 Charles, b 
May 12, 1778 ; 272 Elisha, b April 12, 1801 ; 273 Thecla 
Louisa, b Nov. 10, 1802, m B. F. Darrow, 1831, d 1832 ; 274 
Laura E., b Sept. 10, 1804, m Ephraim Read, settled in Ohio ; 
275 Hiram E., b Jan. 15, 1807, d Aug., 1822, was a physician. 

112. AMOS. 

Amos Cook, son of Isaac and Jerusha Cook, married 
Rhoda, daughter of Gideon Hosford, Feb. 23, 1757; she died 
May 10, 1810. He died at Wallingford. 

Children: 276 Elihu, b April 25, 1757; 277 Rhoda, b 
April 16, 1761, m John Davis ; 278 Rosivell, b Dec. 6, 1764 ; 
279 Uri H., b Jan. 19, 1767, supposed to have settled in Nor- 
way, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1789 ; 280 Amos, b Nov. 29, 1768 ; 
281 Lucinda, b Oct. 31, 1771, m Stephen Harf in 1790; 282 
Sybil, b Oct. 10, 1778, m Thomas Welton, Jan. 3, 1797 ; 283 
Lyman, b Sept. 21, 1780; 284 Desire, h March 5, 1783. 

114. ISAAC. 

Col. Isaac Cook, son of Isaac and Jerusha Cook, married 
Martha, daughter of Benjamin Cook, March 6, 1760 ; he was 



686 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

in the service of his country during the Revokition, as 
Colonel. He died June, 1810, £e. 71 yrs. 

Children: 285 Joel, b Oct. 12, 1760, a distinguished officer 
in the war of 1812 ; 286 Lemuel, b March 17, 1762; 287 
yames, b Jan 29, 1764, m Chloe Royce, May 4, 1786; 288 
Lucy, b Jan. 29, 1766 ; 289 Isaac, b July 16, 1768, settled at 
Chillicothe, Ohio; 260 Martha, b June 30, 1770 ; 291 Mind- 
well, b July 17, 1772, m Asahel Barham, Jan. 6, 1791 ; 292 
Phebe, b Feb. 9, 1777, m David Stocking, 1805. 

115. CALEB. 

Caleb Cook Esq., son of Isaac and Jerusha Cook, mar- 
ried Abigail Finch, Jan. 12, 1764. She died Dec. 22, 1794. 
He then married Mrs. Lydia Foot. She died May 31, ae. 89. 
He was a magistrate for many years, and died in his native 
town, Nov. 17, 182 1, ae. 80 years. 

Children : 293 Vmey, b Nov. 26, 1764, m Abel Cook, Dec. 
19, 1790; 294 Augustus, h Jan. 25, 1767; 295 Caleb, h July 
27, 1768, d young; 296 Abigail, b Nov. 8, 1769; 297 Nabby, 
b April 10, 1777, m Ira Hall, she d 1859 ; 298 Betsey, b Feb. 
18, 1779, d unmarried, Jan., 1859 ; 299 Mary Ann, b Aug. 23, 
1783 ; 300, 301, Caleb and Amelia, b June 4, 1786, the former 
m Sarah Eaton, the latter d Aug. 31, 1786. 

118. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose Cook, son of Isaac and Jerusha Cook, married 
Esther Peck. He died at the age of 78, March 5, 1824. 
She died Sept. 13, 1822, ae. 78. 

Children: 302 Chauncey, b Feb. i, 1767, m Eunice Dutton ; 
303 Safjiuel, b July 8, 1769, m Martha Cook; 304 Jerusha, 
b April 25, 1 77 1, m Hunn Munson, Esq. ; 305 Abigail, b Apr. 
9, 1773, supposed died young; 306 Charles, b April 26, 1775, 
m Sylvia, dau. of Elihu Yale; 307 Esther, b Oct. 9, 1777, m 
Benajah, son of Stephen Yale ; 308 Lydia, b Oct. 13, 1779, m 
Andrew Hall, M. D. ; 309 A'ancy, b Nov. 13, 1782, m Richard 

Hall ; 310 Orrin, b Feb. 14, 1784, m Miss Stone, of 

Guilford, Conn.; 311 Diana, b Nov. 28, 1786, m Andrew 
Bartholomew. 



GENEALOGIES. G^J 

12 1. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Cook, son of Benjamin and Hannah Cook, mar- 
ried April 19, 1770, Esther Rice, dau. of Reuben Rice of 
Wallingford. He died 182 1, ae. 78 years. He was a large, 
corpulent man. 

Children: 312 Hatinah^ m Linus Hall; 313 Rice, went 
west, m a Miss Twiss ; 314 Kczia/i, b Jan. 27, 1774; 315 
Munsoft, b Aug. 27, 1776; 316 Daniel, d about i860, in west- 
ern New York; 317 Betsey, A unmarried; 318 Charlotte, b 
Oct. 26, 1787, m John Malone. 

124. MERRIMAN. 

Merriman Cook, son of Benjamin and Hannah Cook, m 
Mary Osborn, May 2, 1768. He went to Malta, Saratoga Co., 
N. Y. He died Sept. 27, 1827, ae. 80, and she died May 20, 
1832, ae. 83 years. 

Children: 319 jfoseph, b Sept. i, 1768, m Mary Ann Tol- 
man ; 320 Eunice, b Dec, 1770, m John Scarrit ; 321 Lydia, b 
1773, m Benj. Hall, d Nov. 8, 1856; 322 /'i?//)', b March, 1775, 
m Samuel Hall ; 323 Elihu, b May i, 1777, m Sarah Cooley ; 
324 Susannah, b May 9, 1779, m Isaac Darrow ; 325 Lois, b 
May 27, 1782, m Amy Hulin ; 325 1-2 Samuel, m ist, Mary 
Culver, 2d, Sally Galpin ; 326 Lyman, b Sept. 16, 1783 ; 327 
Catharine, b 1786, d 1796 ; 328 Marcus, b 1789 ; 329 Sherlock, 
b 1781, m Milly Thurston. 

128. AMASA. 

Amasa Cook, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cook, married 
( after his removal to Goshen ) Rachel Norton, March 5, 1772. 
She died Dec. 17, 1819. He died Dec. 4, 1821, ae. 72 years. 

Children : 330 Sally, b Dec. 28, 1772, m Samuel Chamber- 
lain, she d Aug. i, 1828 ; 331 infant, b Oct. 28, 1774, d same 
day. 

129. PHILIP. 

Philip Cook, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cook, married 
Thankful Tuttle, of Goshen, Conn. He removed to Nassau, 



688 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

N. Y., where she died Jan. 9, 18 16, ae. 64. He ditd March 
26, 1825, ae. 73 years. 

Children: 332 Samuel^ b March 4, 1776 ; T^-Xii Augustus, b 
Jan. 25, 1778, deaf and dumb, d 1843; 334 Erastus, b Dec 
18, 1779; 335 Silas, b Nov. 22, 1781, d Aug. 24, 1811 ; 336 
Gratia T., b Oct. 27, 1784, d unm. Oct. 4, 1840 ; 337 Laura 
H., b Jan. 4, 1787, m Samuel McLellan, M. D. 

132. DANIEL. 

Daniel Cook, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cook, married 
Eliza Porter, of Goshen. He died near the south-west corner 
of the town. 

Children: 338 Ainasa, he was killed by a cart, 1817 ; 339 
Phinms, m Irene Churchill. 

133. MOSES. 

Mos-ES Cook, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Cook, married 
Lydia Thompson. She died Jan. 21, 182 1, ae. 72 years. He 
died Feb. 23, 1841, ae. 77 years. 

Children: 340 George, b July 24, 1791 ; 341 Harriet, b May 
25, 1794, m Samuel Cook ; 342 Betsey, b March 6, 1797 ; 343 
Frederick, b Nov. 9, 1801 ; 344 Moses, b March 2, 1808. 

151. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin, son of John and Naomi Cook, married Charity 
Elliott, of Guildhall, Vt. He died May, 1843. 

Children : 345 EUas, b Sept. 29, 1798 ; 346 Naomi, b May 
25, 1800, d unm. June 15, 1818 ; 347 Benjamin, b April 17, 
1802 ; 348 Charity, b April 8, 1804, d unm. April, 1820; 349 
Ira,h Feb. 23, 1806; 350 Abigail, b Sept. 16, 1808; 351 
Esther, b Feb. 12, 181 1, m Isaac Brooks ; 352 Afiderson, b 
March 30, 1813, m Catherine M. Cramer ; 353 Se/ina, b April 
7, 1816, m Frederick Rich, of Petersham ; 354 Lorenzo, b 
April 15, 1819, d unm. June 6, 1855 ; 355 Setnantha, b June 
18, 1822, m Marshall Twitchell, d Dec. i, 1854. 

155. LEMUEL. 

„ Lemuel Cook, son of John and Naomi Cook, married Han- 
nah Gustin, and settled at Guildhall, Vt. She died June i, 1828. 



GENEALOGIES. 689 

Children: 356 Thomas, b May 7, 1802, d at the west; 357 

Mary, b Aug 6, 1805, m Cheney, May i, 183 1 ; 358 

Bculah, b Dec. 22, 1808, m 1831, d June 8, 1846; 359 Dr. 
Raphael, b May 5, 1810, d Aug., 1834, ae. 24 yrs ; 360 Re- 
becca, b March 31, 18 13, d Feb. 5, 1831, at Guildhall, Vt. ; 361 
Lemuel, b Nov. 20, 1817, d Feb. 12, 1855, ae. 38 yrs ; 362 
Adelphia, b Jan. 13, 1824, m Dec, 1855. 

156. ENO.S. 

Eno.s a. Cook, son of John and Naomi Cook, m Susan 
Palmer, at Granby, Vt. After his decease she went to New 
Portage, Ohio, with her children, of which the following are 
a part, viz. : 

363 Raphael, d in Vermont ; 364 Enos A., residence un- 
known ; 365 Orrin, m Harriet Cook ; 366 Ambrose, resi- 
dence in 1862, Spencer, Medina Co., Ohio. 

157. RAPHAEL. 

Raphael Cook, son of John and Naomi Cook, m Sally 
Fox, of Canada. He died at Guildhall, Vt. His widow m 
Eli Howe, of Guildhall. 

Children : 367 Moses M., is a printer by profession ; 368 
Naojni, went to Stanstead, Canada East. 

161. ZACCHEUS. 

Zaccheus Cook, son of John and Naomi Cook, of Wall- 
ingford and Guildhall, married Phebe Elliot, and settled at 
Dryden, N. ¥., and probably died there. 

Children: 366 jfohn, resided at Guildhall, Vt. ; 370 Pfar- 
riet, m Orrin Cook, son of Enos. 

169. RICE. ♦ 

Rice Cook, son of Ashbel and Rachel Cook, was born at 
Rutland, Vt., removed to Stillwater, N. Y. Married Ann 
. He lived in Troy, N. Y., in 1837. 

Children: 371 Mary Ann ; 372 Sarah Ann ; 373 Rachel; 
374 Rebecca; 375 Lydia Lorraine; 376 Adeline Ann: 377 
Chas. Rice, b Aug. 14, 1820, in Stillwater; 378 jfulia Aim. 



690 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

177. MERRIMAN. 

Merriman Cook, son of Elam and Abigail Hall Cook, m 
Sally, daughter of Moses and Mary Bradley, Aug. 8, 1781. 
She died April 11, 1812. He married Betsey Hubbard, May 
2, 1815 ; she died May 7, 1837. He left Cheshire, his native 
place, in 1809, and settled at Burton, Ohio, where he died 
Aug. 25, 1858. Betsey, his wife, died May 7, 1857. He was 
a tanner and currier by trade, shoemaker, &c., &c. 

Children: 379 jfohn, b Dec. 27, 1782, in Cheshire, Conn.; 
380 Hira7)i, b March 21, 1781, in Cheshire, Conn.; 381 
Soalma, b Feb. 24, 1792, m Adolphus Carlton; 382 Eleazer, 
b Aug. 30, 1799, in Cheshire, Conn. 

178. SA.MiJEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Elam and Abigail Cook, married 
Sue, daughter of Aaron and Mary Cook ; he died Oct. 10, 
1800, ae. 37 ; she died Dec. 24, 1843. 

Children: 383 Clara, b May 12, 1784, m Bellina Plum of 
Cheshire, she died Oct. 28, 1848; 384 Samuel, h 1786 ; 385 
Sa?nanda, b Nov. 6, 1788, m Silas Curtis, Dec, 1806. 

180. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Cook, son of Elam and Abigail Cook, married 
Sukey, daughter of Stephen and Susan Ives of North Haven, 
Oct. 16, 1799 ; he removed to Burton, Ohio, in 18 14, and 
died there Jan. 29, 1854 ; she died Dec. 29, 1843. 

Children : 286 Stephen I. C, h April 6, 1800; 387 Marietta, 
b March 4, 1802, m John Eldridge ; 388 Harriet, b Sept. 27, 
1804, m Oliver Mastick; 389 Sally, b June 4, 1807; 390 
jfulia Ann, b June 27, 1809, died Sept. 12, 1809 ; 391 Horace, 
b Sept. II, 181 1 ; 392 Esther ^., b Oct. 12 1813, m Asa Carl ; 
393 Samuel, b Dec. i, 1815, d June 25, 1816; 394 Lavinia, 
b Aug. II, 18 19, d June 24, 1850. 

181. ELAM. 

Elam Cook, son of Elam and Abigail Cook, married Rebec- 
ca Bradley, Oct. 20, 1799. She died Nov 9, 1829, ae. 51 
years. He died March 17, 1830, ae. 51 years. 



GENEALOGIES. 69 1 

Children: 395 Mirii/s, b July 19, 1800, d Aug. 2, 1804; 
396 EtJu'lhcrt, b Oct. 30, 1801 ; 397 Mariah, b May 28, 1804, 
m Allen Lounsbury ; 398 Abigail, b Aug. 29, 1806, m Perez 
Sanford of Prospect; 399 Rebecca, b March 7, 1809, m Orrin 
Brooks, Meriden \ ^00 Emeli lie, b Sept. 17, 181 1, m Charles R. 
Miles, Cheshire; 401 Elam, b Aug. 15, 1815. 

182. JOSEPH. 

Joseph H. Cook, son of Elam and Abigail Cook, married 
Lucinda Hitchcock of Cheshire, in 1794. They went to 
Sharon, Conn., and from thence to Litchfield, Ohio. 

Children : 402 Matilda, m Rev. Gad Smith ; 403 Lucius, 
m Cornelia Sturges. 

187. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Thaddeus and Sarah Cook, married 
Mary, daughter of Constant Kirtland of Wallingford. He 
was a thrifty farmer in the western part of the town. He died 
Sept. 27, 1824, ae. 66. His widow died March 10, 1839, ae. 
82 years. 

Children : 404 Russc.l, b Sept. 8, 1778, m - — - Hall of Che- 
shire ; 405 Eunice, b Aug. 24, 1780, m Elias Ford Esq., late 
of Naugatuck ; 406 Billious, b Sept. 29, 1782, m Sarah Mun- 
son of Wallingford ; 407 Harriet, b May 17, 1785, m Ira Yale 
Esq., of Wallingford ; 408 Turhaud K., b 1787, m Catharine 
Van Bryan of Catskill ; 409 Samuel, b Feb. 28, 1788, m Mar- 
tha Culver of Wallingford ; 410 Thaddeus, b April 3, 179 1, m 
ist, Julia Cook, 2d, Sylvia Hall, 3d, Thankful Hall, 4th, Mar- 
tha Hall ; 411 George, b April 17, 1794, m Lavinia Culver of 
Wallingford; 412 Friend, b Nov. i. 1797, m Emily Atwater 
of Wallingford ; 413 John, b Dec. 2, 1799, m Mary Munson 
of Northford. 

196. PEREZ. 

Perez Cook, son of Samuel and Jerusha Cook, married 
Nancy E. Ely of Saybrook. He died July 23, 1820, ae. 57 
years. She married Calvin Ely, and died in New Haven. 

Children: 414 Samuel D. F. S., d Jan. 20, 1820; 415 
Virgin us G.,A\w New Haven, CL ; 416 Louisa F. S, m 



692 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 

Augustus Barnes at New Haven ; 417 Nancy Ely^ ni Dr. 
Miller, she died in 1850. 

202. CORNELIUS. 

Cornelius Brooks Cook, son of Aaron and Mary 
( Brooks) Cook, married Louisa Hotchkiss of Cheshire. He 
died Sept. i, 1827, ae. 64 years. She died Aug. 4, 1832, ae. 
67 years. 

Children: 418 Rufus^ b 1790; 419 Charlotte, m ist, Elam 
Dickerman, 2nd, Mr. Piatt; 420, Brooks, b 1798 ; 421 Polly, 
m Asa Bradley of Hamden. 

204. AARON. 

Aaron Cook, son of Aaron and Mary B. Cook, married 
Betsey Preston of Wallingford. He died July 16, 18 17, ae. 44 
years. She died March 26, 1820, ae. 52 years. 

Children: 422 Amasa, b 1791, d unmarried Dec. 18, 1831 ; 
\2T^ Hannah ; 424. Aaron ; 425 Laura, m Marshall Ives of 
Cheshire ; 426 Alfred ; 427 infant, b 1806, d April 23, 1806 ; 
428 Betsey, b 1808, d April 6, 1808 ; 429 Sedgwick, d in 
Windham, N. Y., leaving a family ; 430 Stephen, d in Che- 
shire ; 431 Samuel, b Dec, 1816, d Jan. 29, 1816 ; 432 infant, 
d March 14, 1834. 

205. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Cook, son of Aaron and Mary Brooks Cook, 
married Eunice, daughter of John Bradley, of Wallingford. 
He died Sept. 4, 1800, ae. 29. She died Oct. 18, 1800, ae. 
27 years. 

Children: 433 Sarah, b 1793, d unmarried; 434 Julia, b 
1794, m Thaddeus Cook of Wallingford ; 435 Mary, m ist, 
Merrit Tuttle, 2d, Wm. Todd, Jr. ; 436 Stephen, b June 11, 
1800, d in Mass., buried in North Haven. 

207. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Stephen and Anna ( Culver ) Cook, 

m Smith, and after her death he married Abigail Mallory 

of East Haven. She died Nov. 4, 185 1, aged 91. He died 
May 12, 1823, ae. 71 years. 



GENEALOGIES. 693 

Child by ist marriage : 437 Rachel. By 2d marriage: 438 
Lowh\ b May 18, 1782, m Amos Bird, Dec. 13, 1797; 439 
Electa .,\) ]-A.\\. II, 1785, m Canfield Downs, Oct., 1822; 440 
Hubbard, b Aug. 26, 1787, in Wallingford ; 441 jRoxanna, b 
May 10, 1788, m Newton Hecock, 1814; 442 Stephen, b 1790, 
d ae. 3 yrs. ; 443 Perli/ia, b May, 1795, d 1813 ; 444 Harriet, 
b Dec. 25, 1797, m Samuel Washburn ; 445 Ruth, b 1802, d 
May 16, 1826 ; 446 Charry, b 1804, d 1808. 

208. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Cook, son of Capt. Stephen and Anna Cook, m 
Sylvia Meigs, April 20, 1777. She was born in New Haven, 
May 27, 1760, and died at Adams' Basin, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1849, 
ae. 90. He died at Chateaugay, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1829, ae. 
75 years. 

Children: 447 Chauncey, b March 9, 1778, resides in 
Ottawa, Illinois ; 448 Solomon, b April i, 1780, resides in 
Grand Rapids ; 449 Betsey, b Sept. 10, 1782, d August 2, 
1800; 450 Rebecca, b August 2, 1785, d August 7, 1825; 
451 Sylvia, b Feb. 3, 1788, m J. Morton of Erie, Penn. ; 452 

Sally, b June 5, 1790, m S. M. Moon of , N. Y. ; 453 

Patty, b Feb. 5, 1793, resides near Rochester, N. Y., a widow ; 
454 Stephen,h March 15, 1796, res. atOberlin, Ohio ; 455 Afina, 
b Feb. I, 1799, res. at Plattsburg, N. Y. ; ^^6 Betsey, b July 13, 
1802, m C. D. Graves, Rochester, N. Y. ; 457 Lyman, b Mar. 
20, 1804, res. at Rochester, N. Y. ; 458 Nelson, b Sept. 24, 
1806, res. at Half Day, Illinois. 

210. ELIHU. 

Elihu Cook, son of Stephen and Anna Cook, married 
Lois Thorp, and removed to New Haven, Vt., afterwards to 
Illinois. One son only returned to me. 

Child : 458 1-2 Sherlock. 

212. LYMAN. 

Dr. Lyman Cook, son of Stephen and Thankful Cook, m 
Sarah Lyon, and went to Westchester Co., N. Y. He was aid 
to Gen. Thomas with rank of Colonel in 1807, and also 
V v 



694 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

sheriff of the county of Westchester six years. He died at 
Painesville, Ohio. 

Child: 459 Caroline, b Sept. 6, 1797, m Stephen Matthews 
of Painesville, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1824. 

213. JARED. 

Maj. Jared Cook, son of Stephen and Thankful Cook, 
married Lucy Munson, Feb. 28, 18 19. He died Aug. 14, 
1828, ae. 53 years. She was burned to death in 1869. 

Children: 460 George Lambert, h Nov. 21, 18 19, d Jan. 2, 
1820; 461 jfared Philos, b Feb. i, 1822. 

214. LEMUEL. 

Lemuel Cook, son of Stephen and Anna Tyler Cook, 
married Mrs. Hannah Sears, formerly Bunnel, in 18 13. He 
married, 2nd, Sinai Bunnel, in 1825. He died Sept. 3, 1841, 
ae. 62, at Northford. 

Child: ^di Augustine, \) 18 14, m S. B. Hoadley of New 
Haven. 

215. MALACHL 

Malachi Cook Esq., son of Stephen and Anna Cook, 
married Sarah Taintor, Dec. 25, 1802 ; he died May 27, 
1858, ae. 77 yrs. She died Nov. 9, 1852, ae. 69 yrs. He was 
a side judge of New Haven County Court for several years. 

Children: 463 Emily Cecilia, b April 21, 1803, m Thomas 
R. Lindsley ; 464 Homer L. M., b April 3, 1805 ; 465 Virgil, 
b June 22, 1808; 466 Ossian, h^o\. 19, 1810; 467 Her- 
mine C, b June 4, 18 13, m Gilbert Buck ; 468 Grace T.,h 
Sept. 16, 1815 ; 469 Henrietta A., b Sept. 3, 18 17, m, George 
Butler; 470 £llen,h Oct. 21, 1819, m Alexander Brainard ; 
471 Sarah Delia, b Jan. 19, 1823; ^'j 2 Harriet E.,h Oct. 
23, 1827, m Bennet Atwood. 

224. TITUS. 

Titus Cook, son of Titus and Sarah Cook, m Lucy Leete 
of Guilford, Conn. ; he died in Wallingford. 

Children : 473 jfulia, m George Bull of Wallingford ; 474 
Lucretia, m Weber of Wallingford ; 475 Jared R.; 



GENEALOGIES. 695 

476 Levcrdt, resides in Meriden, m Hotchkiss of 

Ciieshire ; 477 A?hirc7v ; 478 Louisa, m Henry Lane. 

226. ATWATER. 

Atwater Cook, son of Abel and Mary Atwater Cook, m 
Mary Bartholomew. He went to Sheffield, Mass. ; from 
thence to Salisbury, Herkimer Co., N. Y., where he died, 
June 29, 1839, ae. 80 yrs. She died July 2, 1844, ae. 86 yrs. 

Children: 479 Roxilana, b Sept. 25, 1777, d Sept. 15, 1852 ; 
480 Rosaiina, b April 14, 1782 ; 481 Mary, b April 3, 1784, d 
Jan. 13, 1853 ; 482 Thaddcus R., b July 23, 1786; 483 Julia, 
b July 23, 1788 ; 484 Friend, b Jan. 27, 1792; 485 Atwater 
H. IV., h Dec. 17, 1795, d ¥eh. 4, 1853 ; 486 Betsey, b April 
19, 1798 ; 487 Abel, b Sept. 27, 1801, d ae. 21 yrs ; 488 Delia, 
b Sept. 4, 1806. 'Z 

227. PORTER. 

1 
Porter Cook, son of Abel and Mary Cook, married Sally 

Jarvis, in 1785 ; he died Dec. 26, 1848, ae. 89. She died 

Oct. 31, 1 84 1, ae. 81 yrs. 

Children : 489 Alfred, b Feb 5, 1786 ; 490 Merriek, b May 

18, 1788; 491 Randall, b July 19, 1790; 492 Philo, b Sept. 

30, 1792 ; 493 Sally, b Feb. 22, 1795, d in Ohio ; 494 Frank- 

li?i, b April i, 1797, d in Wallingford. 

229. ABEL. 

Abel Cook, son of Abel and Mary Cook, married Mamre 
Bliss ; she died Dec. 19, 1790. He died May 23, 1828, ae. 63 
years. His 2d wife, Viney Cook, died Dec. 28, 1848, ae. 83 
years, all buried in Northford cemetery. 

Children by ist marriage: 495 Bliss, b April 25, 1787, d 
April 28, 1823, "^^^ 36- By 2d marriage: i^()6 Leverett, b Jan. 
3, 1794; 497 Cornelia, b Feb. 21, 1797, m Wm. Everts, of 
Northford; 498 Marietta, b Sept 8, 1799, m Timothy Bar- 
tholomew ; 499 Emily, b July 23, 1802, m Chas. M. Fowler; 
500 Philander, b Oct. 13, 1804 ; 501 yennette, b May 5, 1807, 
d Nov. 12, 1832. 

233. CHESTER. 

Chester Cook, son of Abel and Mary Cook, married ist, 



696 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

Thankful Hall, of Wallingford ; 2d, Polly Norton, widow of 
Jesse Street. Mr. Cook was a farmer and shoemaker. 

Children by I St marriage : 502 Caroline, h ^Q^i. 5, 1801, 
m Orrin Andrews, of Wallingford ; 503 Manila, b Nov. 17, 
1803, m Sherlock Avery, of Wallingford ; c^o\ Hiram, b April 
27, 1805, m Marks. 

231. DAVID. 

Capt. David M. Cook, son of Abel and Mary Cook, married 
Elizabeth Day Hall; she died Dec., 1855. He died 1857, ae. 
91 years. He was frequently a member of the Legislature of 
the State, and selectman of the town. He was a farmer and 
shoemaker. 

Children: 505 Betsey, \i May, 1797, m Philo Hall, she d 
1858; 506 Eliakini, b Nov. 8, 1801, d in childhood ; 507 
Elijah, b Nov. 28, 1804, d in childhood ; 508 Maria, b June 
23, 1805, m Willis Todd, and d in Northford. 

234. OLIVER. 

Oliver Dudley Cook, son of Aaron and Lucretia Dudley 
Cook, graduated for the ministry at Yale College, in 1793. 
He married Sophia Pratt, and settled in Hartford, Conn., 
where he became an extensive bookseller and binder, accu- 
mulated a very large estate, and died April 24, 1833, ae. 67 
years. His wife died March 20, 1833, ae 58 years. 

Children: 509 E(hvard P., b 1800, d Sept. 18, 1846; 510 
Oliver D., d Oct 24, 183 1 ; 511 a dau., m Wm. Hammersley. 

236. KILBORN. 

KiLBORN Cook, son of Aaron and Lucretia Dudley Cook, 
m Emma Williams; she was born March 8, 1771, and died in 
Illinois, in 1835. He died suddenly at North Guilford, June 
9, 1832. 

Children : 512 Eunice, b Sept. 29, 1796, m Abram Coan, she 
d May 28, 1859 ; 513 Margaretta, b Dec. 30, 1798, d June 3, 
1834; 514 Aaron Dudley, resides in Illinois ; 515 Bertha, m 
Nath'l Bartlett ; 516 Lucretia Ann, x\\ Erastus Benton ; 517 
Increase W., b Feb., 1807, d 1847 ; 518 Caroline Jenette, m 
Erastus Benton. 



GENEALOGIES. 697 

240. APOLLOS. 

Apollos Cook, son of Aaron and Lucretia D. Cook, mar- 
ried Ruth, daughter of Capt. Caleb Atwater, of Wallingford, 
Nov. 22, 1813, and settled at Catskill, N. Y. He died July 
6, 1832, £e, 46 years. 

Children: 519 Mary A., b Dec. 5, 1814, m George Griffing, 
May 20, 1845 ; 520 James, b July 4, 1817, d Jan. 6, 1842 ; 
521 Frederick, b March 19, 1819 ; 522 Caroline E., b April 5, 
182 1, m Rev. Frank Olmsted ; 523 John A., b Oct. 23, 1823 ; 
524 E??iily H., b Feb. 25, 1826; 525 Edward H., b June 24, 
1828, d May 28, 1835 ; 526 Francis II., b March 16, 183 1. 

241. THOMAS. 

Thomas B. Cook, son of Aaron and Lucretia (Dudley) 
Cook, m Catherine, dau. of Capt. Caleb Atwater, and went 
to Catskill, N. Y., where he died. 

Children : 527 Frances H. ; 528 Mary A.; 529 Ruth A. ; 
530 John C. ; S3 1 Franklin H. ; 532 Atwater. 

Z\1. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Cook, son of Moses and Jemima Upson, married 
Anna Bronson, Aug. i, 1792. She was born Dec. 25, 1770, 
and died Nov. 25, 1855. He died Nov. 26, 1855, ae. 87 yrs., 
just 10 hours before his wife died 

Children: 533 Edward B., b March 18, 1793 ; 534 Samuel, 
b Dec. 12, 1794; 535 Susan J., b Oct 25, 1797, m Mark 
Leavenworth, Dec. 16, 182 1 ; 536 Sarah L., b Oct. 29, 1799, 
m Salome Austin of Southington ; 537 Nancy, b Nov. 16, 
1801, m Wm. Scoville of Middletovvn, 1828 ; 538 A^athan, b 
Jan., 1804 ; 539 George, b April 8, 1806, d July 19, 1815 ; 540 
George William, b Feb. 28, 181 1. 

249. DANIEL. 

Daniel Cook, son of Moses and Jemima Cook, married 
Sally Sperry, of Waterbury, Nov. 25, 1799. He died Dec. 
20, 1857, £6. 85 years. She died Nov. 13, 1861, ae. 83 years. 

Children: 541 Marcus, b Sept. 12, 1800, d Feb 9, 1831 ; 



698 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

542 Sarah P.^ b Aug. i, 1804, m Thomas B. Segur, in 1826; 

543 Moses Stiles, b 181 2, resides in Waterbury, Conn. 

259. ELUTHEROS. 

Elutheros Cook, son of Asaph and Sarah Parker Cook, 
married Martha Caswell, of Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. 
He was a lawyer in Washington Co., N. Y., before his re- 
moval to Sandusky, Ohio. He was frequently a member of 
the Ohio Legislature, and was a member of Congress from 
1831 to 1833. He died at Sandusky, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1864. 

Children: 544 Sarah E.,h ]^r\. 16, 1816, m Wm More- 
head; 545 Pitt, b July 23, 1819 ; 546 ^ay, b Aug. 10, 1821, 
banker in Philadelphia; 547 Henry Z>., b Nov. 25, 1825; 
548 Elutheros, b Dec. 20, 1828, d Oct., 1850, ae. 22 ; 549 
Catherme E., b Sept. 15, 183 1, d Oct., 1834, as. 3. 

262. ERASTUS. 

Erastus Cook, son of Asaph and Sarah P. Cook, married 
Fanny Anderson, Nov. 10, 1826. He went to Sandusky City, 
Ohio, and was postmaster there from 1836-41. He died 
in 1849. 

Children: 550 James IF., b 1830; 551 George A., b 1840; 
552 Emma E., b 1843 ; they all resided in Sandusky. 

270. HORACE. 

Horace Cook, son of Charles and Elizabeth Cook, mar- 
ried Roxanna Thomas, Dec. 20, 1824, and located himself 
at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y. 

Children: 553 Horace Ah'lson, b Oct. 26, 1825, d Sept. 17, 
1848, £e. 23 ; 554 jfohn Spafford, b June 15, 1828. 

271. CHARLES. 

Charles Cook, son of Charles and Elizabeth Cook, mar- 
ried Harriet Cunningham, and resided at Roberts Corners, 
N. Y. 

Children: 555 Elizabeth; 556 Charles; 557 Curtis; 
558 Harriet. 

272. ELISHA. 

Elisha Cook, son of Charles and, Elizabeth Cook, re- 



GENEALOGIES. 699 

moved from Sackett's Harbor to Huron Co., Ohio., where 
he died in 1852, fe. 51 years. 

Children : 559 Elizabeth, b 1835 ; 560 Charles, b 1838, d 
Feb., 1853 ; 561 Elisha, b 1840. 

280 AMOS. 

Amos Cook, son of Amos and Rhoda Cook, married 
Sabrina Mix. 

Children: 562 Amos; 563 Rhoda; 564 Orrin. 

283. LYMAN. 

Lyman Cook, son of Amos and Rhoda Cook, married, and 
left Wallingford in earl}' life. 

Children : 565 Lyman W. ; 566 Sidney H. 

285. JOEL. 

Capt. JoKL Cook, son of Col. Isaac and Martha Cook of 
Wallingford, m Rebecca Hart, Jan. i, 1784. He entered the 
army of the Revolution with his father in 1776, and served 
through the war. In 18 12 he was a distinguished officer 
under Gen. Harrison, in many hard fought battles with the 
Indians. He died at ( Deer Park ) Babylon, L. I., Dec. 18, 
185 1, ae. 92 years. 

Children : 567 Lucy, b April 5, 1785, m James Calstead, 
July 22, 1804; 568 Miticrva, b June 18, 1789 ; 569 Leander, 
b March 10, 1792, d at Cincinnati, Ohio ; 570 Patty, b Nov. 

27, 1794 j 571 Rebecca, b April 5, 1798 ; 572 Phebe, b Jan 5, 
1801 ; 573 Jennette, b July 8, 1804 \ 574 Joel Wilcox, b April 

28, 1808,' res. in Babylon, L. I. 

286. LEMUEL. 

Lemuel Cook, son of Col. Isaac and Martha Cook, m 
Betsey Bates in 1784. He removed to Lewiston, Niagara Co., 
N. Y., in 1793. She died Sept., 182 1. 

Children: 575 Lathrop,h Nov. 23, 1785, in Wallingford; 
576 Bates, b Dec. 23, 1787 ; 577 Laura, died in infancy in 
Wallingford; 578 Laura, b May 13, 1792, in Wallingford; 
^jg Betsey, h June 30, 1794; 580 Amelia, h Sept. 5, 1796; 
581 Lsaac C, h 1803 ; 582 Amanda M., b Nov. 6, 1805. 



700 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

287. JAMES. 

James Cook, son of Col. Isaac and Martha Cook, married 
Chloe Royce, May 4, 1786 He was a seaman, and is sup- 
posed to have been lost or died at sea previous to 1813. 

Children, all born in Wallingford : 583 Miles ; 584 Melissa; 
585 Angelina: 586 Lucinda ; 587 Chloe; 588 Eliza. 

289. ISAAC. 

Isaac Cook Esq., son of Isaac and Martha Cook, married 
Margaretta Scott, in 1792. He emigrated to Chillicothe, Ohio, 
in 1791, and was made an associate judge of the court of Com- 
mon Pleas. He died Jan. 22, 1844. 

Children: 589 ^//>(Z, b Oct. 21, 1793, d Aug. 3, 1799; 
590 Martha^ b June 23, 1794, d June 24, 1796 ; 591 Isaac 
T, b March 6, 1797; 592 Luc-}\ b Feb. 11, 1799, d March 
28, 1800; 593 Marietta, b March 9, 1801, m James Webb, 
M. D. ; 594 Matthew Scott, b April 9, 1803 ; 595 Elizabeth, b 
March 27, 1805, m John Nelson ; 596 William, b April 18, 
1807 ; 597 John Joseph, b May 28, 1809 ; 598 Lucy Hall, b 
May 25, 181 1 ; 599 Phebe, b Aug. 8, 1813, m Wm. McKell, 
May 26, 1836; 600 Margaretta Scott, b April 9, 18 17, m 
Moses Boggs, Aug. 3, 1841. 

294. AUGUSTUS. 

Capt. Augustus Cook, son of Caleb and Abigail Cook, 
m Sybel Beach, of Goshen, Sept. 2, 1790; she died Sept. 28, 
1792, ae. 22 years. He married Sarah Button, June 30, 1793J 
she died April 28, 1854, ae. 80 years. He died at Middle- 
town, Conn., where he had resided many years, April 18, 
1866, ae. 79 years. He was a manufacturer of shoes. 

Children: 601 Luther Duttori,h ]\.\nQ 21, 1794; 602 Sybil 
B., b June 23, 1797, m Wm. R. Catting, and d Oct. 25, 1825 ; 
603 Margaretta, b Jan. 12, 1800, m Wm. S. Camp, Esq., of Mid- 
dletown; 604 Sarah, b May 22, 181 i,m Samuel Stearns, Esq., 
of Middletown ; 605 Catharine, b May 22, 1813, d Sept. 23, 
1813 ; 606 Catharine, b Dec. 30, 1814, m Peter Lanman, she 
d Jan. 4, 1834. 



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300. CALEB. 

Caleb Cook, Esq., son of Caleb and Abigail Cook, m 
Amelia, daughter of Jared and Rhoda Lewis, Oct. 16, 1808. 
He left Wallingford and settled at Richland, Oswego Co., 
N. Y. He died at Sandusky, Ohio, on his return from a visit to 
his children at the West, in July, 1852, and was buried in the 
Oakland cemetery. She died at Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y., 
June 8, 1840. 

Children: 607 Louisa C, b July 10, 1809, m Rev. Henry 
Maltby ; 608 Lewis, b March 15, 181 1; 609 Henry C, b 
Sept. II, 1 8 13, d at Sidney, Ohio; 610 Frederick, b June 11, 
1815 ; 611 jfuiief, b June 28, 1817, m C. Preston, she d 
in 1852; 612 Edward IL., d ae. 4 yrs. ; 613 Marga^-etta, b 
May 25, 1819, d Oct. 23, 1820; 614 Augustus, b Nov. 3, 
1823, d Nov 2, 1848 ; 615 William C, b July 27, 1825, re- 
sides in Richland, N. Y. ; 616 LLenrieffa, b 1828, d in Wall- 
ingford ; 617 Henry A/wafer, b March i, 1832, d in infancy. 

302. CHAUNCEY. 

Chauncey Cook, son of Ambrose and Esther Peck Cook, 
married Eunice Button of Wallingford. He kept a tavern 
in Wallingford and in New Haven for a long time, and died 
in the latter place Jan. 22, 1827, ae. 60 years. His widow 
died at the residence of her son Charles C, in Ohio. 

Children: 6\d> Lajira, h Oct. 25, 1791, m Orrin Winchell, 
of New Haven; 619 Cha?'lcs C, b Jan. 22, 1799, is a phy- 
sician in Ohio ; 620 Chauncey,\> Nov. 30, 181 1, d July 6, 1812. 

303. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Ambrose and Esther Cook, m Mar- 
tha, daughter of Benjamin Cook, Aug. i, 1792. He died 
Aug. 30, 1826, aged 57. He was a shoemaker. 

Children: 621 John Milton, b Feb. i, 1795; 622 Martha 
A., b Oct. 25, 1805, m Elihu Hall, Wallingford ; 623 Lucy A., 
b Oct. 25, 1805. 

306. CHARLES. 

Charles Cook, son of Ambrose and Esther P. Cook, m 



J02 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Svlvia, daughter of Elihu and Lucretia Yale : she died at 
WaUingford, Feb. i. 18:25. He died at Cuyahoga Falls, CMiio, 
June, 1845, aged 70 years. 

Children : 624 Otis, b April 8, 1797, m Butler, of Rocky 

Hill : 625 Sifiai, b Sept. 17, 1798, m John Miller White, of 
Middlefield, Conn.; 626 Peter, b July 16, 1800; 627, 
Thomas, b Feb. i, 1802, d in 1862, ae. 60 ; 628 Charles, b Aug. 
13. 1804. res. in Hartford, Conn. : 629 Orrin. b May 8, 1808, 
had no family, d at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio ; 630 Heniy, b Feb. 
12, 1810, d 1865-6 : 631 Isaac, b Aug. 17, 1813, d at St. Jago, 
Cuba, W. L 

315. MUNSON. 

Capt. Muxsox Cook, son of Benjamin and Esther Rice 
Cook, married Thankful Austin, Sept. 4, 1796. They went 
to MiddletowTi, Ct. ; afterwards they came to Cheshire, Ct., 
where she died, Dec. 24, 1853. He died Aug. 18, 1862, a. 86. 

Children : 632 Sainantha, b Sept. 4, 1797, d May 31, 18 19 ; 
633 Charles B., b Sept. 27, 1799, d Jan. 31, 1850 : 634 Betsey, 
b July 4. 1801, d Oct. 3, 1820 ; 635 Caroline, b June 8, 1803, 
d March 9, 1826; 636 Hobart,\i Aug. 7, 1805, d Oct. 21, 
1807 ; 637 Hobart M.. b July 9, 1807 ; 638 Emelitie, b May 
8, 1809, d March i, 1826 ; 639 Xathari R., b Aug. 10, 181 1 ; 
640 Eliza Ann, b May i, 18 13, m James R. Hall ; 641 Ozia^ 
A., b Dec. 18, 1814: 642 Oliver JI'.. h March 21, 1817; 
643 Philander, b July 3, 1819 : 644 Joel, b Oct. 15, 1820 ; 
645 Hetiry H., b April 17, 1823, d July 18, 1825. 

316. DAXIEL. 

Daxiel Cook, son of Benjamin and Esther Cook, married 
1st, Mar\- Thorp, June 13, 1799. After her decease he mar- 
ried Catherine Smith, daughter of Stanton Smith, April 22, 
1822. He moved to the State of New York and died there 
in i860. 

Children by ist marriage: 646 Phebe, b Aug. 14, 1801 : 
647 Ahna R., b June 23, 1805 ; 648 Maria, b May 15, 1807; 
640 Elizur, b Oct. 9, 1810: 650 Alexander, b March 11, 



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1813. Bv 2d marriage: 651 Hiram, b Feb. 20, 1823. By 
3d marriage : John, is a sailor. 

319. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Cook, son of Merriman and Mar}- Cook, married 
Mar}- A. Talman, Nov. 30, 1774, and went to Saratoga 
Springs, X. Y.. where he was living a few years since, at the 
age of 94 years. His wife died April 4, i860, ae. 86 years. 

Children: 652 Ransom, b Nov. 8. 1794, in Wallingford : 
653 Marcus, b Nov. 25, 1796, in Norw-ich, Ct. ; 654 Andrew. 
b Jan. 18, 1799, in Nonvich, Ct. ; 655 Mary A., b Nov. 23, 
1800, in Norwich, Ct. : 656 Harvey, b April 15. 1803, at 
Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y. ; 657 Joseph, b Nov. i, 
1805, d July I, 1808; 658 Nelson, b Oct. 8, 1808, d in 
Saratoga Co., N. Y. : 659 Truman, b Oct. 25, 1810; 660 Eli, 
b July 15. 1814, d. at Milton, N. Y., April 20. 1816 : 661 
jfulia E., b Aug. 14, 181 7, res. at Milton, N. Y. 

323. ELIHU. 

Elihu Cook, son of Merriman and Man,- Cook, married 
Sarah Cooley, of ^Vallingford, in 1798. He died in 1855, ae. 
79 years. She died several years since. He was a hatter 
at Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y. 

Children: 662 Eliza, m Mr. Davis; 663 Harriet: 664 
Merriman, supposed to be now li\-ing at Syracuse, N. Y. 

325 1-2. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Merriman and Man,- Cook, married 
Mar}', dau. of Charles Culver, of Wallingford. She died in 
1838. He married Sally Galpin, and resides at Northum- 
berland, Saratoga Co., N. Y. 

Children : 665 Amanda, m James Yan Byring, d 1854 : 666 
Lydia. m Reuben Wait: 667 Patty: 668 jamcs ; 669 Charles, 
d a;. 24 vrs. ; 670 Samuel, b March 27, 1819 : 671 Alfred, b 

1824. By 2d wife : 672 Elizabeth, m R B , in 1830 : 

673 George. 

326. LVMAX. 

Lymax Cook, son of Merriman and Man,- Cook, married 
Amv Hulin, and settled at Malta, Saratoga Co.. N. Y. 



704 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 674 A/ena, b Jan. 31, 1809, m ist, Joseph Gor- 
man, Aug. 17, 1826, 2d, Samuel Hall ; 675 Mary E., b April 
22, 18 1 1, m Oliver Lockwood, July 3, 1832 ; 676 Charles If., 
b July 20, 1813; (ii'] Delia A., b Nov. 26, 1815, m Henry 
Warring, Jan. 9, 1839; 678 Edmond, b May 3, 1818, d Aug 
3, 1818 ; b^jf) Lyman JV., h June 4, 1820; 6S0 Belsey M , h 
May 12, 1822, d Nov. 26, 1826 ; 681 Edwin D., h July 25, 
1824; 682 Henry M., h Feb. 18, 1827, d Dec. 26, 1827 ; 683 
^o/in C, b Feb. 21, 1829, d Feb. 10, 183 1 ; 684 Sarah, b 
July II, 1833. 

329. SHERLOCK. 

Sherlock Cook, son of Merriman and Mary Cook, mar- 
ried Milly Thurston about 18 12. They removed to Western, 
N. Y., and he is supposed to have died there in 1850. Only 
four of his children are supposed to be living— present resi- 
dence unknown. 

332. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Philip and Thankful T. Cook, mar- 
ried Fanny Fuller of Sandisfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1803. They 
went to Nassau, N. Y., and from thence to Ballston Spa, 
where he died May 15, 1815. His 2nd wife, Harriet Cook of 
Goshen, Ct., died April 15, 1828. 

Children: 685 James M.,h Nov. 19, 1807. By 2d mar- 
riage : 686 Samuel J/., h July 18, 1823. 

334. ERASTUS. 

Erastus Cook, son of Philip and Thankful T. Cook, 
married Jerusha Hewins of Richmond, Mass., in 1800. He 
died at Ashtabula, Ohio, 1850. 

Children : 686 Allhea, b March 18, 1801 ; 686 1-2 Maria T., 
b April 19, 1802 ; 687 Amanda, d young ; 688 Silas; 689 jfoseph. 

338. AMASA. 

Amasa Cook, son of Daniel and Eliza Cook, married ist, 
Polly Churchill. 2nd, Sally Rowe. He was accidentally 
killed by a cart, while entering his barn with a load of hay, 
in 1817. 

Child : 690 Philip, b in Goshen, Ct. 



GENEALOGIES. 705 

339. PHINEAS. 

Phineas Cook, son of Daniel and Eliza Cook, married 
Irene Churchill, and removed to Michigan in 1836 or 1837. 

Children: 691 Betsey; 692 Daniel, m Mary Kirby ; 693 
Eliza, m Salmon Hall ; 694 Darius, m Jane Adams ; 695 
Mary Ann ; 696 Pliunas ; 697 Harriet. 

340. GEORGE. 

George Cook, son of Moses and Lydia Cook, married 
Roxy Grant, of Norfolk. She died Oct. 24, 1841, ae. 47 yrs. 
He died in 1864. 

Children : 698 Caroli?ie M., b June 10, 18 18 ; 699 Ralph F., 
b May 10, 182 1, has resided in New London, and Goshen, 
Conn. 

343. FREDERICK. 

Frederick Cook, son of Moses and Roxy Cook, married 
Louisa McKinley of Georgia, in April, 1827, and settled at 
Lexington, Ga., where he died April 4, 1843. 

Child : 700 Maria Elizabeth, b Feb. 28, 1828, m Alexander 
Allen. 

344. MOSES. 

Moses Cook, son of Moses and Roxy Cook, married 
Emily M. Beecher of Goshen. He is an inn-keeper near the 
center of Goshen. 

Children: 701 Harriet E., b Oct. 17, 1832; 702 Emily, 
b May 7, 1834 ; 703 Frederick A., b Jan. 27, 1838, ist Lieut. 
2nd Conn. Artillery; 704 Moses, b March 26, 1842, d 1863, 
Sergt. of 2nd Comp. Artillery ; 705 William R., b July 4, 
1852 ; 706 George B., b May 17, 1855, ist Lieut. Comp. D, 
4th Reg. Conn, volunteers. 

345. ELIAS. 

Elias Cook, son of Benjamin and Charity E Cook of 
Guildhall, Vt., married Maria Brookins, May 26, 1825. He 
had been a teacher in various parts of the country. ; is at this 
time a resident of Ware, Hocking Co., Ohio. 

Children: 707 Caroline E., b March 12, 1826, m Peter 



706 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Smith, May 2, 1832 ; 708 Martha A., b May 10, 1827; 709 
Helen S., b May 28, 1829, m Wm. Comstock, June 16, 1849 ; 
710 Raphael G., b Jan. 17. 1832, d Sept., 1833 ; 711 Raphael 
E., b June 7, 1833, U. S. Army, 1862 5712 Cyrus B., b Dec. 
I, 1834; 713 Harriet E., b Sept. 6, 1836, m James Parden, 
March, 1857 ; 714 Albert E., b Sept. 5, 1840 ; 715 Emma L., 
b Dec, 1842. 

347. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Cook, son of Benjamin and Charity L. Cook, 
m Betsey ; residence. Petersham, Mass. 

Children ; 716 Harriet S., h April 23, 1830, has been twice 
married 5717 Sandford B., b May 6, 1832 ; 718 George O., b 
Oct. 14, 1834; 719 Charles Elliot, b Sept. 6, 1836; 720 
Mary Elizabeth, b April 30, 1839, m Nathan Knowlton. 

349. IRA. 

Ira Cook, son of Benjamin and Charity E. Cook, married 
Lucy Clapp, Oct, 3, 1837, and settled at Athol Depot, Mass., 
as a boot and shoemaker. He married for 2d wife, Sarah 
Kimball, May 10, 1853. His first wife died March 12, 1852. 

Children: 721 Eliza Jane, b Sept. 13, 1838,111 Samuel Searls, 
May 7, 1857; 722 Vernon Stiles, h April 2, 1841, in U. S. 
Army, 1862 ; 723 Lucy Ellen, b Dec. 30, 1845, d in 1852. 
By 2nd marriage: 724 Sarah Ellen, b Oct. 18, 1855. 
379. JOHN. 

John Cook, son of Merriman and Sally Cook of Cheshire , 
Ct., married Meroa, daughter of Josiah and Thankful Smith 
of Cheshire, March, 1804. He went to Ohio and settled at 
Burton in 1806, where he died March 21, 1848. 

Children: 725 Nabby,h Aug. 16, 1805, d Oct. 23, 1806; 
726 Harriet E., b Aug. 20, 1807, m His Excellency Seabury 
Todd, Esq., of Ohio; 727 Josiah S., b May 10, 1810 ; 728, 
Sally R., b Feb. 25, 1815, m Geo. Boughtoft. 

380. HIRAM. 

Hi RAM Cook, son of Merriman and Sally Cook, of Che- 
shire, married Lucinda, dau. of Ichabod and Lydia Hitch- 



GENEALOGIES. /O/ 

cock of Cheshire. They removed to Ohio in 1815, and 
settled in Burton, Ohio. 

Children: 729 Sa/Iy A., b July 10, 1807, m Raymond Gay- 
lord; 730 Lvi/ia, b Aug. 3, 18 16, m Sherman Goodwin, M. 1).; 
731 E/iza A., b Sept. 8, 1818, m Peter Hitchcock, Esq. ; 732 
Sarilla, b Dec. 20, 1827, m Richard Dayton, she d in 1833. 

382. ELZAR. 

Elzar Cook, son of Merriman and Sally Cook, married 
Maria Beard of Huntington, Conn. He went to Ohio in 
1807, at the age of eight years. 

Child : 733 Elizabeth^ b March 24, 1830. 

384. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Samuel and Sue Cook of Cheshire, 
m Esther Curtis, Feb. 17, 1817. He was deputy sheriff for a 
number of years at Cheshire, where he died Feb. 19, 1859, £e. 
68 years. 

Children: 734 Samuel., died young; 735 Robert H., b Dec. 
18, 1823. 

386. STEPHEN. 

Stephen J. C, son of Ephraim and Sukey Cook, married 
Lucinda Dudley of North Guilford, Conn., Jan. i, 1828. 

Children: 736 Abigail, b Dec. 23, 1829, d March 18, 
1833 j 737 Samuel D., b April 14, 1832 ; 738 Abigail, b 
Aug. 18, 1836, d Sept. 12, 1842 ; 739 Celestina, b March 7, 
1440 ; 740 Ephraim 7^, b Feb. 21, 1843. 

391. HORACE. 

Horace Cook, son of Ephraim and Sukey Cook, married 
Lydia E. Hickox, Dec. 15, 1842, res. in Burton, Ohio. 

Children: i\\ Melissa N.,\i ]v\y 24, 1845; 742 Sarah, b 
Aug. 8, 1849 ; 743 Eliza N., b Jan. 8, 1852. 
396. ethelbert. 

Eth ELBERT CooK, SOU of Elam and Rebecca B. Cook of 
Cheshire, Conn., married Philander Sanford of Prospect ; he 
died March 7, 1853 ; she died Nov. 8, 1854. 

Child: "^w Lauren E., b April 17, 1833, m Carrie Perkins, 
Nov. 12, i860. 



708 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

401. ELAM. 

Elam Cook, son of Elam and Rebecca Cook of Cheshire, 
Ct., m Lois, daughter of Jesse and Eliza Humiston of said 
town. 

Children: 745 Eliza A. ^ b Feb. 6, 1842 ; 746 Theodore A., 
b March 17, 1845 ; 747 Amelia R., b Feb. 8, 1856. 

404. RUSSEL. 

RussEL Cook, son of Samuel and Mary K. Cook of Wall- 
ingford, married Miss Hall of Cheshire, where he resided for 
some time. From Cheshire he went, it is supposed, to Ohio, 
where it is supposed by his friends that he died. 

406. BILLIOUS. 

BiLLious Cook, son of Samuel and Mary R. Cook, mar- 
ried Sarah Munson, daughter of Elizabeth. He died July 25, 
1828, ae. 45 years. She died May 4, 1855, ae. 70 years. 

Children: 1 a^^ Chaumey M.^h OoX. 10, 1805; 749 Mary 
K., b Jan. i, 1807, m Edwin L. Hall ; 750 Russel, b Oct. 21, 
1809 ; 751 Sarah, b April 30, 181 1, m Horace Tuttle of 
Hamden, Ct. ; 752 Turhand K., b July 11, 1817 ; 753 ^ane 
R., h March 6, 18 19, m Ambrose Todd of Fair Haven, Ct. ; 
754 Emily, b 1824, died in infancy. 

408. TURHAND. 

Turhand K. Cook, son of Samuel and Mary K. Cook, mar- 
ried Catharine Van Bergen of Catskill, N. Y., and resided there 
until his decease. He was a merchant, inn-keeper and clerk 
of the county of Greene, N. Y. He died December 3d, 185 1, 
aged 64 years. He married Catharine A. Allen, for his 3d 
wife, in January, 1848. 

Children: 755 Ann Eliza, b Nov. 26, 1827, was at Cincin- 
nati in 1856 ; 756 Mary Kirtland, b August 3, 1829, mar- 
ried Charles J. Russ in 1847 ; 757 Wm. Van Biireti, b March, 
183 1, d Sept 24, 1849 ; 758 John Washhiirfon, b Dec. 7, 1839. 

409. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Cook, son of Samuel and Mary K. Cook, married 
Martha Culver, daughter of Benjamin. He was three years 



GENEALOGIES. /OQ 

high sheriff of New Haven county, postmaster and town 
clerk of Wallingford. He died Dec. i8, 1843, ae. 55 years, at 
Cheshire. His remains were interred in Wallingford. His 
widow died at the house of her son Samuel A. Cook, in 
Waterbury, July 6, i86i,'ae. 67 years. 

Children : 759 Delos Ford^ d in Wallingford of consump- 
tion ; 760 Henry y^., m Delia Cook, dau. of Benj. T. ; 761 
Harriet, m Wm. Frisbie of Branford, she d Dec. 26, i860 ; 

762 Kirtla/id, b 1822, m Tuttle, d at Cheshire; 763 

Samuel A., m Lucinda Hitchcock ; 764 Willia7n, res. at 
Pond Hill, Wallingford. 

410. THADDEUS. 

Col. Thaddeus Cook, son of Samuel and Mary K. Cook, 
married ist, Julia Cook, daughter of Stephen, of Cheshire; 
2d, Sylvia Hall, dau. of Andrew and Diana Hall ; 3d, Thank- 
ful, and 4th, Martha Hall. The two last were daughters of 
Josiah Hall, of Wallingford. 

Child by first marriage: 765 jfulia, m ist, Horace Tuttle, 
2d, Wm. Francis. Child by 2d marriage : 766 Catherine, m 
David Hall of Wallingford. Children by 4th marriage : 767 
Caroline, m Rev. Benjamin Paddock, of Detroit, Michigan ; 
768 Sarah, m O. Ives Martin, of Wallingford ; 769 Emma^va. 
Edwin F. Cook, son of Leander ; 770 Francelia, h Oct. 12, 
1825, d Feb. 25, 1836. 

411. GEORGE. 

George Cook, son of Samuel and Mary Kirtland Cook, 
married Lavinia, daughter of Benjamin Culver. He died at 
Wallingford, Feb. 18, 1844. She died Nov., 1869. 

Children: 771 Mary K., b May 24, 182 1 ; 772 Eliza, b 
Feb. 20, 1823, m Frederic Bartholomew, d July 24, 1862, ae. 
41 yrs. ; 773 Lavinia, m Samuel Parmelee ; ']i\ Martha ; 775 
infant, died at Cheshire; 776 Fanny, m Emery Morse, March 
I, 1855- 

412. FRIEND. 

Dr. Friend Cook, son of Samuel and Mary K. Cook, grad- 
uated at Union College, studied medicine with Dr. N. Smith 
W w 



7IO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD! 

of New Haven, commenced practice at Windsor, Conn. 
He married Emily, dau. of Dea. Joshua Atwater, of Walling- 
ford. Afterwards he practiced his profession there until he 
removed to Atwater, Ohio, where she died. He married 
Sarah Folger Reynolds for his second wife. He died of a 
cancer in the stomach, after a long and distressing illness, 
Feb. 8, 1857. 

Children: 777 Helen A., b Nov. 12, 1825, d Feb. i, 1827, in 
Wallingford ; 778 jfoshua A., b Sept. 29, 1829, d Nov. i, 
1844, in Ohio; 779 Frances A., b Nov, 25, 1833, d July 20, 
1834, in Wallingford ; ']2>o E?mna G.,h Nov. 29, 1836; 781 
Frances I., b May 18, 1840 ; 782 IVi/iiam Shelton, b July 13, 
1862, d Dec. 31, 1848, in Ohio. Child by 2d marriage, 783 
Henry M., b March, 1848. 

413. JOHN. 

John Cook, son of Samuel and Mary K. Cook, married 
Mary Munson, June 25, 1823. He died Jan. i, 1858, ae. 57 
years. 

Children : 784 Samuel M., m Bartholomew ; 785 

Mary K., m Tilton E. Doolittle Esq. ; 786 Ellen, m Charles 
Jones of Wallingford ; 787 George, d Nov. 17, 1869. 

418. RUFUS. 

RuFUS Cook, son of Cornelius B. and Mary B. Cook, 
married Betsey Curtis. He died Aug. 12, 1826, ae. 36 years, 
at Cheshire, Conn. 

Children: 788 Cornelius B.,h Dec. 15, 1810; 789 Rufiis, 
b July 5, 181 2 : 790 Maroa, m Russel B. Ives. She died at 
Cheshire, Conn. 

420. BROOKS. 

Brooks Cook, son of Cornelius B. and Mary Cook, m 
Sarah, dau. of Jonah Hotchkiss, of Cheshire. He died 
Sept. 23, 1824, ae 26. She died Sept. 11, 1843, ae. 45 years. 

Children : 791 Mary, d in Cheshire ; 792 Louisa, m George 
Pardee ; 793 Afnelia, m Leverett Goodyear, of Hamden, 
Conn. 



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427. AARON. 

Aaron Cook, son of Aaron and Betsey Cook, married 
Emily, dau. of Seth Hitchcock. He died in Cheshire. 

Children : 794 Elizabeth, m Asahel Talmadge, of Cheshire ; 
795 Jiiiitis; 796 Mary; 797 Melissa, m Robert Lyman; 798 
jfjilia M., m Wm. F. Thompkins. 

426. ALFRED. 

Alfred Cook, son of Aaron and Mary Cook of Cheshire. 
He went to Windham, Greene Co., N. Y., where he married his 
wife. He has children, and is now ( 1869 ) in Cheshire, Conn. 

436. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Cook, son of Stephen and Emma Cook, married 
Julia E. Smith, of North Haven ; he died Oct. 21, 1840, ae. 
40 yrs. His widow m Willis Smith, Esq., of Meriden. 

Children: 799 Julia E., b Sept. 27, 1831, m Daniel 
Wright; 800 Sarah E., b Aug. 10, 1827, m Edward Cowell ; 
801 Leander D., b Jan. 22, 1825, d Oct. 17, 1854, ae. 29 ; 802 

Stephen C, b March 28, 1834, m Baldwin of New 

Haven ; 803 Eunice C, b Aug. 21, 1836, m John Riker ; 804 
Edson Z., b April 5, 1840. 

440. HUBBARD. 

Hubbard Cook, son of Samuel, m Abigail Dorman, Oct. 
15, 181 1. She died Jan. 2, 1853, and he married Ardelia 
Hinman, Sept. 15, 1853. 

Children : 805 Carlisle D., resides in Milwaukie, Wiscon- 
sin ; 806 jfennette, b April 30, 18 13, m Job C. Phelps, Jan. 
I, 1839; 807 Caroline M., b Sept. 25, 1818, m Harrison O. 
Smith, Oct. I, 1842 ; 808 Emily A., b Feb. 28, 182 1 ; 809 
Delia, b Dec. 16, 1824, d Aug. 4, 1842 ; 810 Margaret, b 
April 20, 1826; 811 Ruth, b Nov. 3, 1828, m Claxton Har- 
rington, Oct. 16, 1850 ; 812 Fanny D., b Aug. 17, 1832. 

447. CHAUNCEY. 

Rev. Chauncey Cook, son of Stephen and Sylvia M. Cook 
of Wallingford, married Mar}' Carpenter, Jan. 8, 1812 ; she 
died Dec. 15, 18 14, at Adams, N. Y., ae. 23. He afterwards 



712 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

married Almira Cassitt, May ii, 1850 ; she died Dec. 21, 1842. 
Child by ist marriage: 813 Eliza, b Oct. 21, 1812, m Chas. 
Campbell, she d June 2, 1847. By 2d marriage : 814 Burton 
C, b May 11, 1819, m Elizabedi Hunt; 815 Mary, b July 7, 
1824 ; 816 Sarah, m West Morse, Dec. 2, 1847. 

454. STEPHEN. 

Rev. Stephen Cook, son of Stephen and Sylvia M. Cook, 
married Janet Wyse, Feb. 10, 18 19, resides at Oberlin, Ohio. 

Children: 817 William W., b April 2, 1820; 818 James 
N., b Sept. 7, 1821J 819 John F., b May 21, 1823; 820 
J7ilia A., b Jan. 21, 1826. 

458. nelson. 

Rev. Nelson Cook, son of Stephen and Sylvia M. Cook, 
married Mercy Eliza Heath, Jan. i, 183 1 ; she died Aug. 9, 
1854. He married 2d, Elizabeth Arbella Leeds, Aug. 27, 
1843 j residence. Half Day, Lake Co., Illinois. 

Children: 821 Susan F., b. Jan. 16, 1845, d May 15, 1847 ; 
822 Gurdon L., b March 5, 1846, d Aug. 27, 1848 ; 823 Otis 
N., b Oct. 6, 1848, d same day; 824 Lyman M., b Jan. 23, 
1850; 825 Love Ann, b May 27, 1852; 826 Burton LL., b 
Aug. I, 1854. 

henry. 

Henry Cook, a brother of Samuel, came into Wallingford 
about 1674, and I suppose he married his wife Mary there, 
but at what date does not appear. Of his history little can 
be learned, except that he was a farmer, and was frequently 
elected to offices of trust and responsibility by his townsmen. 
That he was a brother of the first Samuel there is no doubt, 
as it is clearly shown by the records of Wallingford. He 
died in 1705, ae. 51 years. His widow Mary died Oct. 31, 
1718. 

Children: i Mary, b 1679, m Natjianiel Rexford, July 7, 
1708; 2 Ja7ie, b 1681, m Jehiel Preston, July 7, 1708; 3 
Henry, b 1683; 4 John, b 1684; 5 ILannah, b 1687, m 
Timothy Beach, Nov. 26, 1713 ; 6 Isaac, b 1693; 7 Elizabeth, 



GENEALOGIES. /1 3 

b 1694, m Adam Mott, Aug. 28, 1717 ; 8 Jonathan., b 1698 ; 
<) David ^h 1701, settled in Wallingford where he died; 10 
jfedcdiah, b 1703. 

3. HENRY. 

Henry Cook, son of Henry and Mary Cook, married ist 

Experience . She died Oct. 8, 1809. He married 2d, 

Mary (Wheadon) Frost, dau. of John and Mary Frost, of 
Branford, in 17 10. From Branford he went to Waterbury in 
1728, and was there admitted an inhabitant. His residence 
was near the Hne of Litchfield. 

Children: 11 Sarah, b May 5, 1720; 12 Ebenezer, b March 
5, 172 1 ; 13 Henry, h Aug. 17, 1723; 14 Thankful, h ■]\\\'iQ, 
1725, bap. in Cheshire, June 20, 1725 ; 15 Jonathan, admitted 
a freeman from Northbury, in 1748. 

4. JOHN. 

John Cook, son of Mary and Henry Cook, married Abigail, 
dau. of Daniel Johnson of Wallingford, Dec. 12, 17 10. He 
died Aug. 15, 1761, ae. 77 years. She died Aug. 15, 1761, ae. 
81 years. 

Children: 16 Dinah, b 17 14; 17 Sarah, h]dir\. 7, 1717 ; 
18 Mary, b Sept. 26, 1719 ; 19 Tryphenia, b 1722 ; 20 Benja- 
min, b April 22, 1725, m Hannah Thorp, resided in the 
eastern part of Wallingford, on the old Durham road; 21 
John, b Oct. 23, 1727. 

6. ISAAC. 

Isaac Cook, son of Henry and Mary of Wallingford, 

married Hannah , and removed to Branford, where he 

died. 

Children: 22 Isaac Jr., b July 19, 17 16, d at Branford, 
1760; 23 Demetri?ts, b April 23, 17 18, d at Branford; 
24 Uzzet, b May 9, 1722; 25 Anna, b June 24, 1724; 26 
Waitstill, b Jan. 28, i']2'] ; 27 Jerusha, b Nov. 19, 1736. 

8. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Cook, son of Henry and Mary Cook, of Wall- 
ingford, married Ruth, daughter of William Luddington of 



714 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

North Haven, June 15, 1735. They settled at Northbury 
( then a Parish from Waterbury ), now Plymouth. 

Children: 28 jfonathan, b March 29, 1736; 29 Jesse^ b 
Feb. I, 1739, d 1784; 30 Titiis^ b May 2, 1741 ; 31 Sarah, b 
Oct. 31, 1744; 32 Abel, b May 18, 1747. 

9. DAVID. 

Capt. David Cook, son of Henry and Mary Cook, of Wall- 
ingford. He married ist, Rebecca Wilson; after her decease 
he married Mary Lamson, of Boston. He was a very exten- 
sive ship owner, and was largely engaged in commerce, sailing 
from the port of New Haven one ship and three brigs. In 
religion he was a zealous friend of the church of England. 
He generously paid one-quarter of the cost of building the 
old church which was erected in the old Mix Lane, just oppo- 
site the residence of the late Isaac Peck. He also presented 
the church an organ ; this same organ was a few years since 
sold to the Episcopal church in North Haven, and in 1869 
they sold it to Wm. P. Gardner, an organ builder in New Ha- 
ven. This organ was more than one hundred years old, and 
perhaps the oldest in the state. 

Children: 33 David, b 1723, res. in Woodbridge and New 
Haven; 34 Rachel, b March 19, 1724, m Samuel Munson, he 
d 1748 ; 35 Leah, b 1726, m Phineas Peck, she d in Walling- 
ford ; 36 /%///6'^z>s-, b April 3, 1729, settled in Middletown or 
Durham ; 37 Wilsoii, b April 21, 1730, left Wallingford during 
the Revolutionary war and settled in Middletown ; 38 jpesse, 
b July 8, 1732 ; 39 Rebecca, b April 7, 1734, m Rev. Ichabod 
Camp and went to Nova Scotia ; 40 Jedediah, b April 4, 1735, 
res. in New Haven; 41 Benjamin, b April 3, 1739; 42 Na- 
thaniel, b May 31, 1740; 43 Ephraim, b 1744, res., in Wall- 
ingford. 

10. jedediah. 

Jedediah Cook, son of Henry and Mary Cook, of Wall- 
ingford, married Sarah, daughter of Arthur Rexford, Aug. 10, 
1727. He was a mariner, and resided in New Haven. His 
dwelling house was on the south-west corner of State and 



GENEALOGIES. /1 5 

Chapel-sts., New Haven. I have ascertained the name of one 
child only. 

Child: 44 Mary, b Oct. 7, 1728, in New Haven. 

12. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Cook, son of Henry and Experience Cook, of 
Waterbury, Conn., married Phebe, daughter of Moses Blakes- 
lee, May 10, 1744. 

Children: 45 Huldah, b April 26, 1744; 46 Joel, b Aug. 5, 
1746 ; 47 Justus, b May 25, 1748, grad. at Yale College ; 48 
jfonah, b Aug. 11, 1750; 49 Eric, b Oct. 20, 1752; 50 Rozell, 
b May i, 1755, grad. at Yale College; 51 Nise, b April 17, 
17585 52 Arlm, b April 4, 1760; 53 Luanda, b Sept. 20, 
1764; 54 Uri ; 55 Ebenezer, a Cong, clergyman at Montville, 
Conn. 

13. HENRY. 

Henry Cook, son of Henry and Experience Cook, mar- 
ried Hannah, dau. of Nathan Benham, Nov. 7, 1745, and 
settled at Northbury, now Plymouth, Conn. 

Children: 56 Thankful, b June 12, 1747 ; 57 Mary, b March 
30, 1748, d June II, 1760; 58 Sarah, b March 5, 1750, d 
June 15, 1760; 59 Zuba, b Dec. 24, 1751, d June 17, 1760; 
60 Lemuel, b Dec. 7, 1754, d June 24, 1760 ; 61 Selah, b Dec. 
19) 1756, he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war; 62 
Trueworthy, b Sept. 29, 1759, settled with his brother 
Selah, in Onondaga Co., N. Y. in 1792. 

15. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Cook, son of Henry and Experience Cook, 
married Hannah, dau. of Nathan Benham, Nov. 7, 1745, and 
settled at Northbury, Plymouth, in 1748. No account of this 
family has been received. 

22. ISAAC. 

Isaac Cook, son of Isaac and Hannah Cook, of Branford, 
married Mary Hubbard, of Guilford, Nov. 14, 1739. He 
died March 22, 1760, ae. 44 years. 

Children: 63 Isaac,h Oct. i, 1740, d 1744; 64 Isaac, \i 
March 14, 1747, d Nov. 24, 1748 ; 65 Rachel, b Nov. 12, 1751. 



yi6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

23. DEMETRIUS. 

Demetrius Cook, son of Isaac and Hannah Cook, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Rogers, of Branford, Conn., April 26, 1739. 
They both died at Stony Creek, Branford. and were buried in 
a small grave-yard at a place called Damascus. 

Children: 66 Demetrius, \i Jan 6, 1740; 67 Elizabeth, \) 
April 23, 1753; 68 Elihu,h OqX. ii, 1755; 69 jfenis/ia, b 
Jan. 19, 1760. 

24. UZZEL. 

Uzzel Cook, son of Isaac and Hannah Cook, married 
Zeruah Barns, of East Hampton, L. I., May 20, 1745, and 
settled in Branford, where they died. 

Children: 70 Desire, b Dec. 29, 1745 ; 71 Lydia, b March 
6, 1750; 72 Abraham, \i }\xxv*i i, 1754; 73 Isaac, b Oct. 9, 
1757 ; 74 Uzzel,\:) July 21, 1761 ; 75 Patience, b May 13, 1764. 
26. waitstill. 

Waitstill Cook, son of Isaac and Hannah Cook, married 
Elizabeth . 

Children : 76 Jane, b April 10, 175 1 ; 77 Hannah, b March 
II) 1753; 78 Jacob, b July 15, 1755 ; 79 Ebenezer H., b Sept. 
6, 1759 ; 80 Williajn, b May 9, 1762 ; 81 Elizabeth, b March 
13, 1764; 82 John, b May 14, 1768 ; 83 Hiihlah, b May 14, 
1768 ; 84 Benjainin, b April 6, 1771. 

43. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Cook was a son of Capt. David and Mary Cook. 
He was a magistrate for a long term of years, and was re- 
garded as a sound, able and discriminating judge by all who 
had occasion to employ his services or come before him. He 
died Feb. 12, 1826, ae. 82 yrs. Mrs. Phebe, his wife, died 
Nov. 26, 1816, ae. 73 yrs. She was a daughter of John Tyler 
of Wallingford, and a sister of the Rev. John Tyler, late of 
Norwich, and an Episcopal clergyman. 

Children: 85 Fhineas, b Oct. 6, 1765, d Nov. 9, 1765 ; 86 
Elizabeth, b April 24, 1766; 87 Ephraim, b March i, 
1768, m Sarah Lewis, dau. of Samuel ; 88 Darius, b Aug. 8, 



GENEALOGIES. /I/ 

1769, d Dec. 28, 1791 ; 89 Lyman., b Nov. 17, 1770, d April 
9j 1773 j 90 Mary., b Oct. 24, 1772, m Charles Rogers, d Nov. 

9, 1840; 91 Sylvia., b Dec. 8, 1774, m Charles Clock of Cats- 
kill, N. Y. ; 92 Phineas Lyman., b June 22, 1776, d in the 
West Indies, May 8, 1801 ; 93 Lucius., b Oct. 15, 1777 ; 94 
Benjamin Tyler., b May 30, 1778, m Diana Hull ; 95 Electa, 
b April 9, 1780, d May i, 1780 ; 96 George., b Oct. 16, 1783 ; 
97 Nathaniel, b April 17, 1786, m Caroline Ward, of Middle- 
town, Conn. 

87. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Cook Jr., son of Ephraim and Phebe Cook, 
married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Lewis. She died Dec. 

10, 1849. He died at Williamsburgh, L. I., Feb., 1868, ae. 
90 yrs. 

Children : 98 Dr. Purcell, d in N. Y., Dec. 24, i860, no fam- 
ily ; 99 Darius, d at Catskill, N. Y., ae. 24 yrs ; 100 Lyman, a 
wealthy retired merchant in N. Y. city; loi Mary, unm. in N. 
Y. city; 102 Sarah Ann, d in 1854, at Williamsburgh, L. I. ; 103 
Dr. Chauncey, resides in Williamsburgh, N. Y. ; 194 Delia, d 
at Catskill, N. Y., ae. 24 yrs. 

93. LUCIUS. 

Lucius Cook, son of Ephraim and Phebe Cook, married 
I St, Ruth Churchill ; after her death he married Mrs. Phebe 
Ward, of Middletown, and settled there. He died in 1845, 
ae. 79 yrs. 

Child by ist marriage : 105 Lucius, resides at Yellow Banks, 
Illinois. Children by 2d marriage: 106 Wilson; 107 Beii- 
jamin, d a young man ; 108 Lucina, m Mr. Coe, of Middlefield, 
Conn. 

94. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Tyler Cook, son of Ephraim and Phebe Cook, 
married Diana, daughter of John and Lois Hull. Mr. Cook 
died Jan. 30, 185 1, eb. 73 years. He was a large man, weigh- 
ing nearly 300 pounds. 



7l8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 109 JF////czw, b March 3, 1803, m JuHa Foster 
of Meriden, Ct. ; no Edward, b Feb. 3, 1805; in George, 
b 1807, d in Chicago, IlHnois; 112 John 7)'/^r, b July 12, 
1810, d May 29, 181 1, in Wallingford ; 113 John Tyler; 114 
Emeiine, m Lorenzo Williams, of Rocky Hill; 115 Augustus; 
116 yoel; 117 Delia, m Henry A. Cook, of Wallingford ; 118 
Phebe, b 18 17, d Feb. 24, 18 17, ae. 2 weeks ; 119 David, b 1823, 
d Jan. 25, 1826, ae. 2 yrs., 9 mos. ; 120 Julia, b 1829, d May 
6, 1829. 

96. GEORGE. 

George Cook, son of Ephraim and Phebe Cook, married 
Betsey Pierce of Catskill, N. Y., where he resided for some 
time, after which he removed to Newburg, N. Y., where he 
died Aug. 12, 1819, ae. 36 years. 

Children: 121 Sylvester, was drowned in Hudson river; 
122 Alexander ; 123 George Hetiry, d at Burlington, N. J. ; 
124 Maria, m John Tyler Cook ; 125 Catherine, m Lewis 
Germain, of N. J. 

97. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Cook, son of Ephraim and Phebe Cook, mar- 
ried Caroline Ward, of Middletown, Conn., after which he 
came to reside on the old homestead of his father, where he 
remained for several years, teaching school in the winter, and 
working the farm in the summer. He sold the old homestead, 
and removed his family to Earlville, Illinois, where he died 
April 24, 1855, ae. 69 years. 

Children: 126 Nelson, b March 15, 1815 ; 127 E^nily, b 
Sept. 5, 18 1 7, m Elias Newton, Dec. 24, 1825 ; 128 Phebe 
Tyler, b Feb. 7, 18 19, m Nehemiah Rice Ives, 1839, and 
Warren Baker, in 1852; \2() Sylvester, hY 0)0. 7, 1821 ; 130 
Caroline, b Nov. 14, 1823, m Hiram Taft, Dec. i, 1845 ; 131 
Lyman, b Nov. 12, 1828 ; 132 Ami M., b Jan. 12, 1831, m 
Jas. Ballard, of Earlville, July 4, 1850; 133 David R., h 
Nov. 9, 1836. 



GENEALOGIES. 719 

COWLES, OR COLES FAMILY.' 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph Coles married Abigail Royce, July 13, 1699. She 
died May 24, 17 14. He afterwards married Mary Wapels, 
May 19, 17 1 7, and for his third wife, he married widow Ann 
Yale, Aug. 7, 1715. She died Feb. 27, 1715. This appears 
to be one of the first families of the name in Wallingford. 

Children: i Louis, b April 25, 1700 ; 2 Samuel, b Dec. 10, 
1701, d Feb. 18, 1704; 3 ^/7z>(7//, b Jan. 17, 1702-3 ; \Sa7nnel, 
b Feb. 2, 1705, d Feb. 15, 1705 ; 5 Hannah, b April 11, 1706 ; 
6 Eunice, b April 28, 1708, m Moses Curtis, Nov. 9, 1726 ; 
1 Joseph, b March i, 1710; % Samuel, h March 14, 1712 ; 

9 Hannah Waulch, adopted daughter, d Aug. 18, 1721; 

10 Benjamin, \i Feb. 23, 1715, byAnn, 3d wife. 

WILLIAM. 

William Coles married Sarah Conger, July 27, 1688. He 
married 2d, Experience Gaylord, Dec. 22, 1721. This William 
was also among the early settlers, and doubtless a brother of 
the above Joseph. 

Children : 11 Samuel, b May 7, 1688 ; 12 John, b May 28, 

i6gi, m Mary ; 13 Sarah,\i Oct. 14, 1693; ^4 WHHdm, 

b Feb. 15, 1696; 15 jfa7nes, b March 7, 1707 ; 16 Thomas, b 
Sept. 10, 17 19. By 2d marriage: 17 Phineas, b Jan. 20, 
1724; 18 Phebe, b 1726: 19 Thomas, \i ^o^^X. 10, 1722; 20 
Experience, b March 16, 1728 ; 21 David, b Oct. 29, 1730. 

7. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Coles married Eunice . 

Child by Mindwell, ist wife: 22 Ebcnezer, b Feb. 26, 1718. 
By Eunice, 2d wife: 23 Timothy, b April 18, 1737, lived in 
Meriden, had a son Joel. 



I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist, of New Britain, 230, 231, 
272 ; Doolittle's Hist. Belchertown, Mass., 270 ; Judd and Boltwood's 
Hist, and Gen. of Hadley, Mass., 471-3 ; Morse's Memorial of Morses, 
166 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, i. 466. 



720 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

II. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Coles married ist, Mercy Scranton, Aug. 5, 1725 ; 
2d, Martha Brooks, Sept. 25, 1734; 3d, Susannah Cook, Dec. 

I, 1735- 

Children by ist marriage: 24 Moses, b June 16, 1726 ; 25 
Mercy, b Aug. 10, 1729. By 2d marriage: 26 Samuel, b July 

3o> 1735- 

12. JOHN. 

John Coles married Mary , Nov. 20, 171 7. He died 

1761. 

Children: 27 Mafy,h Nov. 20, 1717; 28 Comfort, b Sept. 
12, 1718 ; 29 Dinah, b March 12, 1720 ; t^o Mary, b Sept. 15, 
1721 ; 31 Lydia, b Oct. i, 1723 ; 32 Timothy, b Oct. 17, 1726, 
res. in Meriden ; 33 John, b Feb. i, 1727; 34 Prudence, b 
March 26, 1729 ; 35 Thankful, b Feb. 6, 1731 ; 36 Sarah, b 
March 21, 1733. 

22. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Coles. 

Children: 37 Elisha, merchant and manufacturer; 38 Ebe- 
nezer, marble-cutter and stone-mason. 



CULVER.i 



JOSHUA. 

Joshua Culver, with Elizabeth Ford, his wife, to whom he 
was married Dec. 23, 1676, were among the first planters in 
Wallingford. He was a son of Edward Culver, Sen., of 
Dedham, Mass., New London, Groton and New Haven, 
Conn., and had three brothers in the vicinity of New London, 
who were heads of families at the time of his settling in Wall- 
ingford. He died April 23, 17 13, ae. 70 yrs. 

Children: i Elizabeth, d May 2, 1676, at New Haven, 
Conn. ; 2 A7in, d Sept. 8, 1677, at New Haven, Conn. ; 3-4 



I For collateral branches, see Caulkins' Hist, of New I,ondon, 309, 310; 
Howell's Hist, of Southampton, L. I., 217, 218; Savage's Gen. Diet., i. 
482, 483. 



GENEALOGIES. 721 

y^os/iua 3.nd Samut'/ (twins), h Sept. 21, 1684; 5 Abigail, b 
Dec. 26, 1686 ; 6 Sarah, b Jan. 23, 1688 ; 7 Ephraim, b Sept. 
7, 1692. 

3. JOSHUA. 

Sergt. Joshua and Catharine Culver, m April 23, 1713. 
He died June 14, 1730, ae. 46 yrs. 

Children : 8 Be/ijafnin, b Sept. 3, 17 16; 9 Stephen, b Jan. 
24, 1718, d July 6, 1721 ; 10 Samuel, b May 10, 1720; 11 
Stephen, b May 19, 1722 ; 12 Joshua, b May 20, 1729 ; 13 
Daniel, b Sept. i, 1723; 14 Titus, b April 7, 1725; 15 
Joshua, b April 15, 1727, d July 16, 1729. 

4. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Culver married ist, Sarah, 2d, Ruth Sedgwick, 
Jan. 3, 1728. 

Children: 16 Elizabeth, b Feb. 12, 1715; 17 Sarah, h 
Dec. 23, 1716; 18 Abigail, h Dec. 17, 1718; 19 Esther, h 
March 17, 172 1, d May 5, 1741 ; 20 Caleb, h Feb. 18, 1723, 

m Lois ; 21 Anna, b Oct. 3, 1732, d Nov. 21, 1733 ; 

22 Enoeh, b Jan. 30, 1725 ; 23 Ebenezer, b Dec. 9, 1726. 
By 2d marriage : 24 Samuel,h Sept. 25, 1728. 

8. benjamin. 
Benjamin Culver m Lydia . 

Children: 24 Joshua, b Nov, i, 1741, dj 25 Joshua, h 
April 4, 1743. 

9. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Culver m Eunice . 



Children: 26 jfesse, b April 4, 1748 ; 27 Esther, b June 24, 
1750; 28 Eunice, b March 19, 1753; 29 Dan, b May 12, 
1756 ; 30 7t'^^^'<^', b April 4, 1758. 

13. DANIEL. 

Daniel Culver married Patience . 

Child: 31 Satnuel, b May 24, 1747. 

20. CALEB. 

Caleb Culver married Lois . 

Children: 32 Ruth, b Jan. 10, 1746; t^t^ Ruth, b Nov. 25, 



722 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

1 75 1 ; 34 Josiah, b Sept. 7, 1748 ; 35 Samuel, b July 5, 1750. 

22. ENOCH. 

Enoch Culver married Lois . 

Children: 36 Esther, b July 24, 1751; 37 Lois, b June 
4, 1756. 



CURTIS.' 



WILLIAM. 

William Curtis embarked in the ship Lion, June 22, 
1632, and landed Dec. 16, 1632, at Scituate, Mass. He 
brought with him four children, Thomas, Mary, John, and 
Philip. He removed with his family to Roxbury, Mass., 
whence they removed to Stratford, Conn. By the records of 
Stratford, it appears that the father of these must have died 
before the removal of the family thither, and that previous to 
that event, a son William had been born to him, as the first of 
the name that appears on those records are John, William, 
and their mother, widow Elizabeth Curtis. It is stated that 
at the date of their removal to Stratford, John was about 28 
years of age, and William about 18. Thomas died in Mass., 
" 7th month, 1650 ;" widow Elizabeth died in 1658. Will 
proved, Nov. 4, 1658. 

John married ist, Elizabeth ^' '•' ' , who died in 1682 ; 2d, 

Margaret , who died in 17 14. He died Dec. 6, 1707, 

ae. 96 years. 

Children: i John, b 1642 ; 2 Israel, b 1644; 3 Elizabeth, 

I For collateral branches, see Bradbury's Hist. Kennebunkport, Me., 235, 
236; Brown's Gen. W. Simsbury, Conn., Settlers, 31-4; Cothren's Hist. 
Woodbury, Conn., 531-9; Deane's Hist. Scituate, Mass., 251-4 ; Dod's 
Hist. E. Haven, Conn., 115; Draper's Hist. Spencer, Mass., 183; 
Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 197 ; Ellis's Hist. Roxbury, Mass., 94 ; 
Hinman's Conn. Settlers, 776-88; Kingman's N. Bridgewater, Mass., 476; 
Mitchell's Hist. Bridgewater, Mass., 144; N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., xvi. 
137 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, i. 484-8 ; Winsor's Hist. Duxbury, Mass., 249; 
Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 247 ; Barry's Hist. Hanover, Mass., 
272-88. 



GENEALOGIES. 723 

b 1647 ; 4 T/i07>ias, b 1648 ; 5 jfoseph^ b 1650 ; 6 Beujamiu^ 
b 1652 ; 7 Hannah^ b 1654. 

4. THOMAS. 

Thomas Curtis married Mary —^^ — , June 9, 1674. 
He was born in Stratford, but removed to Wallingford. 

Children j 8 Mary, b Oct. 13, 1675; 9 Nathatiicl, b May 
14, 1677, m Sarah Hall; 10 Samuel, b Feb. 3, 1678, m Eliza- 
beth Frederick, Jan. 4, 1705 ; 11 Elizabeth, b Sept. 11, 1680, 
m Nathaniel Hall; 12 Hannah, b Dec. 3, 1682, d Oct. 12, 

1703 '■, 13 Thomas, b Aug. 16, 1685, m Mary ; 14 

Sarah, b Oct. i, 1687, m J-ames Parker in 1705 ; 15 Abigail, 
b Nov. 3, i68g, m Joseph Hall, 1709 ; 16 jfoseph, b Aug. 10, 
idgij.d Jan tt T713 : I'jXjfemima, b Jan. 15, 1694, m Na- 
thanigT Beach); 18 Rebecca, b Aug. 21, 1697, m Lambert 
Johnson; 19 -John, b Sept. 18, 1699, m Jemima Abernathy, 
1723- 

9. NATHANIEL. 

/Nathaniel Curtis, m ist, Sarah Hall, April 6, 1697. 
She died Dec. 13, 1700. He married 2nd, Sarah How, July 
9, 1702. 

Children: 20 Benjamin, b April 27, 1703, m Jemima 
Munson, 1727; 21 Hannah, b Feb. 19, 1705; 22 Moses, h 
Aug. 4, 1706 ; 23 Nathan, b May 19, 1709, m Esther Merriam ; 

24 Jacob, b Aug. 23, 17 10, m Abigail ; 25 Sarah, b Mar. 

30, 1712 ; 26 Abigail, b April 9, 1713 ; 27 Lydia, b March 20, 
1 7 14; 28 Qwifort, b Oct. 30, 1 7 16; 29 Nathaniel, b July i, 
17 18, m Lois . 

10. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Curtis, married to Elizabeth Curtis, by Justice 
Hall, Jan. 3, 1704-5. 

Children: 30 Titus, b Jan. 28, 1733, d Jan., 1733 ; 31 Alary, 
b Nov. 8, 1736 ; 32 Comfort, b June 25, 1744 ; 33 Enos, b Jan. 
27, 1746; 34 Z^;/'t, b March i, 1752. 

16. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Curtis, son of Thomas and Mary Curtis, married 
Rebecca . 



724 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 35 Sybil, b April 12, 1750; 36 Jeptha^ b March 
21, 1752. 

19. JOHN. 

John Curtis, m Jemima Abernathy, 1723. 

Children: 37 yohn, b Feb. 3, 1735; 38 Giles, b Jan. 4, 
1737; 39 y£mi??ia,h March 18, 1739; 40 Elizabeth, b April 
II, 1741 ; 41 Sarah, b June 28, 1744. 

20. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Curtis, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Curtis, 
married Miriam . 

Children: 42 ^.$-//?^r, b Oct. 2, 1728; 43 Abel,h'Dec. 22,- 
1729; Afdf Susannah, b Nov. 9, 1732; 45 Lois, b Sept. 30, 
1733 ; 46 Benjamin, b Oct. 27, 1735 ; 47 Mariam, b Aug. 30, 
1737 J 48 Sarah, b May 29, 1739 ; 49 Aaron, b Nov. 8, 1744. 

23. NATHAN. 

Nathan and Esther Curtis. 

Children : 50 Moses, b May 8, 1741 ; 51 Amos, b March 24, 
1743 ; 52 Esther, b March 7, 1745. 

24. JACOB. 

Jacob and Abigail Curtis. 
Child : 53 Jacob, b Oct. i, 1738. 

29. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Curtis married Lois . 

Children: ^\ Eunice, b April 12, 1750; 55 Nathaniel, b 
June 13, 1756; 56 Jacob, b Sept. 14, 1758. 
ZZ- enos. 

Enos Curtis, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Curtis, mar- 
ried Mary Yale, May 28, 1733. 

Children: 57 Titus, b Jan. 28, 1733, d Jan., 1733; 58 
Mary, b Nov. 8, 1736; 59 Comfort, b June 25, 1744; 60 
Enos, b June 27, 1746; 61 Lois, b March i, 1752. 

RICHARD. 

Richard Curtis, who was among the first planters in 
Wallingford, was the father of Isaac Curtis, who married 



GENEALOGIES. 725 

Sarah Ford, of Branford, Aug. 13, 1682, and died July 15, 



1712. Richard Curtis died in Wallingford, Sept. 17, 1681, ^e.^^^^^^ 



70 years. Estate, /"50. 

Children: 62 Isaac, b Nov. 6, 1683 ; 63 Sara/i, b June 11, 
1685 ; 64 Joseph, b July 18, 1689, m Ann Stevens, Jan. 11, 
^^713 ; 65 Ebenezer, b Oct. 6, 1691, d July 20, 1717 ; 66 Isaac, 
b March 8, 1693-4, m Abigail Tuttle ; 67 Elizabeth, b Aug. 10, 
1 701 ; 68 Benjamin, b March 2, 1702-3 ; 6g Moses, b Aug. 9, 
1706 ; 70 Phehe, d Aug. 5, 1718 ; 71 jfoshua, d July 20, 1719. 

/ V 62. ISAAC. 

Isaac Curtis married Abigail Tuttle ; she died, and he 
married Mary Tuttle, Oct. i, 1729. 

Children by 1st marriage: 72 Da7'id,h Awg. 7, 1707; 73 
Fhebe, b April 4, 1718 ; 74 Joshua, b April 26, 17 19; 75 
Ebetiezer, bjan. 17, 1720. 

64. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Curtis, m Ann Stephens, Jan. 11, 17 13. — • 

Children: 76 Philip, b July 20, 1727 ; 77 Joseph, b Sept. 
31, 1719; 78 Johanna, b June i, 1723 ; 79 Peter, m Christi- 
ana Parker, Nov. 22, 1732. 

68. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Curtis married Joanna Munson, of New Haven. 
Children: 80 Asa, b May 11, 1731 ; 81 Elizabeth, b Dec. 
24, 1732 ; 82 Asa, b Feb. 13, 1740. 

79. PETER. 

Peter Curtis, son of Joseph and Ann Curtis, married 
Christiana . 

Children: 83 Abner, b Aug. 8, 1738; 84 Achsah, b Oct. 5, 
1739 j 85 Mary, b June 6, 1741 ; 86 Silas, b Jan. 21, 1744; 
87 Eunice, b April 2, 1746; 88 Jesse, b April 2, 1748; 89 
Daniel, b Feb. 21, 1750 ; 90 Amos, b April 4, 1752. 

TITUS. 

Titus Curtis, married Mary . 

Children: 91 Gideon, va. Merriman;92 Thomas ; ^t^ 

Rachel; 94 Margaretta ; 95 Mary; 96 Phebe. 
X X 



726 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

DAVIDSON. 

WILLIAM. 

William Davidson was the first of the name in WaUing- 
ford, where he married Ehzabeth, daughter of Zachariah How, 
Oct. 6, 1 741. After the decease of Mr. How, he became the 
owner, probably through his wife, of the farm of Mr. How, 
which is the same that is now owned and occupied by the heirs 
of the late Samuel Davidson and Zachariah Davidson, west 
of the Falls plain, near South Meriden or Hanover. 

Children: i Anna, b Dec. 21, 1742; 2 Elizabeth, b Dec. 
23, 1744; 3 William, b June 6, 1747 ; 4 Andre7v,h Aug. 19, 
1749 ; 5 John, b Sept. 10, 175 i ; 6 James, b Oct. 6, 1753. 



DOOLITTLE. 



ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Doolittle, the emigrant, was the progenitor of 
all who bear the name of Doolittle in this country. Himself 
and his brother John were in Massachusetts very early. 
John died childless at Salem, Mass. Abraham was in New 
Haven before 1642, and the owner of a house. In 1644, he 
took the freeman's oath, and was made the chief executive 
officer (or sheriff) of the county. He was chosen by the 
people of New Haven as one of the Committee to superin- 
tend the affairs of the new settlement, then (1669) just com- 
menced at the village. The name of the village was changed 
to that of Wallingford, and was incorporated May 12, 1670, 
by an act of the general court, then sitting at Hartford. He 
was one of the first who settled in the place, and was there be- 
fore its incorporation, some two or three years. He was a 
member of the vigilance committee in the time of " King 
Philip's war." His dwelling was fortified during this time by 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 
324 ; Doolittle's Hist. Belchertown, Mass., 273-7 ; N. E. Hist, and Gen. 
Reg., VI. 293 ; Savage's Gen. Diet., 11. 59. 



GENEALOGIES. 72/ 

a picket fort, against any attack which might be made by the 
Indians. He was several times chosen a deputy from New 
Haven, and afterwards from Wallingford, to the general 
court. He was several times elected townsman, or select- 
man, and appears to have been a very valuable and highly 
respected citizen. He died Aug ii/i69o,!ae. 70 years. He 
left an estate of ;^342. His ist wife dying, he married 
Abigail Moss, July 2, 1663. She died Nov. 5, 17 10, ae. 69 yrs. 
Children by ist marriage: i Abraham, b Feb. 12, 1649, d 
Nov. 10, 1732, ae. 83 years ; 2 Elizabeth, b April 12, 1652 ; 3 
Mary, b Feb. 22, 1653 ; 4 John, b June 14, 1655, m Mary 
Peck, Feb. 3, 1682. By 2d m : 5 Samuel, b July 7, 1665 ; 6, 
Joseph, b Feb. 12, 1666; 7 Abigail, b Feb. 26, 1668-9; 8 
Ebenezer, b July 6, 1672, d Dec. 6, 1711 ; 9 Mary, b March 4, 
1673, "^ Solomon Goff, Jan., 1713 ; 10 Daniel, b Dec. 29, 
1675 ; II Theophilus, b July 28, 1678. 

I. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Doolittle, Jr., married ist, Mary, daughter of 
Wm. Hoult, of New Haven, Nov. 9, 1680. He died Dec. 15^..^ 
1732, ae. 83 3'ears. He married for his 2d wife, Ruth Lothrop, 
of New London, Feb. 12, 1689. She died without issue. 
His 3d wife was Elizabeth Thorp, to whom he was married 
by Rev. Mr. Street, June 5, 1695. She died in 1736, ae. 60 
years. 

Children by ist marriage: 12 John, b Aug. 13, 1681, m 
Mary Frederick, Feb. 28, 1705 ; 13 Abraham, b March 27, 
1684, m Mary Lewis, Aug. 10, 17 10; 14 Sarah, h Yoh. 5, 

1686 ; 15 Susannah, b April 15, 1688, m Armstrong. 

By 3d marriage: 16 Thorp'fh Feb. 15, 1696; 17 Sa^nuel, b 
March 14, 1698; t8 yoseph,\>y\.zxc\\ 13, 1700, m Rachel 
Cole, Dec. 15, 1726; 19 Thomas, b May 17, 1705, m Sarah 
Abernathy ; 20 Lydia, b June 26, 17 10, m John Joyce. 

4. JOHN. 

John Doolittle, son of Abraham and Abigail Doolittle, 
married Mary Peck, Feb.* 13, 1682. He married 2d, Grace 
Blakeslee, Jan. 29, 17 17. 



728 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 21 Esther, \> Jan. 24, 1683; 22 Samuel, b Feb. 

4, 1685 ; 23 Sarah, b Feb. 15, 1686; 24 Susannah, b April 

5, 1688; 25 Benjamin, b July 10, 1695, grad. at Yale, 17 16; 
26 Susannah, b Feb. 24, 1706; 27 Eunice, b May 30, 1707 ; 
28 John, b Feb. 6, 17 12. 

5. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Doolittle, son of Abraham and Abigail Doolit- 

tle, married ist, Mary , 2d, Eunice , and settled at 

Middletown, Conn. 

Children: 30 Jonathan, b Aug. 21, 1689; 31 Samuel, b 
Aug. 3, 1691, m Jane Wheeler, Aug. i, 1714; 32 Mary, b 
Nov. 24, 1693; TyT^ Abraham, h Sept. 21, 1695; 34 Abigail, 
b 1697 ; 35 Martha, b April 6, 1698; 36 Hannah, b Oct. 29, 
1700; 37 Thankful, b June 3, 1702; 38 Joseph, b June 20, 
1704, m Mary Hitchcock, May 24, 1729 ; 39 Nathaniel, b Jan. 
15, 1706, d of small pox; 40 Esther, b July 16, 1709; 41 
Abel, b May 15, 1724; 42 Benjamin, b Jan. 17, 1730. 

6. JOSEPH. 

Capt. Joseph Doolittle, son of Abraham and Abigail 
Doolittle, married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Sarah 
Brown ; she was born Aug. 8, 1672, and married by Thomas 
Yale, Esq.7Aprir"5^-i.69o^ He died May_J4^„-j^33, a. 66 
years. His 2d wife was Elizabeth Hoult, whom he married 
Oct. 5, 1720 ; she died June 3, 1768, as. 73 years. 

Children: 43 Isaac, b Aug. 13, 172 1 ; 44 Enos, b March 2, 

,^ji'' ^1727, m Mary , he d in 1756. By 2d marriage: 45 

y ^ Dinah, b April 24, 1729; 46 Elizabeth, b Jan. 3, 1731, d 
April 13, 1731 ; 47 Ichabod, b Aug. 21, 1732 ; 48 Sarah, b 

"-' 8. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Doolittle, son of Abraham and Abigail Doo- 
little, married Hannah, only daughter of Samuel and Han- 
nah Hall, April 6, 1697. She was born March 11, 1673, "^"^^ 
died July 27, 1758. He died Dec. 6, 1711; settled in 
Cheshire. 

Children: ^^(^ Hannah, b 1699; 50 Ebenezer, b April 15, 




GENEALOGIES. 729 

1700, m Lyclia Warner, June 11, 1728 ; 51 Moses, b 1702, d 
April 10, 1 78 1, m Ruth Richardson; 52 Sarah, b 1704; 53 
Caleb, b Feb. 3, 1706, d 1781 : 54 Joshua, b March 2, 1708; 
55 Zadock, b March 17, 171 1. 

10. DANIEL. 

Daniel Doolittle, son of Abraham and Abigail Doolittle, 
married to Hannah Cornwall of Middletown, Conn., by Mr. 
Hamlin. After the birth of their first child they removed to 
Middletown, and after a residence of a few years in that 
place they returned to Wallingford, where he died, in 1755, ae. 
80 yrs. She died Jan. 16, 1736. 

Children: 56 Hannah, b Jan. 27, 1699, m Joseph Doolittle, 
Sept. 10, 1722 ; 57 Elizabeth, b Oct. 15, 1700; 59 Matthew, b 
April 16, 1703 ; 60 Dinah, b Oct. 4, 17 — , d Sept. 14, 1719 ; 
61 Daniel, b Feb. 3, 1707,01 Sept., 1791, ae. 84 yrs. ; 62 Joseph, 
b July 3, 1709 ; 63 Stephen, b Sept. 14, 1710; 64 Abigail, b 
May 6, 17 12 ; 65 Ezra, b July 24, 17 18, d Oct. 24, 1744, at 
Cheshire, Conn. 

II. THEOPHILUS. 

Theophilus Doolittle, son of Abraham and Abigail 
Doolittle, married to Thankful, dau. of David Hall, by Mr. 
Street, Jan. 5, 1698. She died June 2, 1715. He died March 
26, 1740, £e. 62 yrs. He married Elizabeth Howe for his 
2d wife. 

Children : 67 Thankful, b May 2, 1700, m Timothy Page ; 
68 Sarah, b June i, 1703, m Isaac Tuttle, she d 1713 ; 69 
Henry, b 1704, d i733,'Sr29 yrs. ; 70 Theophilus, b June 20, 
1709, m Sarah Dorcher ( or Dorchester), Nov. 15, 1738 ; 71 
Solomon, b Aug. 13, 17 13, m Eunice Hall, Feb. 24, 17 — ; 72 
Benja}?iin, b Sept. 28, 1723. 

12. JOHN. 

John Doolittle, son of Abraham Jr. and Mercy Doolittle, 
married Mary Frederick, of New Haven, Feb. 28, 1705 ; he 
married 2d, Mary Lewis. He died 1745. 

Children: 73 Benjamin, b July 10, 1705 ; 74 Susannah, b 
Feb. 24, 1707 ; 75 Eunice, b May 30, 1709 ; 76 John, b Feb. 



•J 

i 



730 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

6, 1712, m Hannah ; 77 Fhcbc, b Nov. 26, 1713, m Josiah 

Mix- 1^ Frederick T., b Oct. 20, 17 15, d Sept. 2, 1746; 79 
/7<^e'^, b Oct. 2, 1 7 17, d Nov. 4, 1746, ae. 29 yrs. ; 80 Natluui. 
i\i July 22, 1720, d Aug. 20, 1728 ; 81 Mary, b Oct. 26, 1723, 
d Dec. 21, 1724; 82 Keziah, b Jan. 31, 1728, d Sept. 22, 
1746; 83 Patience, b June 17, 1732. 

13. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Doolittle, son of Abraham Jr. and Mercy 
Doolittle, married Mar)- Lewis, Aug. 10, 17 10. He died May 

10, 1733- 

Children: 84,85 Ezekia/i, josiah, h May 25, 1711 ; 86 

Dinah, d Sept. 14, 1719 ; 87 Zcl)iilon,h March i, 1712, d March 

I, 1714; 88 Ambrose, b Nov. 23, 1719, m Martha Munson ; _ 

^9 Nathan, b July 22, 1720; 89 1-2 Mary, b Dec. 15, 1727 ; 

90 Abraham, b Aug. 29, 1728 ; 81 Delii'erance, b Nov. 9, 1730. 

17. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Doolittle, son of Abraham and Elizabeth 
(Thorp) Doolittle, married Jane Wheeler, Aug. i, 17 14. 

Children: 92 Sarah, b Sept. 24, 17 14; 93 yoseph, b May 4, 

1715 ; 94 Samuel, b Feb. 28, 1725, m Eunice — ■ ; 95 Mehit- 

able, b Sept. 23, 1726; 96 Benjamin, b Jan. 17, 1730. 

18. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Doolittle, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Doo- 
little, married ist, Rachel Cowles, March 14, 1728. He mar- 
ried 2nd, Martha Hitchcock, Feb. 5, 1735. 

Children : 97 Dinah, b April 24, 1729 ; 98 Ichabod, b Aug. 
31, 1731 ; 99 Sarah, b Dec. 27, 1735 ! i°° Joseph, b Jan. 
25, 1738. 

19. THOMAS. 

Thomas Doolittle, son of Abraham and Elizabeth 
Doolittle, married Sarah Abernathy, May 27, 1730. He re- 
sided in Waterbury in 1764, was a Tory in the Revolution, and 
joined the English. He went to Nova Scotia with his brothei Si* 
James. He married his second wafe, Hannah Fenn, March 
5> 1732. 



GENEALOGIES. 73 1 

Children by ist marriage: loi Thomas^ b 1729, died in 
Cheshire, Nov. 19, 1760; 102 A>via, b Dec. 20, 1730; 103 
Samit'I, b Dec. 29, 1731, d Jan. 11, 1732; 104 Jeinhna^h 
Dec. 31, 1732 ; 105 Esther^ b Aug. 30, 1734. By 2d marriage: 
106 jfames, b Feb. 7, 1734; 107 Hantwh, b Oct. 12, 1735; 
108 Catherine, b Jan. 10, 1738 ; 109 Thomas, b Jan. 22, 
^742- .V / 

. \ , ■ .V^ 2 2. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Doolittle, son of John and Mary DooHttle, 

married M^biuWe , and settled in Northfield, Mass., 

where he died in 1736. 

Children: no Mary, b June 16, 1712; in Ephraim ; 
112 Moses; 113 vJ////c/7<:'(7/, b June 15, 17 15. 
25. benjamin. 

Rev. Benjamin Doolittle, son of John and Mary Doo- 
little, grad. at Yale in 17 16, married Lydia Todd, Oct. 14, 
171 7, and settled in the ministry at Northfield, Mass., in 17 18. 
He died suddenly Jan. 9, 1748, ae. 53 years, having been set- 
tled in the ministry about 30 years. His widow died June 
16, 1790, ai. 92 years. 

Children: 114 6>//7r, b Oct. 28, 17 18; 115 Lydia, b Aug. 
24, 1720; 116 Charles, \) ]v\\ 31, 1722; 117 ^/////Vf, b July 
31, 1734; 118 Susannah, b June 13, 1726; 119 Lucins, b 
May 16, 1728; 120 Chloe,\)M.2c^ ^, 1730; 121 Lucy, b Feb. 
27? ^731 \ 122 Thankful, b Jan. 20, 1733 ; 123 Amzi, b Nov. 
15' 1737 ; 124 Lucy, b July 15, 1741. 

28. JOHN. 

John Doolittle, son of John and Mary, married Hannah 
. He died in Wallingford in 1746-7, ae. 35. 

Children: 125 Philemon, b Feb. 25, 1740, m Lydia Hall, 
Jan. 5, 1757] 126 Eunice, b Jan. 31, 1741 ; 127 Margery; 
128 LLannah, b May 12, 1744; 129 Titus, b June 12, 1745, 
m Mary, dau. of Dr. Lewis, Nov. 20, 1764. 

31. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Doolittle, son of Samuel and Mary Doolittle, 
married Elizabeth . 



732 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: it,o Elizabeth, h ]?iV\. 2, 1755; 131 Ephraim^h 
Sept. 30, 1756; 132 George, b Jan. 14, 1759. 

33. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Doolittle, son of Samuel and Mary Doolittle, 

married Damaris . 

Child: 133 Abraham, b Nov., 1754. 

38. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Doolittle, son of Samuel and Mary Doolittle, 
married Mary Hitchcock, May 24, 1729. She died, and he 
married Mary Strickland, at Middletown, Conn., May 24, 1739. 

Children: 134 Mary, d young; 135 Elizabeth, d young; 
136 Joseph, d in Middletown, Aug. 6, 1771 ; 137 Seth, b Jan. 
4, 1745, m Hannah Dow, Feb. 4, 1768; 138 Abisha, din 
Cheshire about 1837, no family; it,() Mary ; \ifO Elizabeth ; 
141 Joseph; 142 Jared d July 13, 1769 ; 143 Joel, b July 7, 
1769. 

42. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Doolittle, son of Samuel and Mary Doolittle, 
married Elizabeth . 

Children: 144 ^67//<?;;//>/, b July 15, 1753; 145 Sarah, b 
Feb. 21, 1756. 

43. ISAAC. 

Isaac Doolittle, son of Capt. Joseph and Sarah Doo- 
little, was a brass founder in New Haven, where he died, Feb. 
13, 1800, ae. 99. He married Phebe Cook. He was the an- 
cestor of Gov. English on the maternal side. 

Child : Jesse, b Feb. 25, 1777. 

44. enos. 

Enos Doolittle, son of Capt. Joseph and Sarah Doolittle, 
married Mary . He died Oct. 27, 1756, ae. 22 years. 

Children : 147 Keziah, b June 27, 1748 ; 148 Katharine, b 
Aug. 17, 1749; 149 John, b Dec. 31, 1754, d July 8, 1756; 
150 Patience, b May 4, 1756. 

50. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and Hannah, mar- 



GENEALOGIES. 733 

ried Lydia Warner, June ii, 1728, and settled in Cheshire. 
He died May 20, 1774, ae. 74 years. 

Children: 151 Ruth, b Aug. 20, 1735; ^S^ Ebenezer, b 
Oct. 12, 1736 ; i53y6'j-.5-6', b Aug. 12, 1738 ; 154 Zopher, b Aug. 
7, 1740. 

51. MOSES. 

Moses Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and Hannah, married 
ist, Ruth Hills ; 2d, Lydia Richardson, March 23, 1720, died 
April 10, 1 78 1, ae. 79 years, at Cheshire. 

Children: 155 Thomas, b Feb. 8, 1730, d April 13, 1731 ; 
156 Hannah, b Nov. 9, 1731 ; 157 Eunice, b Oct. 27, 1733; 
158 Damaris, b May 28, 1735. 

53. CALEB. 

Caleb Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and Hannah, married 
Tamar Thompson, April 24, 1734. They settled in the south- 
west part of Cheshire, on land now owned and occupied by 
Julius Brooks, Esq., and others. He died March 11, 1781, ae. 
75 years. 

Children: 159 yoseph,\) X^xW. 30, 1734, was a farmer in 
Cheshire, near where the present Joseph Doolittle lives ; 160 
Caleb, b Jan. 5, 1735, settled in Westwoods, Hamden, left 
sons and daughters ; 161 Tamar, b Aug. 12, 1736; 162 Benja- 
min, b March 5, 1738, settled in Cheshire one-half mile west 
of the village ; 163 Lois, b April 8, 1746 ; 164 Amos, was a 
farmer in the south-west part of Cheshire; 165 Ephraim, b 
June 15, 1754. 

54. JOSHUA. 

Joshua Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and Hannah, mar- 
ried Martha Hitchcock, Feb. 5, 1735, died Nov. 15, 1779, 
ae. 71 years. Having no children, he gave all his property 
to Joshua Doolittle Waterman, son of the Rev. Simeon Water- 
man, of Plymouth, Conn. 

55. zadock. 

Zadock Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and Hannah, mar- 
ried Rhoda . 

Children: 166 Hannah, b July 22, 1740; 167 Lydia, b 



734 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

March 3, 1742 ; 168 Rhoda, b June 28, 1744 ; 169 Eunice^ b 
Sept. 5, 1746 ; 170 Zac/iariah, b May 13, 1749 ; 171 Sarah, b 
Sept. 24, 1751. 

61. DANIEL, 

Daniel Doolittle, son of Daniel and Hannah, married 
EHzabeth Dayton and settled in North Haven, two miles 
north of the center, on the Wallingford road. He died Sept., 
1791, ae. 84. 

Children: 172 Giles, b Nov. 6, 1734 ; 173 Michael, b April 

12, 1738; 174 Oliver, b Oct. 14, 1742, m Cook; 175 

FJizabeth, b Jan. 8, 1745 ; 176 John, b Jan. 15, 1747 ; 177 
yohiisoii, A\xv Wallingford; 178 Ezra, b Jan. 3, 1752, d in 
Cheshire. 

62. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Doolittle, son of Daniel and Hannah, married 

Mary . 

Children: 179 Joseph, b Jan. 15. 1757 ; 180 Walter, b 
March 27, 1759 ; 181 Joel, b Jan. 7, 1761. 

63. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Doolittle, son of Daniel and Hannah, married 

Anna , May 11, 1737. He died Nov. 8, 1772, ae. 64. 

She died Nov. 27, 1797, ae. 92 years. 

Children : 182 Anna, b April 27, 1738 ; 183 Abigail, b Jan. 
21, 1741 ; 184 Ruth, b Oct. 29, 1742 ; 185 Stephen, b Jan. 15, 
1745, d Nov. 30, 1745. 

65. EZRA. 

Ezra Doolittle, son of Daniel and Hannah, married 
Hannah . He died Oct. 24, 1844, in Cheshire. 

Children : 186 Hannah, d in 1747 ; 187 Hannah, b May 21, 
1748. 

70. THEOPHILUS. 

Theophilus Doolittle, son of Theophilus and Thankful, 
married Sarah Dorcher, Nov. 15, 1738. 

Children: \^% Susannah, h Kw.g. 2, 1739; 189, 190 Solo- 
mon and Theophilus, b Jan. 8, 1741, d Jan. 25, 1741 ; 191 



GENEALOGIES. 735 

Theophihis, b Feb. 5, 1742 ; 192 Solomon^ b March 24, 1746 ; 

193 yt'x/rtr/^, b July 11, 1748. married Damaris ; 194 

Sarah, b April 10, 1750 ; 195 Elizabeth, b June i, 1751 ; 196 
Stephen, b July 12, 1752 ; 197 Isaac, b Aug. 27, 1754. 

71. SOLOMON. 

Solomon Doolittle, son of Theopilus and Thankful, 
married, ist, Eunice Hall ; 2nd, Jerusha Tyler, Feb. 13, 1734. 

Children : 198 Daniel, b Oct. 4, 1706 ; 199 Theophilus, b 
March 19, 1769; 200 Sarah, b Feb. 5, 1752; 201 Lucy, b 
July 18, 1778 ; 202 yoel, b Sept. 16, 1781. 

84. EZEKIAH. 

EzEKiAH Doolittle, son of Abraham and Mary Doolittle, 
m Hepzibah . 

Children: 203 Barnabas, b Jan. 8, 1736; 204 Mchitable, b 
Feb. 28, 1738 ; 205 Hepzibah, b Aug. 14, 1741 ; 206 Hczekiah, 
b May 4, 1742 ; 207 Anthony, b Jan. 31, 1744; 208 Mary, b 
Feb. 25, 1750. 

l-]ii JosiAH Doolittle, son of Abraham and Mary Doolittle, 

married Damaris . 

Children: 20() J osiah,\) July 17, 1769, d July 30, 1769; 
210 Stephen, b March 24, 1771. 

87. ZEBULON. 

Zebulon, son of Abraham and Mary Doolittle, married 
Mary . 

Children: 211 Mary, b Jan. i, 1741 \ 212 Sarah, b April 7, 
1745 ; 213 yohn, b May 24, 1748. 

88. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose Doolittle, son of Abraham and Mary, married 
Martha Munson, daughter of William and Rebecca Munson, 
of Cheshire. He died in Cheshire, Sept. 25, 1781, as. 74 
years. 

Children: 214 Ambrose, b Dec. 12, 1751; 215 Amos, b 
May 8, 1754 ; 216 Alartha, b Aug. 30, 1756; 217 Eunice, b 
June 21, 1758; 218 Abner, b July 27, 1760; 219 Lois; 220 
Thankful; 221, 222 Samuel 2Ci\A Silas, hM.'AXo}^ 28, 1763, both 



736 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

d same day ; 223 Reuben^ b May i, 1766 ; 224 Ltnvly, b June 
9, 1769; 225 Mary Ann, b Feb. 23, 1771 ; 226 Eliakim,h 
Aug. 29, 1772. 

94. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Doolittle, son of Samuel and Jane, married 

Eunice . 

Child: 227 Samuel, b April 11, 1749. 

125. PHILEMON. 

Philemon Doolittle, son of John and Hannah, married 
Lydia Hall, Jan. 5, 1757. Supposed to have died in- western 
New York. 

Children : 229 Phebe, b May 25, 1759, in Wallingford ; 230 Ke- 
ziah, b April 20, 1760, in Wallingford; 231 Zjiv//rt', b Oct. 22, 
1761; 232 John F., b Feb. 11, 1767; 233 Rice, b Aug. 27, 
1769 ; 234 Jarcd ; 235 jfesse ; 236 Patience ; 237 Hannah. 

129. TITUS. 

Titus Doolittle, son of John and Hannah, married Mary 
Lewis, daughter of Dr. Lewis of Wallingford, Nov. 20, 1764. 
He died at Westfield, Mass., Nov. 23, 18 18, ae. 73 years. 

Children ; 239 John, b Jan., 1765, d in early life unm. ; 240 
Elizabeth, b 1767, m Abraham Bradley of Russell, Mass., she 
d April 28, 183 1 ; 241 Titus, was a farmer at Westfield, 
Mass., m Mary Tracy in 1794, and had ten children, mostly 
deceased; 242 Mary, b 1769, m Noble Fowler of Southwick, 
Mass., she d March 11, 1747; 243 Joel, b 1774, grad. at Yale 
College, 1799, was a lawyer; 244 Atnasa, b 1776, m Mary 
Hitchcock of Cheshire ; 245 Martha, m Solomon Gillette of 
Colchester, Conn. ; 246 Mark, a lawyer in Belchertown ,Mass., 
grad. at Yale College in 1804, m ist, Betsey A. Smith, and 2d, 
Sarah T. Reuberteau, he din 1818, Nov. 23, leaving no sons. 
152. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and Lydia Warner 
Doolittle, owned and occupied the farm late the property of 
Landa Bristol, of Cheshire. 

Children : 247 Elkanah, d in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 248 Ama- 
ryllis, m Landa Bristol, of Cheshire. 



GENEALOGIES. 737 

l6o. CALEB. 

Caleb Doolittle, son of Caleb and Tamar, married in 
West Woods, Hamden. 

Children: 249 Caleb; 250 Jesse; 251 Tamar, m 

Wooden. 

162. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Doolittle, son of Caleb and Tamar. 
Child: 252 Joseph I., d in Prospect. 

164. AMOS. 

Amos Doolittle, son of Caleb and Tamar, married and 
settled in the southwestern part of Cheshire, on the farm 
now belonging to the heirs of his grandson, Amos Doolittle, 
late of Cheshire, deceased. He died March 23, 1808, ae, 

75 yrs. His wife, Mrs. Abigail , died July 28, 1827, 

ae. 88 yrs. 

Children: 253 Olive, b March 30, 1761 ; 254 Amos, b 1767, 
d May 21, 1816, ae. 49 yrs. ; Lois his wife d March 27, 1828, 
ae. 57 yrs. ; probably Alexander and others. 

165. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Doolittle, son of Caleb and Tamar, married 
Christiana Thorp, and settled on the farm now owned by 
Julius Brook, Esq., in the southwest district of Cheshire. He 
also owned the mills since known as Gaylord's mills. His 
widow married Thaddeus Rich, late of Cheshire, deceased. 

Children: 255 Julia; 256 Rispah, b 1800, d ae. 50 yrs. 

178. EZRA. 

Ezra Doolittle, son of Daniel and Elizabeth, married 
Sarah Hall, and settled on the farm now owned by his son 
Levi, in the north part of Cheshire. He died suddenly on 
the first Monday in April, 1829. 

Children: 257 ^^rrt-, b May 8, 1776, settled in Barkham- 

stead, and died there: 258 Leonard; 259 Levi, m 

Tuttle, of Cheshire; 260 Sarah, m Benjamin Dowd Doo- 
little; 261 Betsey; 262 Eunice. 



738 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

192. SOLOMON. 

Solomon Doolittle, son of Theophilus and Sarah, mar- 
ried Eunice Hall, Feb. 24, 1768. 

Children: 263 Theophilus^ b March 19, 1769, m Abiah 
Atwater ; 264 Sarah, b Feb. 5, 1772 ; 265 Lucy, b July 18, 
1778; 266 jfoel, b Sept. 16, 1781. 

214. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose Doolittle, son of Ambrose and Martha, mar- 
ried Miss Dowd of Middletown, Conn. He died in 

Cheshire, Conn. 

Child : 267 Beiijamm Dowd, b 1775, d May 13, 1845, ^• 
70 yrs. He m Sarah Doolittle, she d July 30, 1826, ae. 
44 yrs. 

215. AMOS. 

Amos Doolittle, son of Ambrose and Martha, married 
Abigail Ives of Cheshire, Conn., dau. of Joel Ives. He was 
a distinguished engraver and artist. His dwelling occupied 
a portion of the lot on the northwest corner of College and 
Elm Streets, New Haven, Conn. 

Child: 26^ Mary Ann. 

218. ABNER. 

Abner Doolittle, son of Ambrose and Martha, married. 
He resided in the old homestead in Cheshire, Conn., until 
his death ; he had several daughters. 

221. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Doolittle, son of Ambrose and Martha, married. 
He was insane, and died in Cheshire, Conn. 

Children : 268 Calvin, m Matilda Wincher, he d in 

Cheshire, Conn. ; 269 Alfred, m Brown, and d in 

Cheshire, Conn. ; 270 Aaron, married, has a large family in 
Cheshire, Conn. 

222. SILAS. 

Silas Doolittle, son of Ambrose and Martha. He went 
to Vermont, became insane and died the same hour and min- 
ute that his brother died at Cheshire. 



GENEALOGIES. 739 

231. AMASA. 

Amasa Doolittle, son of Titus and Mary, married Mary, 
daughter of Amasa Hitchcock, of Cheshire. He died in 
1825, ae. 49 years. 

Children: 2t,2 Amasa Lewis, resides in Cheshire, on the 
old Lewis farm ; 233 Mary, m Reuben Pahner, of Spring- 
field, Mass. 

247. elkanah. 

Elkanah Doolittle, son of Ebenezer and , mar- 
ried I St, Cook, of Cheshire. She died and he married his 

2d wife in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he resided until his death. 
He was a graduate of Yale College. 

Children: 234 Milton, d at Cheshire, Conn.; 235 Edward, 
d at Cheshire ; 236 Warren; 237 IVm. A., d in Brooklyn, 
New York. 

254. AMOS. 

Amos Doolittle, son of Amos and Abigail, married Lois 

. He died May 21, 1816, ae. 49 yrs. She died March 

27, 1828, ae. 57 yrs. 

Child : 238 Afnos, b 1797, d at Cheshire about 1867, ae. 70. 

241. TITUS. 

Titus Doolittle, son of Titus and Mary Doolittle, married 
Mary, daughter of Rev. Stephen Tracey, of Norwich, Mass., 
in 1794, and had children, most of whom have died ; no sons 
are living. His wife died in 1843. He was living at Paines- 
ville, Ohio, in 1852. 

243. JOEL. 

Joel Doolittle, son of Titus and Mary Doolittle, mairied 
Sarah P. Fitch, of Pawlet. He graduated at Yale in 
1799, and was tutor in Middlebury college, Vermont. He 
studied law and settled at Middlebury in the practice of his 
profession, after having filled with honor many offices in the gift 
of the people, as Judge of the Supreme Court, etc. He died 
March 9, 1841, ae. 67 yrs. He left four sons and two 
daughters. The three sons are in Ohio. 



740 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 279 jfohn; 280 Titus; 281 Charles Hubbard; 
282 jfoel ; 283 Sarah; 284 Elizabeth. 

244. AM ASA. 

Amasa Doolittle, son of Titus and Mary Lewis Doolittle, 

^_>' married Mary, daughter of Amasa Hitchcock of Cheshire. 

w>" N^ He died in 1825, ae. 49 years. 

^^ ^ Children: 285 Amasa Lewis, now living in Cheshire; 286 

' "^" Mary, resides in Springfield, Mass. She married Reuben 

c,' Palmer. 

246. mark. 
Mark Doolittle, son of Titus and Mary Doolittle, grad- 
uated at Yale college, 1804 ; studied law and settled at Bel- 
chertown, Mass. He married for his first wife Betesy Matilda 
Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith Esq., of West Haven, Vt. 
She died Nov. 14, 1814, ae. 28. He married his 2nd wife, 
Sarah T. Reuberteau, of Newburyport. 

Children : 287 Lucy Maria, m Dr. Horatio Thompson, of 
Belchertown, Mass., 1834 ; 288 Betsey Matilda, b May, 1814, 
m John Strong, a graduate of Yale in 1857, residence in 
Addison, N. Y. By second marriage, 289 Sarah Lorefia, d 
July 29, 1849, ae. 18 ; 290 Wm. C, d in childhood. 

108. ENSIGN. 

Ensign Joseph Doolittle, son of Joseph and Rachel, 
,\ married Martha Hitchcock, and was a farmer on the west 

side of the river in Wallingford. 

Children: 291 Joseph; 292 Walter; 2^)2) Joel; 2()^ Reu- 
ben. 

291. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Doolittle, son of Joseph and Martha. 

Children : 295 Jared, was a merchant in New Haven ; 
IVathafiiel, was the owner of the mills at Quinnipiac ; 29 
Patty, m Oliver Deming, of New Haven. 

293. JOEL. 

Joel Doolittle, son of Joseph and Martha. 

Children : 298 Joel, b 1790, is living at North Haven ; 299 



GENEALOGIES. 74I 

Ljicy^ no further information about her appears on the records. 

294. REUBEN. 

Reuben Doolittle was a farmer in the south-westerly 
part of the town of Wallingford. 

Children: 2,^0 Rufus ; ^01 Almon ; 7,02 Rhoda,m Angxxstns 
Hall Esq., of Wallingford. 



DUDLEY. 



JOHN. 

John and Lois Dudley, came into Wallingford about the 
year 1750, and settled on the west side of the river, a short 
distance below the present residence of Street Jones, Esq., 
who is the present owner of the old Dudley house. Of 
their history very little is now known. 

JEDEDIAH. 

Jedediah Dudley, their son, was born in Wallingford, 

Jan. I, 1759, married , and occupied the house of his 

father until his decease. 

Children : i ^ohn, d in Branford, buried in Wallingford, 
1869; 2 G?/)?/;, d in Wallingford ; 3 Elias, m Laura Preston, 
and died in Cheshire ; 4 J^edediah, d unm., and was insane 
several years ; 5 Isaac, d ; 6 a daughter. 



DUTTON.' 



JOSEPH. 

Joseph Dutton, the ancestor of the family of that name 
in Wallingford, was of Machimoodus, or East Haddam. He 
purchased land in Wallingford in 1718 and 17 19, which he 
gave to his sons, whose names are as follows : 

I Benjamin, b 1696, m Mary ; 2 David, m Lydia 

Cook ; 3 Thomas, m Abigail Merriman. 

I For collateral branches, see Hill's Hist. Mason, N. H., 201 j Savage's 
Gen. Diet, 11. 84, 85. 

Y Y 



^ 



742 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

I. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Button, married Mary , had children born 

in Wallingford. He died in Cheshire Parish, Jan. 27, 1791, 
£e. 95 yrs. She died Oct. 27, 1785, as. 80 yrs. 

Children: 4 Joseph, b Jan. 5, 1720 ; 5 Benjamin, b March 

10, 1723 ; 6 Susannah, b June 17, 1725 ; 7 John, b Jan. 23, 
1730; 8 Sarah, b Dec. 6, 1735; 9 Charks, b 1736, d Sept. 
19, 1829, ae. 93 yrs. ; 10 Elizabeth, b July 25, 1737 ; 11 Eiiniee, 
b April 5, 1739 ; 12 Daniel, b Nov. 30, 1740. 

2. DAVID. 

David Dutton married Lydia, daughter of Samuel and 
Hope Cook, Sept. 14, 1722. She died Oct. 12, 1735, '^'^- 4°- 
He married Sarah Doolittle, Feb. 21, 1739. 

Children by ist marriage: 13 Mary,\) July 16, 1723, m 
Gideon Royce, Oct. 4, 1743 ; 14 Charles, b Oct. 30, 1727, m 
Eunice Jones, 1761, he d Oct. 9, 1789 ; 15 Jesse, b Dec. 24, 
1729, d Feb. 4, 1745, at Cape Breton, in the old French war; 
16 Ambrose, b March 30, 1732; 17 Joel, b March 20, 1734; 

18 Lydia, b Oct. 27, 1738, d Sept. 27, 1739. By 2d marriage: 

19 Dai'id, b June 23, 1741 ; 20 Amos, b Oct. 13, 1745, d Oct. 
3, 1788, ae. 61 ; 21 Jonathan, b Jan. 25, 1743-4. 

3. THOMAS. 

Thomas Dutton married Abigail Merriman, May 6, 1729. 

Children: 22 John,h Feb., 1730; 23 Abigail, b Jan. 8, 

\ 1732 ; 24 Thomas, b Jan. 31, 1735 - 25 Samuel, b Jan. 24, 

1737 ; 26 Lois, b Aug. 8, 1738 ; 27 Matthew, b Nov. 11, 1740 ; 

28 John, b April 3, 1743; 29, 30 Aniasa, and AsaJiel, b July 

30, 1745; 31 Nathaniel, \) June 18, 1747; t,2 Phebe, b Oct. 

11, 1749 ; 11 Asahel, b Feb. 2, 1753. 

4. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Dutton, son of Benjamin and Mary, of Walling- 
ford, married Elizabeth . She died Jan. 25, 1700, ae. 

72. He died in Southington, Ct., Oct. 26, 1788, as. 68 years, and 
was buried at Plantsville, Southington, by the side of his wife. 

Child : 34 Mindwell, b May 18, 1746, m in Wallingford. 



\ 



GENEALOGIES. 743 

5. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Button, son of Benjamin and Mary, m Abigail 
Jones, March 16, 1747. 

Children: 35 Eunice, b April 5, 1749 ; 36 Abigail, b Nov. 
21, 1750. 

14. CHARLES. 

Charles Button, son of Baniel and Lydia Button, mar- 
ried Eunice Jones, 1761. He died Oct. 9, 1781. 

Children : 37 Jesse, settled in the State of Maine ; 38 Afnos, 
b June 3, 1767, d March 21, 1845, ae. 73 years ; 39 Charles, 
d in Ohio where he resided. 



FENN.' 

EDWARD. 

Edward Fenn married Mary Thorp, Nov. 15, 1688. He 
died Feb. 2, 1728, ae. 84 yrs. She died July 24, 1725, and 
he married Abigail Williams, Jan. 26, 1726. He belonged 
in Wallingford. 

Children: i Mary, b Sept. 27, 1689; 2 Hannah, b Feb. 4, 
1698, d Feb. 14, 1698 ; 3 Theophibis, b Jan. 31, 1689 ; 4 
Elizabeth, b April 29, 1692; 5 Sarah, b Nov. 24, 1694; 

6 Theophilus, b Jan. 28, 1698, m Martha ; 7 John, b 

March 23, 1702, m Sarah \ 8 Han?iah, b Bee. 13, 1704; 

^ 9 Thomas, b Sept. 13, 1707, m Lydia ; 10 Naotni, b 

May 10, 1712, m Samuel Frost, March 21, 1723. 

6. theophilus. 

Theophilus Fenn, m Martha Boolittle, May 24, 1722. 

Children: 10 Elizabeth, b Oct. 25, 1723; 11 Edward, h 
Sept. 2, 1732 ; 12 Martha, b Sept. 23, 1725 ; 13 Bethiah, b 
Feb, 18, 1728; 14 Bejijamin, b Aug. 3, 1730; 15 Phebe, b 
Feb. 12, 1735 ; ^^ Theophilus, b Feb. 20, 1737, d Nov. 8, 
1737; Yi Eunice, b March 16, 1741 ; 18 ^'//'jv?;/;/^/?, b Sept. 
28, 1746. 

I For collateral branches, see Savage's Gen. Diet, II. 151, 152. 




744 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

7. JOHN. 

John Fenn married Sarah . 

Children: 20 Mary, b Dec. 4, 1730; 2) John, b July 15, 
1732 : 22 Lois, b Aug. 2, 1735 '> 23 Samuel, b Sept. 10, 1739 ; 
24 Amos, b May 30, 1745. 

9. THOMAS. 

Thomas Fenn, married Lydia Ackley, March 22, 1731. 
She died Dec. 4, 1741. He married, 2d, Christina . 

Children by ist marriage: 25 Lydia, h July 11, 1733; 26 
Thomas, b Dec. i, 1735; 27 Samuel, b Dec. 27, 1737; 28 
Hannah, b March 24, 1740. By 2d marriage : 29 Esther, b 
Oct. 20, 1743 j 30 Theophilus, b June 29, 1744. 



FOOT. 



ROBERT. 

Robert Foot was first of Wethersfield, afterwards of that 
part of New Haven now known as Wallingford, and in 1678 
and thereafter, until his death at Branford, was married to 

Sarah , 1659. After his decease, his widow married 

Aaron Blatchley of Branford, in 1686. Mr. Foot was a son of 
Nathaniel Foot, the settler. He died suddenly in 1681, ae. 52. 
John Foot, the sixth child of Robert and Sarah, was born at 

Branford, July 24, 1670. He married Mary , and had 

seven children. He died in 17 13, ae. 43. 

JOHN. 

John Foot, fourth child of John and Mary Foot, was born 
in 1700, and settled in North Branford. He married ist, Eliza- 
beth Frisbee, Dec. 25, 1733 ; she died Feb. 3, 1737, ag. 22. 
He married 2d, Abigail Frisbee, Aug. 16, 1738. He died Jan. 
26, 1777, ae. 77. His widow Abigail died May, 1779, ae. 67. 

I For collateral branches, see Brown's Gen. W. Simsbury, Conn., 53- 
56 ; Caulkins' Hist. New London, Conn., 308; Goodwin's Foote Family 
Gen. ; Judd and Boltwood's Hist, and Gen. of Hadley, Mass., 494 ; Mat- 
thews' Hist. Cornwall, Vt, 285 ; Nash's Gen. of Nash Family, 42 ; N. E. 
Hist, and Gen. Reg., ix. 272; Savage's Gen. Diet, 11. 179-82. 



GENEALOGIES. 745 

Children by ist marriage: i jfonathan^ b Jan. 23, 1737, d 
in North Branford, 1801. By 2d marriage : 2 jfohn, b April 5, 
1742, in North Branford, m Abigail, dau. of Rev. Samuel 
Hall, of ( Cheshire ) Wallingford, granddaughter of Gov. 
Jonathan Law, who d Nov. 19, 1788, ae. 39, m Eunice, dau. of 
John Hall, Esq., Apr. 28, 1761, was grad. at Yale 
College in 1765, studied Divinity, and succeeded Rev. Mr. 
Hall as pastor of the Congregational Church in Cheshire, d 
Aug. 31, 1813, ae. 71, his wife Eunice d Jan. 31, 1817 ; 3 
Abigail Sarah Hall, b Jan. 2, 1769, d Jan 20, 1775 ; 4 Mary 
Ann, b Sept. 21, 1770, d Sept. 25, 1775; 5 Lucinda, b May 
19, 1772, m Dr. Thomas T. Cornwall, and was mother to 
Hon. Edward A. Cornwall, of Cheshire ; 6 John Alfred, b 
Jan. 2, 1774, d Aug. 25, 1794, ae. 20; '] Abigail M. A., h 
Sept. 16, 1776, d Aug. 9, 1778, ae. 22 ; 8 Wm. Lambert, b 
Oct. 10, 1778, was a physician in Cheshire; 9 Samuel Augus- 
tus, b Nov. 8, 1780, mem. of Congress, Senator in Congress, 
and Gov. of Conn. ; 10 Roderick, b Dec. 15, 1782, d May 16, 
1791, ae. 8 ; 11 Matilda, b May 6, 1785, d Oct. 9, 1787. 

8. WILLIAM. 

Dr. Wm. Lambert Foot, son of Rev. John, was a promi- 
nent man in his native town, was town clerk and judge of the 
Probate court, and practiced his profession, until a short 
time before his death. He married Mary, dau. of Capt. Dan 
Scoville of Saybrook, March, 1801. Both died in Cheshire. 

Children: 12 William L., M. D., b Nov. 21, 1802, m Mary 
Butler of Branford in 1827: 13 Mary A., b May 23, 1806; 
14 Abigail H., b April 28, 1808, m Edward Doolittle, he died 
March 4, 1837, ae. 29; 15 Scoville D., b April 10, 1810, m 
Martha Whiting, of Milford, Conn., June, 1836, she was born 
1807 ; 16 Eliza S., b June 29, 1812 ; 17 jfohn L., b Sept. 14, 
1817, merchant in Cheshire. 

9. SAMUEL. 

His Excellency Samuel A. Foot, son of Rev. John and 
Abigail, married Eudocia Hull, daughter of General Andrew 
and Elizabeth Mary Ann Hull, of Cheshire. He died Sept 



746 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

16, 1846, in his 66th year. She died at the residence of her 
son John A. Foot Esq., Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1849, ae. 66 
years. Her remains were brought to Cheshire for interment. 

Children: 18 John Alfred^ b Nov. 22, 1803, attorney at 
Cleveland, Ohio; 19 Andrew J/u//, h Sept. 12, 1806, Rear 
Admiral U. S. N., now deceased ; 20 Roderick ^., b Oct. i, 
1808, d Feb. 24, 1810; 21 Augustus Edwin., b Dec. 31, 18 10, 
cashier at Cleveland, Ohio; 22 Wm. Henry., b Feb. i, 1817, 
d March 6, 1827 ; 23 Edward Dorr., b Feb. 3, 1820, d Feb. 
9, 1831. 

BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Foot, of Wallingford, son of Daniel and Mary 
Foot, of Branford, who was the son of Daniel and Sarah P'oot, 
of Northford, who was the son of Joseph and Abigail Foot, 
of Northford, who was the son of Robert and Sarah Foot, of 
New Haven, Wallingford and Branford, who was the son of 
Nathaniel the settler, was born at Northford, Conn., Aug. i, 
1778, and was the youngest but one of thirteen children. He 
married, ist, Sally P., daughter of Joel Hall, April 24, 1803 ; 
she died, July 24, 1804, £e. 25 years ; 2d, Betsey, daughter 
of Andrew Hall, June 2, 1805, she died Sept. 20, 1831, ae. 
44 years; 3d, Mrs. Harriet, widow of Willis Humaston, and 
daughter of Newbury Button, of North Haven, May 3, 1832. 
He died in Wallingford, Nov., 1869, te. 91 years. 

Children by ist marriage: 24 Sally If., b Feb., 1804, d 
May 13, 1804. Children by 2d marriage: 25 Andrew If., b 
Nov. 15, 1806, m Frances, dau. of Simon Hoadley of New 
Haven; 26 ffenry A., b July 14, 1809, d Oct. 2, 1818; 27 
James, b Aug. 15, 181 1, m Emeline Slead of Wallingford, 
Oct. 8, 1834; 28 Sally H., b Jan. 16, 1815, m Charles B. Hall 
of WaUingford, Oct. i, 1835 ; 29 Benjamin, b Oct. 18, 1817, m 
Sarah, dau. of Hiel Hall of Wallingford, Nov. 19, 1840; 30 
Henry Clay, b June 19, 1820, m Catherine W., dau. of Hiel 
Hall, Aug. 17, 1842, she resided in Philadelphia, d in 1868. 



GENEALOGIES. 747 

GAYLORD.' 

WILLIAM. 

IJea. William Gaylord, a leading man of Windsor, Conn., 
was the father of Walter Gaylord, whose son Joseph was 
born May 13, 1649, ^^<^^ married July 14, 1670, Sarah, daughter 
of John Stanley of Farmington, Conn. It is not exactly 
clear as to whether he went from Windsor to Farmington, or 
Waterbury first ; but it is certain that he was at Mattatuck 
(Waterbury), in the spring of 1678, having been previously 
accepted as an inhabitant, Jan. 17, 1677. He had a thres 
acre lot on the corner of East and North Main-sts., which 
then bounded north on John Stanley. He sold his house and 
lot Feb. 2, 1703, reserving a quarter of an acre on which his 
son Joseph had built a house, after which he resided at a 
place called Breakneck, built a house there, and had twenty 
acres of land which he sold Feb. 26, 1705 or 1706. As no 
traces of him are found in Waterbury after this date, it is 
quite probable that he went to Durham in 1706, where several 
of his family had previously gone, and we find him there in 
the early part of 1706. He died in Durham previous to 17 13. 
His children were, 

I Sarah, b July 11, 1671, m Thomas Judd, Jr. ; 2 jfoscph, b 
April 22, 1673 or 1674, m Feb. 28, 1699, to Mary, dau. of 
Joseph Hickox, deceased, of Woodbury, she was born May 
25, 1678. 

2. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Gaylord went to Durham about the year 1705 or 
1706. He built a house at Buckshill in 1703 or 1704, which 
he sold to Richard Welton. 

Children : 3 Elizabeth ; 4 Joseph, d in infancy ; 5 Thankful, 
all b in Waterbury. 



I For collateral branches, see Judd and Boltwood's Hist, of Hadley, 
Mass., 497, 498; Savage's Gen. Diet., n. 238, 239; Stiles' Hist. Windsor, 
Conn., 623-7. 



748 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

JOHN. 

John Gaylord, born April 12, 1677, resided at Bucksliill, 
adjoining his brother Joseph, on a place he bought of John 
Warner. He went to Durham, and subsequently to Walling- 
ford, where he died in 1753, in what is now Cheshire. Mrs. 
Elizabeth Gaylord his wife, died in Cheshire, Dec. 19, 1751,. 
ae. 73 yrs. He left an estate of jCiggS i'"' Wallingford, and 
of £5^° ii^ Farmington, Conn. 

Children: 6 Samuel; 7 Edtuard ; 8 Tiinothy ; 9 Nathan; 
ID jfoseph ; II John, m Thankful ; and five daugh- 
ters, one of whom, 12 Sarah, d April 14, 1735. 

WILLIAM. 

William Gaylord had a £^0 propriety set out to him in 
Waterbury, in 1701, which he forfeited, and removed to 
Woodbury, where he joined the church, Jan. 13, 1706. Sub- 
sequently he went to New Milford, where he died about 1753. 
His will was proved Nov. 23, 1753, in which his wife Mercy 
and six children were named. Joanna, his first wife, joined 
the church in Woodbury, Dec. 7, 17 12. His son Nathan, of 
New Milford, married Hannah, daughter of John Bronson, 
who was a son of Isaac Bronson. 

Children : 13 Be/ijaftiin, resided in Durham and Wall- 
ingford, was in Wallingford in 1722 ; 14 Elizabeth, b Nov. 21, 
1680, m Joseph Hickox, son of Samuel ; 15 Mary, m Stephen 
Welton, she d July 18, 1719; 16 jfoatina, m Robert Royce 
of Wallingford, in 17 16, or before; 17 Ruth, m Stephen 
Hickox, and settled in Durham. 

13. benjamin. 

Benjamin Gaylord, m ist, Jerusha Frisbie of Branford, 
Conn., Jan. 28, 1729. She died May 11, 1734. He married 
2d, Mary Ashley, Feb. 14, 1738. 

Children: 18 Z^r-/, b Jan. 10, 1730; 19 jferusha, b July i, 
1731 ; 20 E710S, b Jan. 27, 1733, d Jan., 1734. 

6. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Gaylord, son of John and Elizabeth, married 
Thankful Munson, Aug. 19, 1729. ' . . 



GENEALOGIES. 749 

Children: 21 Agnes, h June 5, 1730; 22 yustus, b Mar. 12, 
1732; 23 Annie, b April 24, 1734; 24 J/rt;/«;r, b March 3, 
1736. 

7. EDWARD. 

Edward Gaylord, son of John and Elizabeth, m Mehita- 
ble Brooks, Aug. 16, 1733, at Cheshire, Conn. 

Children: 55 jfesse, b Feb. 23, 1734, d; 26 jfesse, b Sept. 
10, 1735- 

8. TIMOTHY. 

Timothy Gaylord, son of John and Elizabeth, m Prudence 
Royce, April 25, 1733. 

Children: 27 Prudence, b Jan. 31, 1734; 28 Timothy, b 
May 3, 1735, d; 29 Timothy, b Aug. i, 1736; 30 Royce, \> 
July 17, 1737 ; 31 ReiibeJi, b June 17, 1742. 

9. NATHAN. 

Nathan Gaylord, b 1724, d at Cheshire, Conn., July 2, 
1802, ae. 78. 

Children : 33 John, d in Wallingford ; 34 Nathan, d in 
Cheshire ; 35 Elias, d in Cheshire, m Hitchcock. 

ID. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Gaylord, son of John and Elizabeth, married 
Elizabeth Rich, Nov. 9, 1738. 

Child: 32 Charles, b Sept 22, 1739, in Wallingford or 
Cheshire. 

II- JOHN. 

John Gaylord resided on Parker's farms in Wallingford, 
in the house now owned by Silas Y. Andrews. 

Child : 36 John, m — Tuttle, had a son David T. and 

a daughter. 

34. NATHAN. 

Nathan died in Cheshire, and was the owner of the old 
mills in the south part of the town. 

Children : 37 Titus, d in Cheshire ; 38 Hannah, m Ebenezer 
Atwater ; 39 Jerusha, m Rufus Plum ; 40 JNathaiiy m — ... 



750 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Bradley ; 41 Eveline^ m Billions Brooks ; 42 Enos, is living in 
Prospect, m Celia Moss. 

35. ELIAS. 

Elias Gaylord, married ist, Hitchcock. She died 

and he married 2d, a widow Thorp. 

Children : 43 Horace^ m Bradley ; 44 Elias, m 

Amanda Bristol ; 45 Hannah^ m George Bristol. 



HALL.' 



JOHN. 

John Hall senior, (the emigrant), appears first, at Boston, 
and afterwards at New Haven. He evidently was not an 
original settler at New Haven, as his name does not appear 
in any list which I have been able to discover until after 1650. 
From whence he came is uncertain. The name (Hall) is a 
difficult one to trace, on account of the great number of 
original settlers of that name, 28 having come to America 
previous to 1660, of whom seven bore the name of John. 

That John Hall of Boston, New Haven and Wallingford 



I For collateral branches, see Adams' Haven Genealogy, 2d part, 27, 
28 ; Boiiton's Hist. Concord, N. H., 707, 708 ; Brooke's Hist. Medford, 
Mass., 517-27; Clarke's Hist. Norton, Mass., 82, 83; Draper's Hist. 
Spencer, Mass., 211, 212; Eaton's Annals of Warren, Me., 396, 397; 
Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 247-50 ; Freeman's Hist. Cape Cod, Mass., 
n. 137, 202, 209, 214, 507, 589, 707-^, 717; Goodwin's Gen. of Foote 
family, 107, 108 ; Hill's Hist. Mason, N. H., 203 ; Hinman's Conn. Set- 
tlers, 1st ed., 170-8; Hudson's Hist. Lexington, Mass., 83; Jackson's Hist. 
Newton, Mass., 295-7 ; Kellogg's Memorials of Elder John White, 33 ; 
Kingman's Hist. North Bridgewater, Mass., 529, 530 ; Lewis and New- 
hall's Hist. Lynn, Mass., 120; Littell's Passaic Valley Gen., 160-4; Mat- 
thews' Hist. Cornwall, Vt., 286 ; Mitchell's Hist. Bridgewater, Mass., 169, 
170; N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., VL 259, 260; xni. 15, 16 ; xv. 59, 381, 
382; New Hampshire Hist. Soc. Coll., vii. 381, 382 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, 
II. 332-9; Sewell's Hist. Woburn, Mass., 616; Stiles' Hist. Windsor, 
Ct, 651 ; Thurston's Hist. Winthrop, Me., 186; Ward's Hist. Shrews- 
bury, Mass., 304, 305 ; Whitmore's Gen. of Hall family; Winsor's Hist. 
Duxbury, Mass., 263, 264. 



GENEALOGIES. 75 I 

was an emigrant, appears quite evident, from his having sons 
old enough to be married in 1666. He moved to WalUngford 
after the settlement had commenced, which accounts for the 
non-appearance of his name on the first Plantation covenant, 
in 1669-70. His sons John, Thomas and Samuel, were sign- 
ers to that instrument. His name appears on the covenant 
of 1672, and it is quite certain that he had then been some- 
time in the place. In 1675, himself and his son John were 
chosen selectmen of Wallingford. 

John Hall senior, was freed from training in 1665, being 
then in his 60th year, and was most certainly in New Haven 
as early as 1639, and at Wallingford about the year 1670, 
with the early settlers there. He died early in the year 1676, 
ae. 71 years. The maiden name of his wife was Jane 
Woolen. , 

Children: i jfo/i/i, baptized Aug. 9, 1646, d Sept. 2, 1721 ; 

2 Richard^ b July 11, 1645, "^ Hannah ; 3 Samuel, b 

May 21, 1646, d March 5, 1725 ; 4 Sarah, baptized Aug. 9, 
1646, at New Haven; 5 Thotnas, b March 25, 1649; ^ jfoiia- 
f/ian, b April 5, 165 1 ; 7 David, b March 18, 1652, d July 17, 
1727, JE. 75 yrs. 

I. RICHARD. 

Richard Hall, son of John and Jane Hall, married 
Hannah . He died in 1726, in New Haven. 

Children: 8 Satnuel,\> K\x^. 2, 1700, m Hannah Brown; 
9 Hannah, b Jan. 31, 1702 ; 10 yohn, b Jan. 17, 17 14, m 
Abiah Macomber; 11 Jonathan, grad. at Yale in 1737; 12 
Mary, b March 19, 17 12, d young and before her father. 

2. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hall, son of John and Jane Hall, went to Wall- 
ingford with the first planters in 1670. He married Hannah 
Walker, May, 1668, and died March 5, 1725, se. 77 years. 
She died Dec. 20, 1728. 

Children: 13 John, b Dec. 23, 1670, m Mary Lyman; 14 
Hannah, b March 11, 1673, m Ebenezer Doolittle ; 15 Sarah. 
b June 20, 1677, d March 18, 1712; 16 Samuel, b Dec. 10, 



752 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

1680, d June 15, 1770, ae. 90 yrs ; 17 Thcophilus, b Feb. 5, 
1686 ; 18 Elizabeth, b March 6, 1690, m John Moss. 

4. THOMAS. 

Thomas Hall, son of John and Jane Hall, married Grace 

X^gk,),^*\ ;>_June 5, 1673, she died May i, 1731 ; he died Sept. 17, 

-i'73ij as. 62 years, 5 mos. and 17 days. 

Children: 19 Abigail, b Jan. 7, 1674, m John Tyler; 20 
Ty/f^wrt-i-, b July 17, 1676, m Abigail, dau. of John Atwater ; 
21 Mary, b Nov. 22, 1677 ; 22 Jonathan, b July 25, 1679, "^ 
Dinah Andrews, May 12, 1703 ; 23 Joseph, b July 8, 168 1, m 
Bertha Terrel, Nov. 13, 1706 ; 24 Esther, b Feb. 23, 1682, m 
Benoni Atkins; 25 Benjatnin, b April 19, 1684, m Mary Ives ; 
26 Peter, b Dec. 28, 1686, m Rebecca Bartholomew; 27 Dan- 
iel, b Jan. 27, 1689 ; 28 Rebecca, b Jan. 6, 1691, m Daniel 
Holt, who was b Oct. 6, 1689 ; 29 Israel, b Oct. 8, 1696, m 
Abigail Palmer. 

5. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of John and Jane Hall, married Mary, 
daughter of Edward Parker, at New Haven, Dec. 6, 1666. 
They settled in Wallingford with the first planters, in 1670. 
He died Sept. 2, 1721, ae. 86 yrs. She died Sept. 22, 1725. 

Children: -^o Elizabeth, h Ang. 11, 1670, in New Haven; 
31 Daniel, b July 26, 1672, m Thankful Lyman, March 15, 
1693 j 32 Mary,h]\\n^ 23, 1675 ; t,t, JVathaniel,h Feb. 8, 1677, 
m Elizabeth Curtis ; 34 John, b March 14, 1681, m Elizabeth 
Royce ; 35 Lydia, b Jan. 21, 1683 ; 36 Samuel, b Dec. 24, 
1686, d Nov. I, 1689 ; 37 Esther, b Aug. 30, 1693 ; 38 Caleb, 
b Sept. 14, 1697. 

7. DAVID. 

David Hall, son of John and Jane Hall, married Mary 
Rutherford, of New Haven, Nov. 11, 1670; 2d, Sarah Rock- 
well, Dec. 24, 1676. She died Nov. 3, 1732 ; he died July 7, 
1727, ae. 76 yrs. 

Children: 39 Daniel, b Aug. 9, 1672, d Jan. 13, 1673 j 4° 
Rutherford, h K-^xW 20, 1675. By 2d marriage : 41 John, b 
May 9,. 1678, m Thankful Doolittle ; 42 Thankful, b Dec. 29, 



GENEALOGIES. 753 

1679; 43 Sara//, b Dec. 28, 1681, m Nathaniel Curtis ; 44 
Ruth, b Nov. 10, 1685 ; 45 yenisha, b Oct. 28, 1687, m John 
Mattoon, Oct. 20, 1706; 46 Mabel, b Aug. 15, 1691 ; 47 
David, b Dec. i, 1693, m Martha Doolittle, April 20, 172 1. 

13. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of Samuel and Hannah, married Mary 
Lyman ; she died Oct 16, 1740; he died April 29, 1730, ae. 
60 yrs. Rev. Mr. Whittelsey preached his funeral sermon. 

Children: 48 y(^//;^, b Sept. 13, 1679; 49 Esther, b Aug. 
30, 1694; 50 Samuel, b Oct. 4, 1695 j 5^ Caleb, b Sept. 14, 
1697, graduated at Yale ; 52 Eunice, b March 7, 1700 ; 53 
Be>ijamiu,h Axig. 28, 1702; ^^ Befijaftiin, b Dec. 17, 1704; 
55 Sarah, b April 15, 1706 ; 56 Eliaki7n, b Aug. 9, 171 1 ; 56 
Elihu, b Feb. 17, 1714, graduated at Yale, was King's Attor- 
ney in 1770, d in London ; 58 Nancy. 

16. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hall, son of Samuel and Hannah Hall, married 
Sue, daughter of Nathaniel and Esther Royce ; 2d, Bridget 
; he died June 15, 1770, ae. 90 yrs. 

Children: 59 Theophilus, b April i, 1707; 60 Samuel, b 
June 8, 1709 ; 61 Hannah, b July 15, 171 1 ; 62 Sarah, b Dec. 

6, 1713 ; 63 Mehitable, b April 25, 1716 ; 64 Esther, b Nov. 

7, 1719- 

20. THOMAS. 

Thomas Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, married 
Abigail Atwater, April 26, 17 10; he died Aug. 27, 1741. 

Children: 65 Thomas, b March 10, 1712, m Lydia Curtis, 
April 24, 1734; 66 Phineas, b April 12, 1715; 67 Abigail, b 
April 12, 1719, d Jan. 12, 1737 ; 68 Joshua, b May 23, 1722. 

22. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, married 
Dinah Andrews, May 12, 1703; he was born July 25, 1679, 
d Jan. 15, 1760, ae. 80 years and 17 days; she was born 
1684, and died at the age of 79 yrs., 2 mos. and 29 days. 



754 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 69 David, b Oct. 16, 1705, m Sept. 23, 1731, to 

Alice ; 70 y^//rt'//;^z«, b Jan. 13, 1708, m Dec. 15, 1739, to 

Sarah, dau. of John Cook; 71 Joseph, b May 31, 17 10, m 
April 19, 1736,10 Hannah Scoville ; 72 Anna, b Jan. 18, 
1713 ; 73 Jsaac, b July 11, 17 14, m Nov. 5-, 1739, d March 7, 
1 78 1, m Mary Moss ; ']/[ Fhebe, b Feb. 12, 1717, d May 14, 
1735 j 75 E,zekiel, b May 13, 1719, m Anna Andrews, Oct. 
29, 1763 ; 76 Thankful, b Sept. 20, 1722 ; 77 Benja77ii7i, b 
Oct. 20, 1725; 78 Ihnperance, b April 16, 1727. ^ 

23. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, married 
Bertha Terrel, Nov. 13, 1706; she died Dec. 28, 1753; he 
died Nov. 3, 1748. 

Children: 79 Temperance, b July 15, 17 14, d Dec. 7, 17 16; 
80 Joseph, b Sept. 23, 1718, d Sept. 6, 1737 ; 81 Ephrahn, b 

April 25, 1723, m ist, Eunice , she d May 9, 1763, he 

m 2d, Chloe Moss, Oct. 13, 1763. 

25. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, married 
Mary Ives, Dec. 27, 1752. 

Children: 82 Benjamin, b Sept. 25, 1753, d Oct. 8, 1755; 
83 Eliab, b Feb. 17, 1755, d in camp during the Revolution, 
at N. Y. ; 84 Benjamin, b Nov. 3, 1756. 

26. PETER. 

Peter Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, married 
Rebecca Bartholomew, Oct. 19, 1732 ; he died Sept. 25, 1798, 
ae. 90 yrs. She died Oct. 31, 1798, ae. 87 yrs. 

Children : 85 Susannah, b Feb. 26, 1733 ; 86 Hiel, b May 6, 
1735 ; 87 Abigail, b May 15, 1737 ; 88 Rebecca, b July 3, 
1740 ; 89 Eunice, b Nov. 8, 1742 ; 90 Josiah, b July 3, 1743 ; 

91 Peter, b June 7, 1748, d as shown by date on stone, — ; 

92 Andrew, b Sept. 16, 1750, d Oct. 14, 1776; 93 Atina, b 
March 30, 1753 ; 94 Keziah, b June 16, 1755 ; 95 Lois, b 
Sept. 25, 1757. 



GENEALOGIES. 755 

27. DANIEL. 

Daniel Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, married 
Martha Doolittle, April 20, 1721. 

Children: ()6 Abraham, b Jan. 27, 1722, m Sarah Doolittle; 

97 John, b Jan. 29, 1724, d in Meriden, May 13, 1795,^6. 72 ; 

98 Hannah, b Sept. 11, 1725, m Benjamin Tyler, of Branford ; 

99 Daniel, b June i, 1727 ; 100 Martha, b June 14, 1729 ; 
loi Safftiiel, b May 5, 1731 ; 102 Mary, b Sept. 7, 1733 ; 103 
Abigail, b April 27, 1739. 

29. ISRAEL. 

Israel Hall, son of Thomas and Grace Hall, m Abigail 
Powell, April 11, 172 1. 

Children : 104, 105 Sarah, and Israel, b March 14, 1722 ; 
106 Enos, b March 30, 1726 ; 107 Israel, b Oct. 22, 1728 ; 
108 Abigail, b Mar. 22, 1731, d Aug. 5, 1743; 109 yothain,h 
Feb. 6, 1737 ; no Abigail, h July 5, 1744; in Mary, b June 
23, 1749 ; 112 Eunice, b Feb. 6, 1751. 

31. DANIEL. 

Daniel Hall, son of John and Mary Hall, married Thank- 
ful Lyman, March 15, 1693. 

Children : 113 Daniel, b Jan. 4, 1693, d ; \i^Daniel,h Feb. 
19, 1695, '^ 1727 ; 115 Samuel, b Nov. 5, 1697 ; 116 Silence, b 
Oct. 6, 1699 ; 117 Preserved, b Jan. 15, 1700, was an imbecile, 
his brother Abraham had the care of him ; 118 Sarah, b June 
2 1, 1703 ; 119 Benjamin, b Dec. 17, 1704 ; 150 Jacob, b 1705 ; 
121 David, b Oct. 16, 1706 ; 122 Abraham, b Feb. 5, 1709, d 
Sept. 16, 1761, ffi. 53. 

2,2i- NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Hall, son of John and Mary Hall, married 
Elizabeth Curtis, May, 1699; he died Aug. 16, 1757. She 
died Sept. 30, 1735, and he married Lydia Johnson, Sept 15, 
1736. 

Children: 123 Amos, b Jan. 24, 1700, m Ruth Royce ; 124 
Ma>garetta,h T>tc. 21, 1701, d Oct. 30, 1707; 125 Caleb, h 
Jan. 3, 1703, d May 11, 1766, ae. 62 yrs. ; 126 Moses, b June 



756 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

6, 1706, d Feb. 15, 1765, ae. 59 yrs. ; 127 Mary, b Oct. 30, 
1707 ; 128 Nathaniel, b April 17, 171 1, d Dec. 18, 1727 ; 129 
yames,h April 23, 17 13; 130 Elizabeth, b Sept. 22, 17 15; 
131 Desire, h ]\xr\Q. 19, 1719; 132 Harmon, b Oct. 17, 1720. 

34. JOHN. 

Dea. John Hall, son of John and Mary Hall, married 
Elizabeth Rice, June 28, 1707. He died April 27, 1766, ae. 
86. She died Sept. 2, 1755, as. 66 years. 

Children: 133, 134 Isaac and Peter, b July 22, 1709, the 

latter m Rebecca , he d Sept. 25, 1798; 135 yohn,\i 

Dec. 28, 1712; 136 Abel; 137 Asahel,h Jan. 19,1717; 138 
jRoyce, b Dec. 26, 1718, grad. at Yale, 1737, d May 29, 1752 ; 
139 Abigail, b March 7, 1723 ; 140 Elizabeth, b July 9, 1725 ; 

141 Be?ijamin, b April 4, 1728, m Phebe Hall, d Dec. 11, 1806 ; 

142 Elisha, b Sept. 15, 1730; 143 Sarah, b Aug. 25, 1732. 

47. DANIEL. 

Daniel Hall, son of Daniel and Sarah Hall, was born 
Dec. I, 1693, married Martha Doohttle, April 20, 172 1. 

Children: 144 Abrahatn, b Jan. 27, 1722, m Sarah Doolit- 
tle ; 145 y^ohn, b Jan. 29, 1724, setded in Meriden ; 146 
Hannah, \> ^(t'^t. 11, 1725, m Benajah Tyler; 147 Da?iiel,h 
June I, 1727, settled in Meriden; 148 Martha, b June 14, 
1729; 149 Samuel, b May 5, 1731 ; 150 Mary, b Sept. 7, 
1733 ; 151 Abigail, b April 27, 1739. 

48. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of John and Mary Lyman Hall, married 
Mary Street, March 5, 17 16. She died Oct. 12, 1778, aged 
81 years. He died June 18, 1773, ae. 80 years. 

Children : 152 Hannah, b Jan. 29, 1717 ; 153 Johfi, d April 
25, 1737; 154 Eimice, m Dr. Dickinson of Middletown, 
Conn.; 155 Zj'wrz/;, Gov., b April 12, 1724, signed the De- 
claration of Independence ; 156 Street, b Nov. 12, 1721, d in 

Wallingford ; 157 Susannah, b April 9, 1726, m Whittel- 

sey; 158 Giles, b Feb. 18, 1733, d March 11, 1789, ae. 56; 
159 Rhoda, b April 14, 1734, d Aug. 23, 1751, ae. 17 ; 160 
Mary, m Foote. 



GENEALOGIES. 757 

50. SAMUEL. 

Rev. JAMUEL Hall, son of John and Mary Lyman Hall, 
grad. at Yale in 1716, married Anna Law, Jan. 25, 1727, and 
was settled as a minister over the Congregational church at 
Cheshire in 1724. He died Feb. 26, 1776. She was born 
in Milford, Aug. i, 1702, died Aug. 23, 1775. 

Children: 161 Samuel, b July 23, 1727, d Aug. 23, 1727; 
162 jfotiathan, b July 11, 1728, d July 12, 1728; 163 Benoni, 
b Nov. 4, 1729, d Nov. 19, 1729 ; 164 Litcy, b Sept. 11, 1730, 
m Chas. Whittelsey ; 165 Samuel, b Jan. 11, 1732, d May 19, 
1732; 166 An?t, b May 10, 1733; 167 Samuel, b May 31, 
1735, gi'^'i- ^t Yale ; 168 Mary, b Nov, 5, 1736 ; 169 Breftton, 
b April 2, 1738, d Nov. 25, 1720, ae. 82 ; 170 Elisha, b 
March 10, 1740, grad. at Yale in 1764 ; 171 Sarah, b Aug. 8, 
1742 ; 172 Jonathan, b July 19, 1745, settled in Cheshire, 
kept a tavern; 173 Abigail, b Dec. 7, 1748, m Rev. John 
Foote of Cheshire. 

51. CALEB. 

Caleb Hall, son of John and Mary Lyman Hall, married 
Damaris Atwater, May 15, 1721; he died July 27, 1749; 
she died July 29, 1762, ae. 64 years. 

Children : 174 Damaris, b Nov. 25, 1722, d Feb. 22, 1740; 
175 Stephen, b Nov. 7, 1724, m Ruth Miles in 1762, d July 
27, 1749; 176 Ruth, b April 26, 1729; 177 Caleb, b Aug. 
29, 1731, grad. at Yale in 1752 ; 178 yeremiah, b Sept. i, 
1733, d Sept. 4, 1740; 179 Lydia, b Aug. 26, 1730; 180 Timo- 
thy, m Abigail Miles. 

54. benjamin. 

Benjamin Hall, son of John and Mary Lyman Hall, 
married Abigail, daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey, of 
Durham, Feb. 20, 1727, and settled in Cheshire on the place 
now known as the Law farm. 

Children: 181 Benjamiti^ b Nov. 22, 1727, d Dec. 3, 1727 ; 

182 Charles Chauncey, b Dec. 12, 1728, d Dec. 20, 1776, ae. 

48; 183 Sarah, b July 20, 1730, m Thaddeus Cook; 184 

Dorothy, b Feb. 29, 1732, d May 13, 1737 ; 185 Dorothy, m 

Z z 



758 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Charles, son of John Peck; i86 Abigail^ b Oct. it, 1733, d 
April 15, 1737; 187 Benjamin, b Sept. 27, 1736, grad. at Yale 
in 1754, d 1786, aj. 50 ; 188 Abigail, b May i, 1737, m Moses 
Moss ; 189 Eunice, b March 4, 1742, m Rev. Mr. Waterman. 

56. ELIAKIM. 

Eliakim Hall, son of John and Mary Lyman Hall, mar- 
ried Ruth Dickerman Oct. 17, 1734 ; she died Dec. 18, 1752, 

and he married Elizabeth ; she died Aug. 9, 1803; 

he died April 19, 1794, ae. 80 years. 

Children : 190 Isaac, b Nov. 4, 1735 ; 191 Mary, b Nov. 
6, 1737; 192 Eliakim, b Feb. 13, 1740; 193 Hezekiah, b 
July 13, 1743; 194 Ruth, b May i, 1750. 

57. ELIHU. 

Col. Elihu Hall, son of John and Mary Lyman Hall, 
married Lois Whittelsey, Jan. 2, 1734, was King's Attorney 
in 1750; went to England and died in London in 1784, ae. 
70; his widow died Sept. 29, 1780, ae. 66 yrs ; he was a 
grad. of Yale College. 

Children: 195 Lois, b May 11, 1735; ^96 Hezekiah, b 
May 4, 1737 ; 197 Sarah, b July 24, 1729 ; 198 John, b Jan. 
18, 1739, m Mary Jones ; 199 Damciris, b Oct. 6, 1741 ; 200 
Elihu, \i k\xg. 13, 1744; 201 Elihu, b March 15, 1745, m 

Sarah ; 202 Eunice, b March 2, 1749; 203 Lucy, b Nov. 

14, 1781 ; 204 Eunice, b Aug. 11, 1754. 

59. THEOPHILUS. 

Rev. Theophilus Hall, son of Samuel and Love Hall, 
married Hannah Avery, May 21, 1734, graduated at Yale in 
1727, was ordained Oct. 29, 1729, and was the first settled 
minister of the Congregational church in Meriden ; he died 
March 25, 1769, ae. 60 yrs., in the thirty-eighth year of his 
ministry. 

Children: 205 Hannah, b March 11, 1735 ; 206 Theophilus, 
b Aug. 5, 1736, d May 9, 1739; 207 Ai'cry, b Dec. 2, 1737, 
he was a clergyman; 208 Samuel, b July 16, 1739; 209, 
210 Theophilus and Lucy, b Aug. 26, 1741, the former married 



GENEALOGIES. 759 

Elizabeth Couch, d May 17, 1804, ae. 63 yrs ; 211 Elisha, b 
1742, d Jan. 2, 1757, ae. 9 yrs; 212 Mary, b June 24, 1743 ; 
213 E/is/ia, b March 3, 1745, m Ann Hopkins, Feb. 25, 
1767 ; 214 Mehitable, b 1751, d Sept. 11, 1767. 

60. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hall, son of Samuel and Love Hall, was born 
June 8, 1709. He married Sarah Hull, Dec. 7, 1732 ; he 
died Dec. 24, 177 1. 

Children: Sajfiuel, b July 11, 1732, d in infancy ; 215 Heze- 
kia/i, b Dec. 27, 1733; 216 Louisa, b June 30, 1736; 217 
Sarah, b Dec. 5, 1737; 218 Esther, b Jan. 21, 1740; 219 
Love, b April 30, 1742; 220 Elizabeth, b Jan 23, 1745 ; 221 
Samuel, b Feb. 28, 1750, d Feb. 27, 1821; 222 Da?naris,h 
Jan. 23, 1754. 

65. THOMAS. 

Thomas Hall, son of Thomas and Abigail Hall, married 
Lydia Curtis. She died Sept. 24, 1777. He was born March 
12, 1712. 

Children: 223 Ambrose, b Feb. 3, 1735 ; 224 Titus, b June 
28, 1737, d May i, 1773; 225 Abigail, b Aug. 27, 1741 ; 226 
Thomas, b Dec. 28, 1743; 227 Amasa, b Feb. 9, 1746; 228 
Lydia, b Sept. 6, 1749 : 229 Rhoda, b June 6, 1753. 

66. PHINEAS. 

Phineas Hall, son of Thomas and Abigail Hall, married 
Anna . 

Children: 230 Abigail; 231 Thankful; 232 Thineas ; 233 
Leiu ; 234 Eunice; 235 Barnabas; 236 Afinis. 

68. JOSHUA. 

Joshua Hall, son of Thomas and Abigail Hall, married 
Hannah . 



Children: 2 2,T Susannah, b Nov. 16, 1742; 22,2> Medad,h 
July 26, 1743 ; 239 Abigail, b April 25, 1745 ; 240, 241 Giles, 
and Abigail, b Feb. 24, 1747 ; 242 Samuel, b Jan. 29, 1749 ; 
243 Joshua, b Sept. 9, \lt\. \ 



760 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 

69. DAVID. 

David Hall, son of Jonathan and Dinah Andrews Hal], 
married Ahce Hale, Sept. 23, 1730 ; he died about 1755. 

Children: 244 A/ice, b Sept. 8, 1731 ; 245 Dai'id, b Nov. 
2, 1732, d March 21, 1795, ffi. 63 ; 246 Bcnijah, b P'eb. 12, 
1734, left no family ; 247 Asaph, b June 11, 1735 ; 248 Bates, 
b Dec. 5, 1736 ; 249 Phebe, b June 24, 1739 ; 250 Lois, b Feb. 
2, 1741, d Nov. II, 1760; 251 Elkanah, b Oct. 20, 1742, d 
Nov. 30, 1763 ; 252 Lucy, b July 24, 1744. 

70. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Hall, son of Jonathan and Dinah Hall, married 
Sarah Cook, Dec. 15, 1739; she died Aug. 12, 1740; he 

married 2d, Abigail , and she died Nov. 19, 1779; he 

married 3d, Jerusha Gaylord. 

Child : 253 Sarah, b Aug. 12, 1740, d Aug. 13, 1740. 

71. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hall, son of Jonathan and Dinah Hall, married 
ist, Abigail Judd ; she died July 31, 1751,35. 39; he mar- 
ried 2d, Rebecca Plum, Nov. 7, 1753 ; she died Feb. 24, 
1769, 33. 47 yrs. 

Children: 254 Phebe, b March 26, 1738; 255, Phebe,' 
256, Abigail, b March 30, 1740; 257 Esther, b July 21, 1742 ; 
258 Esther, b March 19, 1743 ; 259 Joseph, b July 9, 1746; 
260 David, b June 20, 1758 ; 261 Phebe, b Sept. 15, 1761. 

73. ISAAC. 

Dr. Isaac Hall, son of Jonathan and Dinah Hall, was 
the first physician of Meriden. He married Mary Morse, 
Nov. 5, 1739; died March 7, 1781, ae. 66 years. She died 
Oct. 9, 1 79 1, ae. 74 years. 

Children: 262 Mary, b Oct. 6, 1742, m John Ives, grand- 
father of Rev. Dr. Levi Silliman Ives ; 263 Lsaac, b May 7, 
1745, m Lois Buckley; 264 Joel, b April 3, 1747, d Oct. 22, 
1748; 265 Esther, b March 18, 1751 ; 266 Elizabeth, b June 
II, 1752 ; 267 Jonathan, b Dec 11, 1757, m Martha Collins, 
he died June 6, 1832. 



GENEALOGIES. 76I 

75. EZEKIEL. 

EzEKiEL Hall, son of Jonathan and Dinah Hall, married 
Annah Andrews, Oct. 20, 1743. 

Children: 268 Ezekiei, b Oct. 24, 1744; 269 Titus, b Oct. 
19, 1746, d Sept. 4, 1748; 270 Eben, b May 25, 1749; 
271 Beiiija/i, b 1762, m Ruth . 

77. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hall, son of Jonathan and Dinah Hall, married 
Mary Ives, Dec. 27, 1752. 

Children: 272 Benjamin., b Sept. 25, 1753 ; 273 Eiiab, b 
Feb. 17, 1755 J 274 Benja?nin,h Nov. 3, 1756. 

81. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Hall, son of Joseph and Bertha Hall, married 

Eunice . She died May 9, 1763, and he married Chloe 

Moss, Oct. 13, 1763. 

Children: 275 Tetnpcrance,h Aug. 10, 1764. By 2nd mar- 
riage : 276 Joseph., b March 17, 1776 ; 277 Ephraim., b Oct. 5, 
1768 ; 278 Chloc, b Nov. 13, 1770; 279 Comfort, b Feb. 25, 
1773, settled on a farm in Middletown, Westfield society, 
where he died ; 280 Reuben, b 1775 ; 281 David Moss, b Oct. 

24, 1777 \ 282 Content, b March 15, 1780 ; 283 Bethiah, b 
March 27, 1782. 

86. KIEL. 

HiEL Hall, son of Peter and Rebecca Hall, married 

Catharine ; she died June 4, 1788, ae. 42 yrs ; he 

died Sept. 7, 1707, ae. 73 yrs. 

Children: 284 jfosiah, b 1774, d Dec. 15, 1821, ae. 47; 
285 Catharine, b Jan. 2, 1776 ; 286 Andrew, b 1777, d June 

25, 1812, ae. 35; 287 Chaiincey, b Sept. 8, 1778, m Marilla 
Hall; 288 Peter, b May 31, 1780, m Delight Kirtland ; 289 
Hiel, b Feb. 7, 1782, m Sarah Kirtland ; 290 Riee, b May 2, 
1784; 29-1 Justus, d Feb. 14, 1777. 

91. PETER. 

Peter Hall, son of Peter and Rebecca Hall, married 



762 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Lydia Brown of Cheshire, March 17, 1774. She died May 2, 
1805, ae. 52. He died Sept. 25, 1732, ae. 86 yrs. 

Children: 2(^2 Jesse; 293 Wooster ; 294 Rox}\ b 1779, d 
Sept. 26, 1756; 295 Marcus; 296 Major Attvater^ b July 18, 
1785, d March 28, 1848 ; 297 Fhilo, m Thankful Morse ; 298 
Albert; 299 Peter Ufford, din Southington, in 1836; 300 
Sally ; 301 Betsey. 

92. ANDREW. 

Andrew Hall, son of Peter and Rebecca Hall, married 
Sept. 16, 1750, Thankful . She died Oct. 14, 1776. 

Children: 302 John Todd; t^ot, Merritt ; 304 Charry ; 305 
Anna, b Feb. 3, 1773 ; 306 Thankful, b Aug. 4, 1776. 

96. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Hall, son of Daniel and Abigail Hall, married 
Sarah Doolittle, May 5, 1741 ; he died Sept. 16, 1761, ae. 53 
yrs. She died March 14, 1781, ae. 77 yrs. 

Children: 307 Eldad, b Feb. 4, 1742 ; 308 Medad, b July 

26, 1745 ; 309 Bildad, b Sept. 3, 1747 ; 310 Isaac, b July 26, 
1749; 311 ^^^«^> b Aug. II, 1753. 

107. ISRAEL. 

Israel Hall, son of Israel and Abigail Powell Hall, mar- 
ried Eunice Rice, Feb. 26, 1778. 

Children : 312 Elisha, b Dec. 26, 1778 ; 313 Eunice, b Jan. 
6, 1787. 

109. JOTHAM. 

Jotham Hall, son of Israel and Abigail Powell Hall, 
married Elizabeth . 

Children: Sarah, b May 11, 1758; 314 Jotham, b March 
I, 1761 ; 315 Elizabeth, b Aug. 27, 1763; 316 George, b April 

27, 1768; 317 Mary, b Sept. 23, 1770; 318 Joseph, \i July 
23» 1773 ; 319 Chloe, b July 11, 1775. 

120. JACOB. 

Jacob Hall, son of Daniel and Thankful Hall, married 
Elizabeth Royce, Dec. 21, 1726. 

Children: 7,20 Fhebe, b Dec. 26, 1727; 321 Mindwell, b 



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May 2 1, 1730; 322 y^acob, b July 20, 173 1 ; 323 Giles, b June 
7, 1732 ; 324 Lydia, b April 20, 1736 ; 325 Daniel, b July 21, 
1738; 326 Daniel, \i Nov. 17, 1740, d Oct. 24, 1789; 327 
Thankful, b July 29, 1744; 328 Z^?>, b Nov. 5, 1746. 

121. DAVID. 

David Hall, son of Daniel and Thankful Hall, married 
Alice ; he was born Feb. 19, 1695. 

Children : 329 David, b Nov. 2, 1732, d March 2, 1795, ae. 

63, m lliankful ; 330 Be?iajah,h Feb. 12, 1734; 331 

Asaph, b June 15, 1735 ; 332 Kate, b Dec. 5, 1736 ; 333 Fhebe, 
b June 24, 1737 ; 334 Lucy, b July 25, 1747, ae. 51. 

123. AMOS. 

Amos Hall, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hall, was 
born Jan. 24, 1700; he married Ruth Royce, June 8, 1720. 
She died Feb. 2, 1775, ae. 75. He died Nov. 30, 1752, ae. 
52 years. 

Children : 335 Reuben, b Dec. 20, 1721, m Mary \ 336 

Amos,h Sept. 9, 1722, d Dec. 24, 1782, ae. 31 yrs. ; 337 
Eunice, h Aug. 21, 1724, m Abner Avered ; 338 Lois, b Oct. 
26, 1727, m Caleb Culver; 339 Moses, b Aug. 25, 1735, "^ 
Elizabeth How, Dec. 21, 1726, she d and he m Elizabeth 
Johnson, March 20, 1754. 

125. CALEB. 

Caleb Hall, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hall, was 
born Jan. 3, 1703, m Esther Umberfield, May 11, 1726; he 
died May 11, 1766, ae. 62 yrs. 

Children: 340 Margaret, b March 28, 1727, d Nov. 14, 
1749 ; 341 Esther, b April 24, 1729, m Ichabod Lewis; 342 
JS/athaniel, b April 8, 1732 ; 343 Caleb, b Sept. 12, 1734; 344 
Moses, b May 13, 1736; 345 Lydia, b July 9, 1738; 346 
Desire, b June 20, 1740, m Moses Holt; 347 Sarah, b April 
10, 1742, m Noah Todd; 348 Margaret, b Aug. 31, 1744; 
349 Titus, b Aug. 16, 1746; 350 Rhoda, b June 15, 1748, d 
Oct. 10, 17 — ; 351 Jonah, b Feb. 23, 1749-50; 352 Rhoda, 
b July 4, 1753 ; 353 Lucretia, b Feb. 16, 1757. 



764 HISTORY OF WA1.L1NGF0RD. 

126. MOSES. 

Moses Hall, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hall, was 
born June 6, 1706, married Elizabeth Howe, Dec. 21, 1726. 

He married 2d, Phebe . He died Feb. 15, 1765, 

ae. 59. His will gave his property to Caleb and Heman his 
brothers, and to Amos, Moses and Miles, his cousins. No 
children. 

129. JAMES. 

James Hall, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Curtis Hall, 
was born Aug. 23, 1713, married Hannah Cook, Sept. 15, 1735. 

Children: 354 Miles, b Oct. 17, 1736; 355 Bethia, b April 
13, 1740 ; 356 Phebe, b Nov. 16, 1741 ; 357 James, b July 22, 
1743 ; 358 Olive, b May 20, 1745. 

133. ISAAC. 

Isaac Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, was born 
July 23, 1709, married Mary Moss Nov. 5, 1739. She died 
Oct. 9, 1721, ae. 75. He died March 7, 1781. 

Children: 359 Mary, b Oct. 5, 1742 ; 360 Isaac, b March 
7, 1745; 361 Joel, b April 3. 1747, d Oct. 22, 1748; 362 
Esther, b March 18, 175 1 ; 363 Elizabeth, b June 11, 1752; 
364 Jonathan, b Nov. 8, 1755, d 1756, ae. ten mos. ; 365 
Jonathati, b Dec. 11, 1757. 

135. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, born Dec. 
28, 17 12, married Abigail Russel, June 11, 1739, died May 

13. 1795- 

Children: 366 Elias, b March 10, 1740; 367 Jared, b 

July 19, 1741 ; 368 Abigail, b Oct. 16, 1743 ; 369 John, b 

Dec. 6, 1744 ; 370 Elizabeth, b Sept. 28, 1745 ; 371 William, 

b June 15, 1747 ; 372 Mary, b Jan. 23, 1749 ; 373 Eunice, b 

July 6, 1751 ; 374 Anna C.,b Aug. 15, 1755 ; 375 Benjamin, b 

July 2, 1757, m Lydia . 

136. ABEL. 

Abel Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, married 
Ruth Johnson, May 12, 1743. 



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Children: 376 Elizabeth, b Feb. 12, 1743-4 ; 377 Abel, b 
Oct. 12, 1745 ; 378 Ruth, b Oct. 19, 1748; 379 Riee, b May 
28, 1750 ; 380 John, b Dec. 23, 1751, m Hannah Atwater ; 
381 Lacy, b Oct. 3, 1753 ; 382 Esther, b July 10, 1754 ; 383 

Hezekiah, b April 20, 1757, m Susannah ; 384 Simon, b 

Oct. 6, 1759 ; 385 Daniel Johnson, b July 4, 1761 ; 386 Mary, 
b July 17, 1764. 

137. AS AH EL. 

AsAHEL Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, born June 
19, 1717, m Sarah Goldsmith, July 29, 17 — . She died Feb. 
25, 1784. He died Nov. 11, 1795. 

Children : 387 Catharine, b Aug. 6, 1739 : 388 jfoel, b May 
21, 1 741 ; 389 Sarah, b March 5, 1743 ; 390 ^,<-<7//^/, b March 
i5> 1745' d April 20, 1745 ; 391 yerusha, b Aug. 31, 1746, d 
March 10, 1752 ; 392 Sarah, b June 9, 1748, d Dec. 25, 
1747 ; 393 Asahel, b July 16, 1750, d March 4, 1752 ; 394 
Mehitable, b March 13, 1753 ; 395 Aaron, b July 28, 1755, d 
Oct. 6, 1756 ; 396 Charles, b Nov. 12, 1757 ; 397 Asahel, b 
Jan. 14, 1759, m Ruth Johnson, Sept. 21, 1786 ; 398 Aaron, 
b Nov. 4, 1760 ; 399 Sarah, d Feb. 5, 1749. 

141. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Hall, born 
April 4. 1728, died Dec. 11, 1806, ae. 79 ; he married Phebe 
Hall, she died Dec. 12, 1779. 

Children: 400 Susannah, b Jan. 15, 1759; 401 Bede, b 
Sept. 16, 1764; 402 Statira, b March 20, 1766; 403 Ben- 
jamin, b June 30, 1767 ; 404 Samuel, b April 19, 1771. 

142. ELISHA. 

Sergt. Elisha HalLj son of John and Elizabeth Royce 
Hall, born Sept. 15, 1730, married Thankful Atwater, June 14, 
1755. He died Jan. 19, 1800, ae. 70 yrs. She died Jan. 28, 
1792, ae. 59 yrs. 

Children: 405 Phebe, b Feb. 10, 1756, m Parmelee, 

of Durham ; 406 Sarah, b April 5, 1758, m John Fields, of 
Cheshire ; 407 y(?jr6///, b July 25, 1759, m Mercy Cornwall, 



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May 31, 1799; 408 Lydia, b July 17, 1761, m Curiis, 

and went to Durham ; 409 Sally, b Dec 8, 1763 ; 410 Elizabeth, 
b Oct. 3, 1765, m Benjamin Hall ; 411 Hannah, b Jan. 26, 
1769; 412 yohn,h July 13, 1770, m Grace D. Hall; 413 
Eunice, b Aug. i, 1772, m Miles, son of Nicholas Peck. 

144. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Hall, son of Daniel and Martha Hall, was 
born June 27, 1722, married Mary Prindle, June 23, 1746. 
She died May 12, 1747. For his second wife he married 
Hannah . He died 1757. 

Children by ist marriage: 414 Ma/y, b May 10, 1747. 
By 2d marriage : 415 Rufiis, b July 25, 1751 ; 416 Sarah; 
417 Josiah; 418 Abraham. 

145. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of Daniel and Martha Hall, born Jan. 29, 
1724, settled in Meriden, married Elizabeth Prindle, May 4, 
1749 ; he died May 13, 1795, ae. 72 yrs. She died Oct 21, 
1802, ae. 71 yrs. 

Children: 419 /'r//////^, b June 30, 1750, d Dec. 6, 1821 ; 
420 yc;//;?, b May 8, 1752, d 1764; 421 Mary, b Sept. 10, 
1754, d March i, 1825 ; 422 Elizabeth, b April 20, 1757, died 
March 30, 1847 \ 423 Sarah, b May 11, 1759, d 1760; 424 
David, b Sept. 16, 1761, d Aug. 3, 1843 ; 425 Sarah, b Feb. 
13, 1764,01 1777 ; 426 Abigail, b Feb. 24, 1766, d Oct. 28, 
1828; 427 yohn, b Jan. 9, 1768, d April 21, 1851 ; 428 

Joseph, b Oct. 28, 1770, d March 13, 1831, m Hannah ; 

429 yedutham, April 25, 1773, d July 9, 185 1 ; 430 Isaac, b 
May 28, 1776, d Jan. i, 1838. 

149. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hall, son of Daniel and Martha Hall, was born 
May 5, 1 73 1, married Mamre Ives, Aug. 28, 1755. 

Children: 431 Jesse, b Jan. 24, 1757; 432 Sarah,h ]?in. 
24, 1758 ; 433 Samuel, b July 4, 1760. 

155. LYMAN. 

Lyman Hall, son of John and Mary Street Hall, was 




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graduated at Yale college in 1747, Representative in Congress 
from the state of Georgia, signer of the Declaration of In- 
dependence in 1776. He died in 1791, he left no children, 
was Governor of the state of Georgia in 1790. 

156. STREET. 

Col. Street Hall, son of John and Mary Street Hall, 
was born Nov. 12, 1721. He died 1809 ; he married Hannah 
Fowler, June 30, 1748. 

Children: 434 Hannah, b July 3, 175 1 ; 435 Anna, b Feb. 
28, 1753, d Dec. 24, 1755; 436 T/iaddeus, b Feb. 28, 1757; 
437 Rebecca, b Feb. 15, 1758 ; 438 Street T., b Feb. 26, 1762 ; 
439 Mary A., b June 9, 1764 ; 440 . 

158. GILES. 

Giles Hall, son of John and Mary Street Hall, was 
born Feb. 18, 1733, married ist, Martha Robinson, Nov., 1759, 
m 2d, Thankful Merriman, of Wallingford. He died March 
17, 1789, se. 41 yrs. Mrs. Thankful died July 14, 1796, ae. 
47 years. 

Children: 441 Li/cy, b April 11, 1771 ; 442 David M.,\i 
1773, d April 21, 1792; 443 Martha R.,^) Aug. 22, 1777; 
444 Mary Street, b March 17, 1780; 445 John, b July 27, 
1782 ; 446 Hannah, b 1783 ; 447 Elizabeth, b May 2, 1785 ; 
447 Giles, b June 7, 1788; 449 Lois, b Feb. 82, 1789 ; 450 
John, b April 20, 1793, d Feb. 26, 1835, ae. 53 yrs. 

169. BRENTON. 

Brenton Hall, son of Rev. Samuel and Ann Hall, was 
born April 2, 1738, married Lament Collins, Feb. 18, 1762, 
and settled in the eastern part of Meriden, where he died 

Nov. 25, 1820, ae. 82 yrs. His 2d wife Abigail , died 

May 5, 1837, ae. 88 yrs. 

Children: 451 Win Brenton, b May 31, 1764; 452 Collins, 
b Jan. 8, 1766 ; 453 Samuel, b June 10, 1768 ; 454 Lament, b 
July 14, 1776 ; 455 Joab. 

170. elisha. 

Elisha Hall, son of Rev. Samuel and Ann Hall of 



768 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Cheshire, Conn., graduated at Yale College in 1774. He 
married for his 2d wife, Oct. 22, 1795, Lois, widow of Jesse 
Street, and daughter of Col. Thaddeus Cook. She was 
mother of Col. Thaddeus Street, late of Cheshire. 

172. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Hall, son of Rev. Samuel and Ann Hall, mar- 
ried Mary . He was a farmer and inn-keeper in 

Cheshire, for many years. 

Children: 456 Milliccnt ; 4^'] Lucy ; 458 George; 459 Sai- 
moil; \(io Lei'erett ; 461 Sylvester. 

177. CALEB. 

Caleb Hall, son of Caleb and Damaris Hall. He grad- 
uated at Yale College in 1752, studied medicine and became 
a 'physician. He married Prudence Holt. She died Nov. 
30, 1807, ae. 67 yrs. He died Sept. 21, 1783, £e. 67 yrs. 

Children: 462 Caleb Johnson, b Sept. 22, 1763; 463 
Augustus, b Aug. 16, 1765 ; 464 Abigail, b Jan. 29, 1767, m 
ist, Lemuel Carrington, 2d, Nehemiah Rice ; 465 Eunice, b 
Aug. 24, 1770 ; 466 Benjamin, b July 26, 1772 ; 467 Horatio 
Gates, b Jan. 17, 1778, d at Wallingford ; 468, 469 George d.wA 
Damaris, b Feb. 10, 1782. 

180. TIMOTHY. 

Timothy Hall, son of Caleb and Damaris Hall, married 
Abigail Miles, and settled on Cheshire street; he was a 
farmer. She died Nov. 22, 1748. He married Athildred 
Parker, June 10, 1748-9. 

Children: 470 Jeremiah, b April 20, 1750 ; 471 Aaron, b 
June 27, 175 1 ; 472 Timothy, b Oct. 13, 1752 ; 473 Amasa, b 
Dec. 7, 1754; 473 1-2 Abigail,\) Vi^c. 5, 1756; 474 Archi- 
bald, b May 23, 1758 ; 475 Zenas, b June 8, d Nov. 6, 1759 ; 
476 Zenas, b Oct. 7, 1759; 477 Josiah, b Nov. 6, 1761 ; 
478 Aaroji. 

182. CHARLES. 

Charles Chauncey Hall, son of Benjamin and Abigail 
Hall, married Lydia Holt, Dec. 5, 1751, and died at Cheshire. 



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Children: 479 Abigail, b July 8, 1753 ; 480 Benjamin Holt, 
b Oct. 6, 1754, died at Cheshire, a farmer; 481 Lytlia, b May 

26, 1755 ; 482 Charles C, h March 9, 1762, died at Cheshire, 
a farmer ; 483 Rachel, b July 4, 1764; 484 Charlotte, b Jan. 
20, 1769; 485 Lymafi, b Jan. 4, 1761, died at Cheshire, a 
farmer. 

187. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hall, son of Benjamin and Abigail Hall, born 
at Cheshire, Sept. 27, 1736, grad. at Yale in 1754, married 
Mary Ives, Dec. 27, 1752. He built the house late the prop- 
erty of Wm. Law, Esq., and more recently of Sheldon 
Spencer, Esq. 

Children: 486 Eliab, b Feb. 17, 1755; 4^7 -Ben/a?nin, d 
Oct. 8, 1755 ; 488 Benjamin, b Nov. 3, 1756. 

190. ISAAC. 

LsAAC Hall, son of Eliakim and Ruth Hall, was born 
Nov. 4. 1737, married Esther Mosely, Dec. i, 1764, died 
Feb. 7, 1796, ae. 61. His widow Esther, died March 22, 1827, 
ae. 86 yrs. 

Children : 489, 490 Abner and Elizabeth, b April 28, 1764, 
d in infancy ; 491 Esther, b Dec. 15, 1765 ; 492 Mary, b Nov. 
24, 1767; 493, A^<^\ Elizabeth, and Eliakim, b Jan. 21, 1770; 
495 Dickerman, b 1774, d Sept. 18, 1838, ae. 64 yrs. ; 496 
Isaac, b July 19, 1776, went to Wallingford, Vt. ; 497 Abigail, 
b Nov. 22, 1778 ; 498 Day, b Aug. 20, 1781 ; 499 Ly7tian, b 
March 31, 1784. 

192. ELIAKIM. 

Eliakim Hall, Esq., son of Eliakim and Ruth Hall, was 
born Feb. 13, 1740, married Eunice Morse, May 29, 1769. 

She died July 18, 1789 ; he married 2d, Sarah , she died 

Sept. 27, 1806, ae. 56 yrs. He died Sept. 6, 1806, ae. 67 yrs. 

Children: 500 Eunice, b Feb. 19, 1770; 501 Pamelia,h 
Dec. 13, 177 I ; 502 Sarah, b June 19, 1773 ; 503 John Morse, 
b May 25, 1775, d Dec. 11, 1837, ae. 62 yrs. ; 504 Phebe, b 
Dec. 8, 1777 ; 505 Sophia, b Dec. i, 1782 ; 506 Electa, b Oct. 

27, 1785; 507 Elizabeth, b Jan. 29, 1788. 

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770 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

193. HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah Hall, son of Eliakim and Ruth Hall, was born 
July 13, 1743, married Elizabeth Merriman, Oct. 30, 1769 ; 
he died Sept. 7, 1815, ae. 73 yrs. She died Nov. 21, 1801, 
ae. 50 yrs. 

Children: ^o2, Ruth, b Feb. 8, 1771, m Nehemiah Rice; 
509 Elizabeth, h M.zxc\\ 14, 1772, m David M. Cook; 510 
Thankful, b May 25, 1775, m Chester Cook; 511 Hope^h 
Sept. 26, 1780, m Samuel Francis; 512 Lucy, b Oct. 9, 1782, 
m Jacob Francis; 513 Ophelia, b March i, 1785; 514 
Nathan,\)'^OM. 6, 1788, d Aug. 18, 1741, ae. 53 yrs; 515 
Laura, b 1792. 

198. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of Elihu and Lois Hall, married Mary 
Jones, Oct. 19, 1772. 

Child: 516 Nicholas Street, b March 27, 1773. 
201. elihu. 

Elihu Hall , son of Elihu and Lois Hall, was born Mar. 

15' i795» '^ Sarah . This person commenced life 

with a large fortune, his possessions being much larger than 
those of most young men. For many years he owned large 
tracts of land in Wallingford, and the whole township of Guild- 
hall, in the State of Vermont, besides slaves, horses, cattle, etc. 
His entire want of economy and tact in the management of 
his business cost him in a few years his whole estate, and he 
died a subject of the town's charge. His wife died some 
years before him. 

^ Children: 517 John, b May 20, 1774, left Wallingford ; 518 
Frederick, b Jan. 8, 1777; 519 Lois, b June 18, 1779; 520 
Louisa, m a Mr. Armour, and died in New Haven, May 
I, 1850. 

207. AVERY. 

Avery Hall, son of Rev. Theophilus and Hannah Hall 
of Meriden, was b Dec. 2, 1737. He settled in the ministry 
at Rochester, New Hampshire. 



GENEALOGIES. J'Jl 

208. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hall, son of Rev. Theophilus and Hannah Hall 
of Meriden, married Eunice Lee, Feb. 10, 1757. 

Children: 521 Samuel, b May 27, 1759 ; 522 Eunice, b 
April 16, 1765 ; 523 Caleb, b Nov. 9, 1768 ; 524 Eunice, b 
June 22, 1770. 

209. THEOPHILUS. 

Theophilus Hall, son of Rev. Theophilus and Hannah 
Hall, m Elizabeth Couch, March 10, 1768. He died May 
17, 1804, ae. 6.3. She died March 11, 1824, ae. 74, in Meriden. 

Children: 525 Mchitable, b March 23, 1769, died Sept. 30, 
1776 ; 526 Clarissa, b April 3, 177 1 ; 527 Theophilus, b April 
20, 1773, d Sept. 26, 1815, ae. 62 yrs. ; 528 Mchitable, b Aug. 
4, 1777; 529 A7'ery, b May 25, 1779; 530, 531 Hannah 
and Elizabeth, b Jan. 20, 1782. 

213. elisha. 
Elisha Hall, son of Rev. Theophilus and Hannah Hall, mar- 
ried Ann Hopkins, June 25, 1767. He died March 13, 1759. 

Children: 532 Luther Elisha, b Sept. 3, 1770; 533 A?in 
Laio, b Dec. 20, 1772 ; 534 Sylvester, b May 13, 1778. 

221. SAMUEL. 

Dea. Samuel Hall, son of Samuel and Sarah Hall, b Feb. 
28, 1750, m Elizabeth Parsons, May 10, 1774. He died Feb. 
27, 182 1, ae. 71. She died Sept. 27, 1823, ae. 71 yrs. 

Children: ^t^^ Samuel, h Dec. 2, 1776; 536 Hezekiah, b 
June II, 1778; 537 George,\i Kng. 13, 1780; 538 Marilla, 
b Dec. 28, 1782, married Chauncey Hall ; 539 Richanl, b Jan. 
26, 1785 ; 540 jfarcil b AU5. 24, 1792, d April 24, 1861. 
224. TiTirs. 

Titus Hall, son of Thomas and Lydia Hall, was one of 
the first separates in Wallingford ; he married Elizabeth 
Mack, Aug. 23, 1762, and died in 1773, ae. 36. 

Children: 541 Thomas; 542 Elizabeth, b Feb. 25, 1765; 
543 Titus, b July 30, 1767 ; 544 Elias, b Aug. 24, 1769 ; 545 
Lydia, b April 17, 177 1. 



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772 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

227. AMASA. 

Amasa Hall, son of Thomas and Lydia Hall, married 
Dinah Ives, Dec. 15, 1775. 

Children: 546, 547 Major and Fhebe, b Feb. 17, 1775; 
548 Hannah, b Feb. 17, 1777. 

232. PHINEAS. 

Phineas Hall, son of Phineas and Annah Hall, born 
April 12, 1715, married Agnes Yale, Nov. 18', 1774, a widow. 

Children; 549 Mary, b July 28, 1775; 550 Abigail; 551 
Thankful; 552 Phineas; 553 Levi; 554 Eunice; 555 Bar- 
nabas ; 556 Annis. 

240. GILES. 

Giles Hall, son of Joshua and Hannah Hall, was born 
Feb. 24, 1747, married Lois Ives. 

Children: 557 Abel, b Dec. 10, 1778, d at Atwater, Ohio; 
558 Sarah, b Aug. 20, 1780; 559 Giles, d April 21, 1791 ; 
560 yoshua; 561 Lois, m Andrew Andrews; 562 Lucy; 563 
Hannah; 564 John. 

243. JOSHUA. 

Joshua Hall, son of Joshua and Hannah Hall. 

Children: 565 Susannah, b Nov. 16, 1742; 566 Abigail, b 
April 25, 1745; 567 Giles, b Feb. 24, 1747; 568 Samuel, b 
Jan. 29, 1749. 

245. DAVID. 

David Hall, son of David and Alice Hall. He died 1795, 
ae. 63 years. 

Child: 569 Elkanah,h Nov. 30, 1767. 

247. ASAPH. 

Asaph Hall, son of David and Alice Hall. 
Children: 570 Benajah,h 1762; 571 Asa; 572 daughter, 
m Hopson. 

267. JONATHAN. 

Dr. Jonathan Hall, son of Isaac and Mary Hall, resi- 
dence Meriden, Ct., married Martha Collins, May 14, 1777. 
He died June 6, 1832, ae. 54. She died May, 1841, ae. 83, in 



GENEALOGIES. 773 

the State of New York. He settled at New Hartford, N. Y., 
ill 1787. 

Children: 573 Isaac, b Feb. 22, 1778; ^']^ Ketura/i, b Nov- 
17, 1780; 575 Syh'ia, b Sept. 18, 1782; 576 Jonathan, b 
Aug. 14, 1784 ; 577 Eli, b May 14, 1786 ; 578 Ira, b July 10, 
17S8 ; 579 Mary AIoss, b April 12, 1790 ; 580 Agues Collins, 
b Aug. 6, 1793 ; 581 Amos Hull, b Feb. 13, 1796; 582 jfcde- 
diah Sanger, b Nov. 2, 1797 ; ^%t^ Sarah T., b May 6, 1799. 

269. TITUS. 

Titus Hall, son of Ezekiel and Anna Hall, was born Oct. 
19, 1746, married Olive Barnes, Nov. 26, 1767. 

Children: 584 Abigail, b Sept. 21, 1768 ; 585 Caleb, b Jan. 
II, 1771 ; 586 Lucy, b Dec. 14, 1775 ; 587 Caleb, b Aug. 27, 
1781 ; 588 Ra?isley, b Feb. 7, 1784. 

271. BENAJAH. 

Benajah Hall, son of Ezekiel and Annah Hall, was born 
1762, married Ruth Francis, Aug. 19, 1784. 

Children: 589 Orrin, b June 5, 1785 ; 590 Esther, b June 
13, 1787 ; 591 Ruth, b Aug. 25, 1789; 592 Nancy, b Nov. 9, 
1792 ; 593 Martha, b July 13, 1795; 594 Philo, b May 13, 
1798) 595 yacoh,\) April 5, 1801 ; 596 jfoseph, b Oct. 17, 
1803; 597 y^^t'/, b Nov. 3, 1806 ; 598 ZtfwV/t'^j-, b July 21, 1810. 

274. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hall, son of Benjamin and Mary Hall, married 
Phebe , April 28, 1757, settled at Plymouth. 

Children: 599 Benjamin; doo Mary, b Jan. 29, 1758; 601 
Andrews, h Aug. 15, 1759; 602 Mary, b Aug. 6, 1761 ; 603 

Phebe, b Aug. 20, 1763, m Hart ; 604 Linus, b Sept. 25, 

1765 ; 605, 606 David, Jonathan, b Nov. 17, 1761 ; 607 
Erastus, b Feb. 12, 1770; 608 Adnah, b May 8, 1772; 609 
Salmon, b 1774 ; 610 Eliab, b Dec. 11, 1776, settled in North 
Killingworth ; 611 Grace Deriison, b May 5, 1776; 612 
Asaph, b Oct. i, 1781. 

280. REUBEN. 

Reuben Hall, son of Ephraim and Chloe Hall, b Feb., 
1735, iTi Sally Miller, May 25, 1797. 

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774 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: di'^ Alma, b March 23, 1798; 614 Horace, b 
April 17, 1800 ; 615 Milla, b Jan. 8, 1802 ; 6t6 Eli, M. D., 
b Nov. 5, 1803 ; 617 William, b Feb. 21, 1806 ; 618 Reighly, 
b April I, 1808. 

281. DAVID. 

David Moss Hall, son of Ephraim and Chloe Hall, 

married Mindwell . He left Wallingford. 

Child: 619 (9r/7//rt;, b Nov. 5, 1800. 

284. JOSIAH. 

Dea. Josiah Hall, son of Hiel and Catherine Hall, mar- 
ried Martha Hall, daughter of Giles Hall, April 2, 1793. 

Children: 620 Thankful, b Ma}^ 23, 1796, m Thaddeus 
Cook; 621 Catherine, b May 18, 1798 ; 622 Eliza, b May 15, 
1800, died; 623 Eliza, Xi July 25, 1801 ; di^Edivard 'L,.,\i 
May 13, 1804, m Mary K. Cook, dau. of Billious Cook; 625 
George Chauncey, b April 19, 1706 ; 626 Martha R., b Oct. 19, 
1808, m Thaddeus Cook ; 627 Josiah, b June 15, 1812 ; 628 
Ogden, b Sept. 13, 1815 ; 629 Datnd M., b May 27, 1818, m 
Catherine Cook; 630 James, b April 11. 182 1. 

286. ANDREW. 

Dr. Andrew Hall, son of Hiel and Catherine Hall, 
married Lydia, daughter of Ambrose Cook, Sept. 11, 1803. 

Children: 631 Alexander W., b May 28, 1805; 632 Sarah 
R., b Oct. 14, 1806. m Medad W. Munson, Esq. ; 633 Andrew 
C, b June 7, 1810, d in Phila., interred in Wall. ; 635 Frank- 
lin D., b Sept. 20, 181 1. 

287. chauncey. 

Chauncey Hall, son of Hiel and Catherine Hall, married 
Marilla, daughter of Samuel and Catherine Hall, Feb. 6, 
1803. 

Children: 635 Hemy C, b Jan. 19, 1804 ; 636 Samuel R., 
b Nov. II, 1805 ; 637 Elihu, b June 2, 1807, m Martha, dau. 
of Samuel Cook; 638 Lucretia, b Dec. i, 1809; 639 Louisa, 
b Jan, 29, 1812 ; 640 Lucy A., b April 18, 1814, m Ira Yale, 
Jr.; 641 Sidney, h ]\A'^ 12, 1816; 642 Elizabeth; 643 Mari- 
etta; 644 Celia. 



GENEALOGIES. 775 

288. PETER. 

Peter Hall, son of Hiel and Catherine Hall, married 
Delight Kirtland, Sept. 8, 1808. 
Child : 645 Charles, m Miss Foote. 

290. RICE. 

Dr. Rice Hall, son of Hiel and Catherine Hall, married 
Esther Hall, Nov. 19, 1806. 

Children: 646 Hiel Beverly, b Feb. 18, 181 1; 647 John 
M. ; 648 Marilla, b May 25, 1813 ; 649 Ophelia, b June 2, 
1818 ; 650 Henrietta i?., b Aug. 8, 1815 ; 651 Elizur Rice, 
b June 25, 182 1 ; 652 Philander. 

293. WOOSTER. 

WoosTER Hall, son of Peter and Lydia Hall, married 
Chloe Cooley, July 27, 1806. 

Children: 653 Samuel ^., b Sept. 20, 1808; d^^ Lydia, b 
Nov. 16, 1810; 655 Lydia; 656 Asahel, b May 3, 1812 ; 657 
Dinah, b Oct. 7, 1814 ; 658 Lois, b Feb. 14, 1817. 

326. DANIEL. 

Daniel Hall, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Hall, married 
Sarah Atwater, Oct. 7, 1761. 

Children: 659 Mary, b June 24, 1762; 660 Elizabeth, b 
June 21, 1764; 661 Lemuel, b March 20, 1766 ; 662 Aaron, b 
May 2, 1768 ; 663, 664 Lra, and Asa, b Aug. 18, 1770 ; 665 
Joshua, b Aug 5, 1772 ; 666 Abigail, b Dec. 16, 1776; 667 
Lemuel, b May 2, 1779, d in New Haven, Conn. ; 668 Sally, b 
June 8, 1781 ; 669 Patty, b Sept. 3, 1783 ; 670 Abna, b Nov. 
i5> 1785 ; 671 Phebe, b Aug. 21, 1787. 

329 DAVID. 

David Hall, son of David and Thankful (Morse) Hall, 
was born Nov. 2, 1732, died March 25, 1825. She died Sept. 
24, 1826, ae. 61. 

Children: 672 Aimer, b Sept. 10, 1793, d in Wallingford ; 
673 Alethea, b Oct. 11, 1795, ni Wooster Martin; 674 Char- 
lotte, h ]vi\y 2^, ijgi, m Lindley ; 675 Stephen, went 

west, supposed to Ohio. 



Ty^ HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

335- REUBEN. 

Reuben Hall, son of Amos and Ruth Hall, married 
Mary . He was born Dec. 20, 172 1. 

Children: 676 Mary, b Oct. 17, 1742; 61 "] Elizabeth, h 
Feb. 12, 1743 ; 678 Abel, b Oct. 12, 1745. 

AMOS. 

Amos Hall, son of Asaph and Ruth Hall, died Dec. 24, 
1782, ae. 31 years. 

Children: 679 Reuben; 680 Moses; 681 Eunice; 682 Louis. 

336. MOSES. 

Moses Hall, son of Amos and Ruth Hall. 
Children: 683 Moses, b Dec. 26, 1754 ; 684 Enos, b March 
8, 1756. 

342. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Hall, son of Caleb and Esther Hall, born 

April 8, 1732, married Lydia . She died Jan. 15. 1760. 

Child : 685 Lureua, b Feb. 21, 1759. 

343. CALEB. 

Caleb Hall, son of Caleb and Esther Hall, b Sept. 12, 1734. 
Child: 686 Susannah, b Feb. 8, 1759. 

349. TITUS. 

Titus Hall, son of Caleb and Esther Hall, was born Aug. 
16, 1746, married Olive Barnes, Nov. 26, 1767. 

Children: 687 Abigail, b Sept. 21, 1768; 688 Caleb, b Jan. 

21, 1771, d Nov. 12, 1824; 6S9 Lucy, b Dec. 14, 1775 ; 690 
Caleb, b Aug. 29, 1781 ; 6gi Ransley, b Feb. 7, 1784. 

354. miles. 

Miles Hall, son of James and Hannah C. Hall, born 
Oct. 17, 1736, married Abigail Tyler, Sept. 30, 1764. 

Children: 692 Abigail, b Dec. 3, 1767 ; 693 yatnes, b Oct. 
14, 1769 ; 694 William Tyler, b Jan. 15, 1772. 

357. JAMES. 

James Hall, son of James and Hannah C. Hall, born July 

22, 1743. 

Child: 695 Phebe, b Nov. 16, 1741. 



GENEALOGIES. 'J'J'J 

360. ISAAC. 

Isaac Hall, son of Isaac and Mary Moss Hall, was born 
March 7, 1745, married Phebe Ives, Sept. 6, 1764. 

Children: 696 Mary, b July 21, 1766; 697 yokii,h July 3, 
1768 ; 698 Phcbe, b Jan. 31, 1770 ; 699 Elizabeth, b Sept. 23, 
1771 ; 700 Isaac, b May 19, 1775 j 7°^ yonathan, b Sept. 15, 
1776; 702 Clarissa, \) Aug. 12, 1779; 703 Abijah, b 1781 ; 
704 Sally, b 1784. 

365. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Hall, son of Isaac and Mary Hall, was born 
Dec. II, 1757, married Martha Collins, May 14, 1777. 

Children: 705 Isaac, b Feb. 22, 1778; 706 Katnrah. b 
Nov. 17, 1780. 

366. ELIAS. 

Ell4S Hall, son of John and Abigail Hall, was born Mar. 
10, 1740, married ist, Mary Humiston, Dec. 15, 1763. She 
died Aug. 14, 1774, and he married 2d, Rubama . 

Children by ist marriage: 707 Martha, b Sept. 26, 1764; 
708 Mary, b May 26, 1766 ; 709 Ruth, b Feb. 28, 1768; 710 
Eliakim, b May 31, 1778; 711 Benjamin, \) Feb. 20, 1770. 
By 2d marriage: 712 Rubama, b Jan. 16, 1776. 

367. JARED. 

Jared Hall, son of John and Abigail Hall, born July 19, 
1741, married Lucy Hall, July 5, 1770. 

Children : 713 Lemuel, b Aug. 16, 1771 ; 714 Amos, b May 
21, 1773 ; 715 Rufns, b Jan. 9, 1775. 

369. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of John and Abigail Hall, born Dec. 6, 

1743, married Lucy . 

Child: 716 Millicent, b Sept. 3, 1768. 

371. WILLIAM. 

William Hall, son of John and Abigail Hall, married 
Rebecca . He was born June 15, 1747. 

Children: 717 Benj. Russcl, b Aug. i, 1775 ; 718 Abigail, b 
Sept. 20, 1777 ; 719 Ambrose, b Dec. 7, 1779. 



7/8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

375. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hall, son of John and Abigail Hall, married 
Lydia ; he was born July 2, 1757, died March 12, 1770. 

Children: 721 Lyman^ b March 20, 1798- 722 Mary^h 
June 12, 1799 \ 723 EnieUne^ b April 14, 1800 ; 724 Orriu, b 
March 22, 1803. 

377. ABEL. 

Abel Hall, son of Abel and Ruth Hall, born Oct. 12, 
1745, married Ruth Morse, Jan. 3, 177 1. 
Child : 725 Esther. 

383. hezekiah. 
Hezekiah Hall, son of Abel and Ruth Hall, born April 

20, 1757, married Susannah . 

Children: 726 Charity^ b Oct. 3, 1784; 727 Isaac, b Aug. 

21, 1786. 

388. JOEL. 

Joel Hall, son of Asahel and Sarah Goldsmith Hall, 
born May 21, 1741 ; he was a large and thrifty farmer, married 
Hannah Parmalee, Oct. 30, 1765. 

Children: 728 Andrew, b March 4, 1767, m Diana Cook, 
Jan. II, 1778, he d 1796; 729 Augustus, b May 3, 1769, m 
Pamelia Hall, April 12, 1786 ; ^^oj oel, b July 26, 1771 ; 731 

Luther, b Aug. 16, 1776, m Sarah , 2d, wid. Bassett ; 732 

Sarah P., b June 3, 1779 ; 733 Asahel W., b May 12, 1781 ; 
734 jfamcs, b Oct. 12, 1783. 

i»-, 396. CHARLES. 

Charles Hall, son of Asahel and Sarah Goldsmith Hall, 
b Nov. 12, 1757, married Sarah . 

Children: 735 jfcrusha, b Oct. 23, 1772 \ 736 Daniel Root, 
b Aug. 30, 1779; 737 Rice, h ]?iw. 26, 1782; 738 Sylvester, 
b Aug. 29, 1784; 739 T/umuis G., b Aug. 17, 1787; 740 
Sarah, b Nov. 25, 1789 ; 741 Susan, b Dec. 2, 1791 ; 742 
Charles ; 743 Sarah. 

397. asahel. 

Asahel Hall, son of Asahel and Sarah Goldsmith Hall, 



GENEALOGIES. 779 

born Jan. 14, 1759, married Ruth Johnson, Sept. 21, 1786. 
Children: 744 Crt'///(:';7«i?, b April 17, 1787; 745 Asahci,h 
April 8, 1789 ; 746 yo/in D., b June 22, 1790 ; 747 Sara/i, b 
April 5, 1792. 

398. AARON. 

Aaron Hall, son of Asahel and Sarah Hall, was born 
Nov. 4, 1760, married Elizabeth Cook, May 24, 1781 ; she 
died and he married 2d, Sarah, widow of Charles Hall, Dec. 
II, 1820; 3d, Anna Brooks, June i8, 1827. He died Sept. 
30, 1839, ae. 79 yrs. 

Children: 748 Benjamin Atwater, b April 6, 1782; 749 
Elizabeth, b Oct. 23, 1783 ; 750 Electa, b Sept. 9, 1785 ; 751 
Aaron C, b Nov. 11, 1787, went to Catskill, N. Y. ; 752 
Mary, b Jan. 20, 1790 ; 753 Asahel, b April 6, 1792 ; 754 
Sabnon,\i h\\^. 12, 1793; 755 Anna, b Jan. 6, 1796; 756 
Caroline, b Dec. 21, 1798 ; 757 B. Kirtland, b July 4, 1805. 

407. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hall, son of Elisha and Thankful Hall, married 
Mercy Cornwall, May 31, 1799. 

Child: 758 Sarah G., m Israel Harrison, Oct. 21, 1841. 

412. JOHN. 

John Hall, 3d son of Elisha and Thankful Hall, married 
Grace Denison Hall, April 3, 1800. She died Jan. 21, 
1840, ae. 69. 

Children : 759 Jeremiah Aiivater, b 1806 ; 760 jfohn, b 

Oct. 8, 1808 • 761 Thankful A., b Sept. 6, 1801, m 

Hopson ; 762 Loioly, b April 21, 1804, m Johnson; 

763 Fhebe, b Dec. 18, 1810 ; 764 Denison D., b Dec. 9, 
1815; 765 Grace D., b July 18, 1 8 13, m George Simpson ; 
766 Elisha, b March 15, 1818 ; 767 Jennette, b May 31, 
1820 ; 768 Patty. 

415. RUFUS. 

RUFUs Hall, son of Abraham and Hannah Hall, b July 
25, 1 75 1, married Experience Foster, Nov. 14, 1772. 



780 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 769 Hannah^ b Nov. 20, 1776 ; 770 Abraham, b 
May 5, 1778 ; 771 Anne, b Aug. 13, 1779. 

419. PRINDLE. 

Prindle Hall, son of John and EUzabeth Prindle Hall, b 
June 19, 1750, married Anna Mix, Dec. 5, 177 1. 

Children : 772 Ebenezer, b March 26, 1773 \ 773 Annah, b 
March 9, 1774; 774 Anna, b Oct. 7, 1776; 775 Lydia, b 
Sept. 13, 1778; 776 Sarah, b April 25, 1780. 

438. STREET. 

Street T. Hall, son of Col. Street and Hannah Hall, 
born Feb. 26, 1762. 

Children: 777 Sherlock, b Nov. 3, 1792; 778, 779 Elisha 
and Rebecca Ann, b Feb. 17, 1795 ; 780 Alfred, b July 17, 1797 ; 

781 Ransom, b April 28, 1803 ; 782 Carlos, b July 4, 1806 ; 783 
Wm. Street, b March 6, 1809 ; 784 Mary Ann, b July 8, 1841. 

448. GILES. 

Giles Hall, son of Giles and Martha Hall, married Susan 
Hall, and occupies the old home of his father. 

Children: 785 Elizabeth, b Oct. 21, 1815, m Elijah Rice; 
786 Wm. Cook, b April 12, 1818, m Julia A. Johnson, Sept. 
12, 1843; 787 Emily, b Aug. 16, 1820; 788 Henry Lyman, b 
Nov. 25, 1824, a school teacher and farmer. 

450. JOHN. 

John Hall, son of Giles and Martha Hall, married ist, 
Abigail . She died, and he married Dency Strong. 

Children by ist marriage : 789 Stanley, b March 20, 1805 ; 
790 Apollos, b July 12, 1807 ; 791 Henry Eranklin, b June 28, 
1807. By second marriage : 792 Dency ; 793 Dwight, b Aug. 
19, 1814, hotel-keeper in the village; 794 Eliziir, b Jan. 
25, 1817, d Sept. 26, 1857 ; 795 Adeline, b June 2, 1820, d 
Aug. 5, 1834; 796 Wolcott, b Oct. 30, 1824. 

452. COLLINS. 

Collins Hall, son of Brenton and Lament Hall, was 

born Jan. 8, 1766, m Rebecca , March 17, 1795. She 

was born Jan. 10, 1764. 



GENEALOGIES. 78 1 

Children: 797 Abigail, b Nov. 25, 1796; 798 Alma, b 
Oct. 5, 1799; 799 Elisha, b May i, 1803 ; 800 Erastus, b 
Jan. 2, 1805 ; 801 Augustus, b Oct. 30, 1806. 

467. HORATIO. 

Horatio G. Hall, son of Caleb and Prudence Hall, 
married Polly, daughter of Benjamin Byington. She was 
born Aug. 25, 1777. 

Children: 802 Augustus, b July 14, 1799, m Rhoda Doo- 

little ; 803 Lyman, b May 7, 1801, m Button, d at 

Yalesville, Conn. ; 804 Horace, b May 25, 1804, m ist , 

2d, Bull ; 805 Mary, b March 16, 1807, m Leverett 

Allen ; 806 Josiah H. ; 807 Abigail. 

482. CHARLES. 

Charles C. Hall, son of Charles Chauncey and Lydia H. 
Hall, was born March 9, 1762. 

Children : 808 Charles C. ; 809 Eliza, m Jesse L. Nichols 
of Wolcott ; 810 Lyman, d in New Haven ; 811 Augustus, res. 
in Branford ; 812 George, res. in Cheshire ; 813 jfamcs R., 
res. in Cheshire, m Cook. 

485. LYMAN. 

Lyman Hall, son of Charles C. and Lydia Hall, was born 
Jan. 4, 1 76 1. 

Children: 814 Willia7n, m Mary Horton ; 815 Charles C. 

494. ELIAKIM. 

Col. Eliakim Hall, married Clarissa Cook, March 13, 
1794 ; he kept an inn in the Muddy River district. 

Children: 8x6 Sukcy, b Jan. 15, 1797; 817 Ogdcn, b 1802, 
d Feb. 23, 1803, £e. 6 mos. \ 818 Jane Ann, b Aug. 5, 1806 \ 
819 Margaret, b Jan. 5, 18 10. 

495. dickerman. 

Dickerman Hall, son of Lsaac and Esther Mosely Hall, 

married ist, Lucy Hough, March 13, 1796, and 2d, Miss 

Bishop, in 1803. He died Sept. 18, 1838. 

Children: ^20 Rebecca, h Feb. 23, 1797; 821 LLannah, b 



4- 



782 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

March 22, 1799, m ist, John Hull, 2cl, Andrews ; 822 

Liuy, b July 2, 1801 ; 823 Hcnrkfta^ b June 28, 1804 ; 824 
William Mosely, b Feb. 11, 1806 ; 825 Mary Ann, b Oct. 31, 
1807 ; 826 Cornelia, b Feb. 17, 181 1 • 827 Frances A., b Oct. 
9, 1813; 828 Harriet. 

503. JOHN MORSE. 

John Morse Hall, son of Eliakim and Eunice Morse 
Hall, was born May 25, 1775, married Lizzie Meigs, April 
14, 1800; he died Dec. 11, 1837, ae. 62 yrs. His wife died 
Dec. 13, 1843, ^- 63 yrs. 

Children: 829 Lizzie, b Nov. 17, 1801 ; 830 Maty, b Dec. 
6, 1802 ; 831 John Meigs, d July 3, 185 1, in Wallingford, m 

Miss Gilbert, a sister of Rev. E. R. Gilbert ; 832 Ellen 

A.; 833 a daughter; 834 Eliza M. ; 835 Helen; 836 Mary. 

514. NATHAN. 

Nathan Hall, son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth Merriman 
Hall, married Polly Andrews, daughter of Nathaniel ; he 
died, ae. 53. 

Children: 837 i*? ;////, b March 16, 1815, m Sherman Aus- 
tin ; 838 Hezekiah, b June 4, 18 17, m — — Coe of Meriden ; 
839 Luci-etia D., b March 18, 182 1; 840 Viney, b Dec. 23, 
1822. 

529. AVERY. 

Avery Hall, son of Theophilus and Elizabeth Hall, 
was born Nov. 9, 1768. 

Children: 841 Selden, b Sept. 21, 1801 ; 842 Alfred, b 
May 18, 1803. 

537. GEORGE. 

George Hall, son of Samuel and Elizabeth P. Hall, born 
Aug. 13, 1780, married Lucinda . 

Children: 843 Mary A., b Nov. 11, 1843 ; %A,a, Julia E. H, 
b Sept. 14, 1815 ; 845 George, h ]\.\\y 28, 1818; 846 Lament 
P., b Oct. 7, 1820 ; 847 Nancy, b Oct. 3, 1822 ; 848 Julia, b 
Dec. 23, 1834. 



GENEALOGIES. 783 

S39. RICHARD. 

Richard Hall, son of Samuel and Elizabeth P. Hall, b 
Jan. 26, 1785, married Nancy, daughter of Ambrose Cook. 

Children: 2>^() F/ii/andcr, b July 25, 1806; 850 Susan, h 

Sept. 16, 1808, m Phinney ; 851 jferusha, b Nov. 9, 

1809, m Wm. Elton ; 852 Eliza, m Wm. Lewis. 

560. JOSHUA. 

Joshua Hall, son of Giles and Lois Hall, married Sophro- 
nia Gates, March 21, 1804. 

Children: 853 Wm. Chauncey, b May 5, 1805 ; 854 Roder- 
ick, b Dec. 21, 1806 ; 855 James M., b March 3, 1809 ; 856 
Delight, b Jan. 24, 181 1 ; 857 Delilah, b March 29, 1813 ; 858 
Henrietta, h June 24, 1815 ; S^g Lois, b Feb. 3, 1818; 860 
Jennette, b Dec. 18, 182 1 ; 861 Alexander, b Aug. 24, 1824, 

m Potter of Northford. 

569. elkAnah. 

Elkanah Hall, son of David and Alice Hall, was born in 
1 76 1, died March 23, 1738, ae. 71 years, married Sarah . 

Children: 862 Harry, b July 28, 1797; 863 Eliakim, b 
Nov. 19, 1799 ; 864 Isaac N., b Feb. 14, 1802 ; 865 Alexander, 
b Jan., 1805. 

578. IRA. 

Ira Hall, son of Dr. Jonathan and Martha Collins Hall, 
married ist, Kate Rose, and 2d, Marcia Rounds. He died 
Jan. 19, i860, in New York, ae. 71 yrs., 5 mos. 

Children: 866 Nathan Kelsey, b March 28, 1810; 867 Ira 
v., b Aug. 3, 1811 ; 868 Ira, b Aug. 4, 1814; 869 Catherine, 
b Dec. 3, 1816 ; 870 Mary, b Sept. 17, 1819 ; 871 Eli Q., b 
June 21, 1822; 872 Sylvester R., b July 3, 1826; 873 Sarah, 
b March i, 1829 ; 874 Maria, b Sept. 29, 1831 ; 875 Jatte, b 
April 4, 1836. 

594. philo. 
Philo Hall, son of Benajah and Ruth Hall, was born 
May 13, 1798, married Thankful Morse. 

Children: 876 Lavinia,h March 13, 1823; 877 Bennet,h 



784 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Ma}^ 10, 1824; 878 Fhilo Fayette, b Sept. 15, 1825 ; 879 
Einery Osgood, b Sept. i, 1827 ; 880 Almira C, b Feb. 18, 
1828; 881 Truman Gerrard, b Jan. 24, 1832; 882 Harriet 
Newell, b Feb. 18, 1833. 

601. ANDREWS. 

Andrews Hall, son of Benjamin and Phebe Hall, born 
Aug. 15, 1759, married Sylvia Blakeslee, Dec. 3, 1800. 

Children: 883 William A., b June 8, 1803 ; 884 Sylvia, b 
April 18, 1805 ; 885 Abigail, b June 14, 1807 ; 886 Mary, b 
April 24, 1810, m McKenzie. 

608. ADNAH. 

Adnah Hall, son of Benjamin and Phebe Hall, married 

Elizabeth , she died i860 ; he died June 17, 1838, ae. 

66 yrs. 

Children: 887 F^?///r/V?, b March 29, 181 1; 888 Wilfred, h 
July 25, 1815 ; 889 Temperance, b May 24, 1817 ; 890 Harvey 
S., b April 9, 1819 ; 891 Ezckiel, b Jan. 23, 1822. 

612. ASAPH. 

Asaph Hall, son of Benjamin and Phebe Hall, born Oct. 

I, 1781, married Thankful ; he died Feb. 12, 1839, £e. 

58 years. 

Children: 899 Merab, b June 24, 1812, m George Peck, 
of Cheshire, Conn.; 900 Benjamin H, b Aug. 2, 1815 ; 901 
Asa, b July 6, 182 1. 

663. IRA. 

Ira Hall, son of Daniel and Sarah Hall, married Abigail 



Children : 902 Elizur, b June 28, 1798 ; 903 Cornelia, b Nov. 
20, 1800; 904 Edward, b Sept. 30, 1802; 905 Abigail, b 
June 27, 1807; 906 Elizabeth, b Oct. 2, 1816. 

667. LEMUEL. 

Lemuel Hall, son of Daniel and Sarah Hall, was a 
merchant in New Haven. He built and was the owner of 
the store now owned by Austin & Gilbert, on the corner of 
Elm and Church-sts. 



GENEALOGIES. 785 

Children : 907 Henry, d in New Haven ; 908 Grace ; and 
several other children. 

672. ALMER. 

Dea. Almer Hall, son of Daniel and Thankful Hall, 
married 2d, widow of Merrick Cook ; he was a merchant and 
deacon of the Baptist church for several years. 

Child: 909 Aimer /., m Hall. 

728. ANDREW. 

Andrew Hall, son of Joel and Hannah Hall, was born 
Jan. II, 1757, married Diana Cook. 

Children: 910 Betsey, b Vth. 3, 1788; 911 Russell, b Oct. 
18, 1789, m Polly Kirtland ; 912 Liverius, b Aug. 13, 1790 ; 
913 Clarissa C, b Nov. 28, 1793, m Aimer Hall, Esq. ; 914 
Susan, b March 18, 1795 ; 915 Sylvia, b March 13, 1797, m 
Thaddeus Cook ; 916 Sinai, b June 25, 1799,111 Frederick 
Lewis ; 917 IVm. Cook, b Jan. 11, 1802. 

AUGUSTUS. 

Augustus Hall, son of Joel and Hannah Hall, married 
Pamelia Hall, Feb. 10, 1794 ; he died in Wallingford. 

Children: 918 Eunice, b March 3, 1796 ; 919 Joel, b July 
6, 1799. 

731. LUTHER. 

Luther Hall, son of Joel and Hannah Hall, married 
Sarah . 

Children: <^2o Emily, b Sept. 6, 1800; 921 Julia A., h 
Oct. 6, 1801 ; 922 IVilliam, b Jan. 10, 1804; 923 Sally £., 
b May 17, 1806; 924 Abraham R.,\) Sept. 25, 1808; 925 
Betsey F., b May 8, 18 15. 

866. NATHAN. 

Nathan Kelsey Hall, son of Ira and Catharine Hall, 
of Skaneateles, N. Y., married Emily Payne. She was born 
Aug. 5, 181 1, married Nov. 16, 1832. He is a lawyer at 
Buffalo, N. Y. 

Children: 926 Nathan R. Jr., b Oct. 13, 1833, d at Buffilo, 
Oct. 22, 1835 j 9^7) Frederick Aug., b Jan. 10, 1836, d at An- 



^86 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

dover, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1852 ; 928 Emily A., b Oct. 9, 1838, m 
George Gorham of Canandagua, N. Y. ; 929 Frank, b Jan. 7, 
1845, d at Washington, D. C, May 23, 1848 ; 930 Grace, b 
May 16, 1850. 

701. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan Hall, son of Isaac and Mary Morse Hall, 
married ist, Elizabeth, daughter of John G. Hoadley, 2d, 
Sally, daughter of William Jencks. He died Feb. 22, 1741, 
ae. 64 years, 5 mos., 29 days. Residence of this family was 
at Leyden, Lewis Co., N. Y. 

Children: 931 Jehiel, b Nov. 16, 1803, m Louisa Wilson, 
Aug. 10, 1826; 932 Daniel, b July 30, 1805, m Mary D. 
Sperry, Oct. 23, 1834; 933 Mary, b June 23, 1812, m Silas 
Gary, Feb. 6, 1812 ; 934 Abigail, b Dec. 22, 1813, m Rev. 
David A. Barney, March 5, 1834 ; 935 Jonathan, b Aug. 22, 
1815, m Ann Henry, Nov. 9, 1840 ; 936 Sally, b April 28, 
1817, m Robert Harvey, Sept. 9, 1839 ; 937 Isaac, Capt., b 
Nov. 6, 1 8 18, m Amanda Thayer, May i, 1845 ; 938 Julia, b 
April 5, 1820; 939 William Jencks, b Dec. 22, 182 1, m Eme- 
line Stone ; 940 Phebe Ives, b Feb. 18, 1824, m Amos Cham- 
berlain, Nov. 3, 1844; 941 Eunice, b Feb. 18, 1827, m 
Franklin A. Thomas, April 26, 1866 ; 942 Neivton, Maj., b 
Sept. 16, 1829, m Elmira Brainard, April 26, 1866 ; 943 
Maria K., b July 4, 1831, m Charles G. Dewey, Nov. 16, 1854. 

911. RUSSEL. 

CoL. RussEL and Polly Hall. 

Children : 944 Caroline Diana, b Sept. 3, 1815 ; 945 Eliza 
Ann, b Sept. 13, 1817 ; 946 George Kirtland, b July 7, 1819 ; 
947 Mary Augusta, b May 11, 1822 ; 948 Sarah Potter, b July 
26, 1824. 

428. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hall, son of John and Elizabeth Prindle Hall, 
married Hannah . 

Children : 949 Sherman, b April 26, 1806 ; 950 John, b 
June 5, 1808, d July 9, 1836 ; 951 Emery, b Sept. 29, 1809, d 
Dec. 6, 1869; 952 Lucy,h May 27, 181 1, d Feb 18, 1818; 



GENEALOGIES. 787 

953 yii^iii^', b June 7, 18 13, m Laura E. Parker, May i, 
1S52, 6 children ; 954 Maria, b August 30, 1815, d May 
5, 1846, ae. 30 years. 



HARRIMAN. 



SAMUEL. 

Samuel Harriman was in New Haven at an early date, 
where he had a considerable family. Among his children 
was John, who graduated at Harvard College in 1663. He 
went to Wallingford with the first planters in 1670, and was 
the acting minister among the people of the village for two 
years, though not an ordained minister. Mrs. Elizabeth Har- 
riman, his mother, died in Wallingford, Sept 23, 1684. His 
wife died Jan. 10, 1680. His house lot was that on which 
the houses of the late Mr. Aimer Hall and Liverius Carring- 
ton now stand. 

Children: i JoIdi, b Jan. 25, 1666, d Nov. 21, 1683, 
ae. 17 years; 2 Samuel; 3 Anna, b July 6, 1678; 4 Mary, 
b Nov. 7, 1680; 5 Leonard, b June 5, 1683; 6 Richard, b 
Aug. 9, 1685. 



HART.i 



HAWKINS. 

Hawkins Hart of Farmington came to Wallingford at 
the age of 24 years, and married Sarah Royce, who was nine- 
teen years of age. Their marriage was consummated Sept. 
17, 1701. She died Jan. 31, 1733. He died May 24, 1735. 
They resided after their marriage a short time in P'arming- 
ton, but returned to Wallingford Oct. 4, 1705, where they 
resided for the remainder of tljeir lives. 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 149- 
51, 163-4, 170-8, 188-91 ; Davis' Gen. Hart Family, Lewis and Newhall's 
Hist. Lynn, Mass., 227; Littell's Passaic Valley Gen., 179; Savage's 
Gen. Diet, 11. 367-8 ; Sibley's Hist. Union, Me., 459. 



/3Z> 



788 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 

Children : i Nathaniel, b June 19, 1702, in Farmington, 
Ct. ; 2 Ruth, b Aug. 13, 1704, in Farmington, Ct. ; 3 Haiu- 
kins, b Sept. 16, 1706, d in Wallingford, Sept. 22, 1706 ; 4 
Hawkins, b March i, 1708, m ist, Mary Street, Jan. 30, 1734, 
2nd, Abigail Hall, Feb. 12, 1761 ; 5 Sarah, b March 21, 
1 7 10; 6 Esther, b Aug. 12, 1712 ; 7 ThomaSjh Sept. 29, 
1714 ; 8 Mary, b June 21, 1719 ; 9 Benjamin, b Jan. 28, 1722. 
Mr. Hart married for his 2nd wife, Mary, daughter of Rev. 
Joseph and Mary Elliot of Guilford, 1734. She was born 
1688, and had 10 Samuel, born July 13, 1735, who was a 
lieutenant in the American army, and was wounded in the 
battle at Saratoga during the Revolutionary war. He died 
at Durham, Ct., Jan. 12, 1805. 

I. NATHANIEL 

Nathaniel Hart m Martha Lee, Dec. 21, 1727. He 
died Oct. 2, 1750, ae. 48 years. 

Children: 11 Nathaniel, b Sept. 5, 1729, m Alice Hall, 
Jan. 23, 1753, he went to Goshen where he d ae. 80 years, 
had Nathaniel, b Nov. 8, 1754 ; 12 Tiftiothy, b May 24, 1731 ; 
13 Martha, b June 21, 1733 ; 14 Ebenezer, b March 26, 1739 ; 
15 Josiah, b Feb. 22, 1742 ; 16 Phebe, b April 22, 1746, m 
I St, Stephen Yale, 2nd, Eliasaph Preston, Feb. 17, 1764. 

4. HAWKINS. 

Lieut. Hawkins Hart, married to Susannah Merriman by 
Rev. Theophilus H-all, Nov. 20, 1730. After her decease he 
married Mary Street, Jan. 30, 1734. She died, and he 
married Abigail Hall, Feb. 12, 1761. He died April 17, 

1756. 

Children: 17 Samuel; 18 Sarah, b 1750, d Nov. 27, 1765 ; 
19 Susannah, b 1747, d Oct. 26, 1757 ; 20 Benjamin, b 1751, 
d Oct. 7, 1836, m Jerusha Rich, Feb. 25, 1776, she d Aug. 

26, 1832. 

20. benjamin. 

Benjamin Hart, son of Lieut. Hawkins Hart, married 
Jerusha Rich. 

Children: 21 Esther,\)^ON. Z, 1776, m Marvel Andrews 



GENEALOGIES. 789 

for his 4th wife ; 22 Z?ecy, h Dec. 20, 1779; 23 Susannah., b 
Jan. 15, 1782; 24 Webb, b Feb. 21, 1786; 25 Jenisha.h 
Sept. II, 1788, m Abel D. Clark ; 26 Samuel, I., b Nov. 22, 
1792. 

26. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Ives Hart, son of Benjamin and Jerusha Rich 
Hart, married Abigail D. Hall, Sept. 20, 1814; he is now 
living in the east part of Meriden. 

Children: 27 Daniel H., b June 19, 1815, m Harriet G. 
Miller; 28 Edmund, b Aug. 12, 1817; 29 Edmund, h Yah. 
16, 1818 ; 30 jferusha, b Aug. 22, 1822, m Horace Pratt of 
Meriden; 31 Elizabeth, b Aug. 22, 1822, m Edward B. Miller 
of Meriden. 



HOW.' 

Four persons of this name were early at New Haven, viz. : 
Jeremiah Sen., Ephraim, Zachariah Sen., and Nathaniel. 
These persons all but Ephraim, went to Wallingford, in 1670, 
and he followed them in 1672, as appears by the records, 
having been at New Haven then, about 20 years. John 
How, one of the sons, returned to New Haven about the 
year 1700. 

JEREMIAH. ^ 

Children: i Jeremiah, h July 8, 1650; 2, 3 yoh/i and Ebe- 
nezer, b June 26, 1656; all born in New Haven. John mar- 
ried Abigail . 

EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim How is supposed to have removed from Walling- 
ford, as no mention of marriages or deaths are found on the 
Wallingford records. 

Children born in New Haven : 4 Ephraim, b April 3, 1653 ; 

I For collateral branches, see Bond's Hist. Watertown, Mass., 303-4 ; 
Kidder's Hist. New Ipswich, N. H., 391 ; Morse's Memorial of Morses, 
Appendix No. 67 3-4 ; N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg. xvi. 314 ; Worcester 
Mag. and Hist. Jour., 11. 130-1. 

B B B 



790 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

5 Sarah, b June 25, 1654; 6 Nancy, b Nov. 17, 1656; 7 
Samuel, b 1658 ; 8 Daniel, b Jan. 4, 1663 ; 9 Isaac, b Aug. 
26, 1666 ; 10 Abigail, b April 23, 1668 ; 11 Esther, b Nov. 28, 
167 1 ; 12 Mary, b Dec. 8, 1674. 

NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel and Elizabeth How were with the first planters 
in Wallingford ; she died Dec. 29, 17 13, £e. 70 yrs. He mar- 
ried 2d, Sarah Curtis, August 9, 1714 ; he died at Walling- 
ford, Feb. 12, 1722. 

Children: 13 Elijah, b Sept. 9, 1673, ™ Mary Bellamy, 
Jan. 25, 1703 ; 14 Lydia, b Nov. 6, 1675 j ^5 Daniel, b Mar. 

8, 1677, m ist, Margery , 2d, Sarah ; 16 Abigail, b 

Aug. 7, 1680. 

ZACHARIAH. 

Zachartah How born at Wallingibrd, Sept. 22, 1640 ; he 
died June, 1703. 

Children born in New Haven: 17 John, b Jan. 16, 1666, 
m Abigail ; 18 Z^zr/zf^zr/rt-//, b May 30, 1669, m Eliza- 
beth Hemingway, he d May 12, 1712 ; 19 Nathaniel,\) Jan. 2, 
1672, m Mary Tracey, Oct. 15, 171 1 ; 20 Matthew, b Jan. 2, 
1672, m Elizabeth Winston, Dec. 31, i7i7,bothborninWalling- 
ford ; 21 Sarah, b Oct. 30, 1675, ^ Feb. 2, 1713, ae. 36 yrs.; 
Mary,\i Dec. 14, 1677. 

I. JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah How married Elizabeth , Oct. 29, 1674. 

He died at Wallingford, Sept. 22, 1740, ai. 90 yrs. ; Elizabeth, 
his wife died Oct. 4, 1704. He married a widow, Mary Cook, 
April 9, 1705. 

Children by ist marriage, born at Wallingford : 22 Jeremiah, 
b Sept. 15, 1675; Jerusha, b Sept. 13, 1677; Ephraim, b 
Feb. 20, 1681 ; 25 Martha, b Aug. 2, 1684; 26 Maria, b 
Sept. 20, 1687 \ 27 Ebenezer, b March 3, 1690 ; 28 Joshua, b 
Dec. 2, 1702. Children by 2d marriage: 29 Sarah, b April 
16, 1709; 30 Dinah, b Feb. 28, 17 16; 31 Ichabod, b Sept. 
II, 1717; 32 Joshua, b April i, 1720. 



GENEALOGIES. 79I 

22. JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah How married Judith Cook, April 20, 1704; she 
died March 20, 1708. He was Uving June 28, 1745. 

Children: ;^^ Judith, b Oct. 22, 1703, m Elihu Yale; 34 
Jeremiah, b Feb. 17, 1705, m Elizabeth Gaylord. 

31. JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah How of Wallingford married Elizabeth Gaylord, 
March 11, 1730. He was designated as Jeremiah How 3d ; 
he emigrated to Goshen in the summer of 1747. 

Children born in Wallingford : 35 Judith, b Dec. 19, 1730 ; 
36 John, b Oct. I, 1732 ; 37 Jeremiah, b Dec. 24, 1734, d 
173^; 38 Jereftiiah, b Nov. 17, 1736, m Martha North; 39 
Elizabeth, b Sept. 18, 1738, m Daniel Norton ; 40 Benjamiti, 
b Oct. 26, 1739, d; 41 Benjamin, b Jan. 22, 1740 ; 42 Joel, d 
Jan. 28, 1745 ; 43 Esther, b March 5, 1744, m Daniel Mer- 
rills ; 44 Joseph, b Nov. 9, 1746, m Prudence Norton ; 45 
Ruth, b Oct. 4, 1748, m Royce Orvis, she was b in Goshen. 

-^d. JOHN. 

John How married Mary Wadams, daughter of Noah 
Wadams of Goshen. She died, and he married Lydia Nor- 
ton, April 15, 1766. 

Children born in Goshen : 46 Mary, b Sept. 10, 1757, m 
Wait Hinman ; 47 Experience, b Dec. 29, 1759, m Nathan 
Norton; 48 ^//;/^z, b April 10, 1762, m Israel Everett and 
went to Vermont ; 49 Deliverance, b June 25, 1764. By sec- 
ond marriage : 50 y^^//;?, b April 22, 1767, m Esther Walter 
of Cornwall, Conn. ; 51 Ichahod, b June 5, 1769, m C. Moss 
Norton of Cornwall, Conn ; 52 Isaac, b 1771, d ae. 8 yrs ; 53 
Lunia7i, b Aug. 6, 1774, m Esther Meacham ; 54 Daniel ; 55 
Seth, m Achsah Washburn of Penn. ; 56 Lydia, committed 
suicide at the age of 14 yrs. 

The above John How remained in Goshen, Conn., till Dec. 
30, 1766, when he sold to Wistal Willoughby, and removed 
to Canaan, Conn. 



792 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

41. JOSEPH. 

Joseph How married Prudence Norton, Oct. 24, 1768, 
daughter and youngest child of Joseph, who was from Dur- 
ham, Conn. ; he died at Goshen, April 17, 1807, £e. 61 yrs. 
She died Jan. 15, 1825. 

Children: 57 Fritdence,h Oct. 15, 1769, m Amasa Robinson 

of Litchfield, Conn. ; 58 Mclzar, b Oct. 19, 1772, m 

Willoughby ; 59 FMio, m Roxy Tuttle ; 60 Clara, m Allen 
Dean. 



HITCHCOCK.' 

JOHN. 

John and Abigail Hitchcock were the first of the name 
who came into the town of Wallingford, which was about 
1675- ■ 

Children: i Mary^h Dec. 10, 1676; 2 Nathaniel, \i April 
18, 1679, d May 12, 1710, ae. 31 ; 3 Margery, b Sept. 9, 1681 ; 
4 Elizabeth, b April 8, 1684 ; 5 John, b Oct. 18, 1685, m 
Marlow Munson, Nov. 21, 1712 ; 6 Matthias, b May 26, 1688, 
m Thankful Andrews ; 7 Hannah, b Jan. 9, 1690 ; 8 Damaris, 
b June II, 1693 ; 9 Benjamin, b March 24, 1696, m Eli'zabeth 
Ives. 

2. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Hitchcock m Sarah Lewis Jennings, April 3, 
1704. He died May 12, 17 14. 

Children: 10 Sarah, b March 13, 1705; 11 Elizabeth, \i 
Jan. 26, 1707 ; 12 Hamiah, b June 11, 1709. 

5. JOHN. 

John Hitchcock, m Marlow Munson, Nov. 21, 17 12. She 
died July i, 1739. 

Children: 13 Peter, b Oct. 14, 1713 ; 14 Martha, b April i, 



I For collateral branches, see Dodd's Hist. E. Haven, Conn., 126, 127 ; 
Kellogg's Memorials of Elder John White, 121 ; Savage's Gen. Diet., il. 
428, 429; Wilbraham, Mass., Centennial Celebration, 1863, 298, 299. 



GENEALOGIES. 793 

1715 ; 15 y^^^"'j b May 11, 17 17 ; 16 Eliakim, b Sept. 7, 17 19, 

d April 5, 1723 ; 17 yotham^ b Feb. 4, 1722, m Mary ; 

< \Z Dan^ b March 14, 1724,111 Esther — ■ ; \^ Eliakim, h 

June 13, 1726 ; 20 litns^ b Jan. 31, 1729, m Hannah Munson 
July 30, 1759 ; 21 Catherine, b July 10, 1731. 

6. INIATTHIAS. 

^ Matthias Hitchcock m Thankful Andrews, Dec. 27, 1710. 

Children: 22 Oliver, h Nov. 14, 1716 ; 23 Jason^h Km^. 

16, 1718 ; 24 William, b Oct. 16, 1720; 25 Matthias, b June 

19, 1711, d April 7, 1726; 26 Nathaniel, b Oct. 15, 1712 ; 27 
Valentine, b Feb. 14, 1715 ; 28 Nathaniel, b May 7, 1733 j 29 
Thankful, b March 29, 1725; 30 Matthias, b Feb. 11, 1727, 

m Sarah ; 31 Ebenezer, b Sept. 14, 1728 : 32 Tabitha, b 

Feb. 26, 1730; 33 Enos, b April 27, 1735; t,^ Han/iah,]:) 
April 27, 1735. 

9. BENJAMIN. 

Capt. Benjamin Hitchcock was married to Elizabeth 
Ives by Capt. Yale, Oct. i, 1718. He died Feb. 12, 1767. 
She died Aug. 8, 1762. 

Children: 35 Bela,h Oct. 27, 17 19; ^^6 Hannah, b Sept. 
12, 1721 ; 37 Benjamin, b Feb. 23, 1724 ; 38 Joseph, b July 
12, 1737 ; 39 Abigail, b May 10, 1728 ; 40 David, b June 29, 
1742 ; 41 Samuel, b April i, 1730 ; 42 Damai'is, b Sept. 3, 
1745 ; 43 Nathaniel, b June 20, 1732 ; 44 Nathaniel, b Sept. 

20, 1739; 45 Dainaris, b Nov. 25, 1756. 

15. JOHN. 

John and Elizabeth Chatterton Hitchcock, married Nov. 
29> 1739- 

Children: 46 Amos, b Dec. 28, 1740; 47, 48 Elizabeth and 
Elisha, b Oct. 24, 1743; \()^avi(l, b Sept. 27, 1742. 

17. JOTHAM. 

JoTHAM and Mary Hitchcock. 

Children: 50 Sarah, b Sept. 11, 1747 ; 51 Lyman, b March 
15, 1749 ; 52 Mary,h Dec. 4, 1750 ; 53 Mar low, b Dec. 26, 1752 ; 
54 Jotham, b Nov. 6, 1754. 



794 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

13. PETER. 

Peter Hitchcock married Hannah Smith, June 18, 1737. 

Children: 55 Reuben^ b May 11, 1738; 56 Aniasa, b Oct. 
35 1739 j 57 Valentine^ b April 18, 1741 ; 58 Peter, b May 17, 
1743, d May 16, 1744; 59 Peter, b Feb. 6, 1743 ; 60 David, 
b Nov. 10, 1754. 

18. DAN. 

Dan Hitchcock married Esther Miles, of Cheshire, Aug. 

17, 1743- 

Children: 61 Asahel, b Dec. 24, 1743 ; 62 Martha, b April 
10, 1748 ; 63 Susannah ; 64 Eunice, b Nov. 28, 1754 ; 65 Seth ; 
6^ Lydta ; 67 Bcuajah : 68 Eliakini, b Aug. 8, 1746; 69 
Esther, b May 23, 1750; 70 Z'rt';?, b Oct. 19, 1752; 71 Sarah, 
b Sept. 6, 1757; 72 Miriam; 73 George. 

19. ELIAKIM. 

Eliakim Hitchcock married Esther ; he died June 

19, 1788, £6. 62 yrs. 

Children: 74 Abigail, b Dec. 6, 1756 ; 75 Rufus, b April i, 
1760, was a Judge of Probate, Town Clerk, etc. ; 76 yared, b 
July 30, 1758. 

20. TITUS. 

Titus Hitchcock married Hannah Munson, July 30, 1759. 
Child: 77 Obedienee, b Oct. 8, 1761. 

22. OLIVER. 

Oliver Hitchcock married Thankful Parker, Oct. 19, 
1744. 

Children: 78 Mary, b July 8, 1745 ; 79 Thankful, b May 
13, 1747 ; 80 Rebecca, b Jan. 18, 1749 ; 81 Hannah, b Oct. 11, 
1750, d Nov. 5, 1752 ; 82 Oliver, b Feb. 24, 1755 ; 83 Sarah, 
b March 19, 1757 ; 84 P>amaris, .h Nov. 6, 1758 ; 85 Dinah, 
b Nov. 23, 1760. 

23. JASON. 

Jason Hitchcock, married Lydia Cook, Sept. 20, 1743 ; 
she died Dec. 30, 1753. 

Children: 86 William, b June 26, 1744; 87 Thomas, b 



GENEALOGIES. 795 

Dec. 20, 1746; 88 Laiuicl^ b Dec. 20, 1749 ; 89 Jason, b July 
12, 1752; 90 yason., b Oct. 10, 1755 ; 91 Ic/iabod, b Dec. 18, 
1756 ; 92 Thankful, b March 20, 1761. 

30. MATTHIAS. 

Matthias Hitchcock married Sarah . 

Children: 93 Oliver; 94 Jason; 95 Thankful; 96 J/<?/- 
thias ; 97 Ebcnezer ; 98 Tab it ha ; 99 Nathaniel; 100 Hafinah. 

35. BELA. 

Bela Hitchcock married Sarah Atwater, Dec. 25, 1744; 
she died Oct. 23, 1746; he married Hannah Cook, and she 
died June 28, 1805, as. 83 ; he died Oct. 12, 1796, £e. 77 yrs., 
in Cheshire. 

Child by ist marriage: loi Isaac, b Jan. 23, 1746, d Jan. 
28, 1746. Children by 2nd marriage: 102 Isaac, b Oct. 26, 
1748, d May 27, 1749 ; 103 Bcla, b Sept. 21, 1750 ; 104 Han- 
nah, b Dec. 31, 1752 ; 105 Asa, b Feb. 11, 1755 ; 106 Sarah, 
b Aug. I, 1757 ; 107 Aaron, b Dec. 6, 1759. 

37. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hitchcock married Rhoda Cook, Feb. 27, 1745. 

Children: 108 Thaddcus, b Dec. 13, 1745 ; 109 Hannah, h 
March 9, 1748: no, in Benjamin and Rhoda, b Nov 24, 
1752 ; 112 lucy, b March 24, 1755 ; 113 Da mar is, b Dec. 5, 
1756 ; 114 Thaddeus, b Dec. 10, 1760. 
56. amasa. 

Children: \\^ Ajnasa ; 116 Silas ; 1 1 'j James ; iiS David; 
several daughters. 

57. valentine. 

Children : 119 Hon. Peter ; 120 Rev. Roger ; 121 Polly. 

60. DAVID. 

Children; \22 Marcus ; i2t, David ; 124 Gains. 

68. eliakim. 
Eliakim Hitchcock, son of Dan and Esther Hitchcock, 
married Betty Hill, July zt,, 1734, she died Nov. 21, 1754. 
Child : 125 Betty Hill, b March 2, 1754. 



796 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

61. ASAHEL. 

AsAHEL Hitchcock lived in the village of Cheshire. 
Child : 126 Miles, went to New York, where he died. 

70. DAN. 

Dan Hitchcock was a blacksmith, and resided, when 
living, in a house then standing a little east of the late resi- 
dence of Titus and Almon Preston. 

Children: 127 Samuel; 128 Clarissa, m Perkins; 129 

Chaiincey ; 17,0 Esther ; 131 Lyjnaji ; 132 i?(?/;^r(rrt', m A. Per- 
kins ; 12,2, E)an ; 134 Annah, m John Reed; 135 Matilda; 
136 Betsey, m Amos Bristol. 

73. RUFUS. 

RuFUS Hitchcock was twice married; he died in 1832, 
was a Judge of Probate, Town Clerk, etc. 

Children: 137 Wm. Rufus, m Mary Hall, d in Waterbury ; 
138 Lucretia, m Rev. P. G. Clark. 

91. ichabod. 

Ichabod Hitchcock, son of Jason and Hitchcock, 

died in Cheshire. 

Children : 139 Pliny, m Bradley; 140 Sarilla, m Geo. 

Stevens ; 141 JasoJi ; 142 Hannah, m T. L. Gaylord ; 143 
Lucinda, m Richard Beach. By 2d marriage : 144 Abigail, m 
and went to Kentucky. 

65. BETH. 

Seth Hitchcock, son of Dan and Esther Miles Hitch- 
cock, died in Cheshire. 

Children ; 145 Alfred; 146 Emily, m Aaron Cook, late of 
Cheshire. 



HOLT.^ 



William Holt died in Wallingford, Sept. i, 1683, aged 83; 
consequently was born in 1600, in the old country. He was 
buried in the cemetery at Wallingford, where his tomb-stone 

I For collateral branches, see Abbot's Hist. Andover, Mass., 22; 



GENEALOGIES. 79/ 

Still remains to mark his grave. Benjamin Holt also died in 
Wallingford, Aug. 2, 1693, aged 32 years. 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph Holt was an early settler in Wallingford, though 
not an original subscriber. He was married to Elizabeth 
French or Tench, by Major Nash, Nov. 20, 1684. He died 
Dec. 19, 1697, ae. 42 years. 

Children: i Joseph^h Sept. 10, 1685, m Abigail Curtis, ) 
June 8, 1709 ; 2 Daniel^ b Oct. 6, 1687, m Rebecca — '-'^'' ; 
3 Bcnjanmi^ b Sept. 3, 1690, m Abigail Curtis ; 4 Mary, b 
Jan. 29, 1691 ; 5 Elizabeth, b March 23, 1696 ; 6 jfohn. 

1. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Holt married Abigail Curtis, June 8, 1709. She 
died Jan. 12, 1730. 

Children: 7 Tamar, b Oct. 31, 1711 ; 8 Susaniia/i, b Feb. 
12, 1716 ; 9 Mary, b Feb. 9, 1714 ; 10 Samuel, b May 14, 
1718 ; II Lmy, b Dec. 12, 1722 ; 12 Lydia, b April 24, 1725 ; 
13 ^/^/^rt'//, b July 20, 1727; \^Prudence,h Dec. 29, 1728; 
15 Afchitable, b Dec. 26, 1729 ; 16 Mabel, d Dec. 28, 1727. 

2. DANIEL. 

Daniel and Rebecca Holt. 

Children : 17 Phehe, b Dec. 24, 17 16 ; 18 Hannah, b April 
28, 1719; 19 Mary, b May 21, 1718 ; 20 Thomas, b Jan. 22, 
172 1 ; 21 Eunice, b Nov. 26, 1724 ; 22 Uriah, b Jan. 22, 
1721 ; 23 Joseph, b Feb. 25, 1726 ; 2AtLois, b Oct. 30, 1726 ; 
25, 26 Rebecca and Abigail, b May 11, 1738; 27 Daniel, h 
May 27, 1729. \ 

3. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin and Abigail Holt. 

Children : 28 Elizabeth, b Dec. 25, 1729 ; 29 Prudence, d 
May 23, 1737 ; 30 Lydia, b August 15, 1732 ; 31 Benjamin, b 

Caulkins' Hist. New London, Ct, 314, 315; Dodd's Hist. East Haven, 
Ct, 127, 128 ; Dunie's Gen. of Holt Family ; Savage's Gen. Diet., 11. 
454, 455- 



798 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

June 14, 1734, d May 2, 1735 ; 32 Benjamin, b August 22, 
1737- 



HOTCHKISS. 



SAMUEL. 

Samuel IIotchkiss came from Essex, England, and is 
supposed to have been a brother of John Hotchkiss, who set- 
tled at Guilford, Conn. This name is spelled in some in- 
stances, Hodghe, Hodgkins, and Hotchkins. He was at 
New Haven as early as 1641. In Aug., 1642, he married 
Elizabeth Cleverly ; he died Dec. 28, 1663. 

Children : i yo/m, b 1643, "^ Elizabeth Peck, Dec. 4, 1672, 
and remained in New Haven ; 2 Samuel^ b 1645, m Sarah 
Talmadge in 1678, settled at East Haven, Conn. ; 3 yames, b 
1647 ; 4 Joshua, b Sept. 16, 165 1, m two or three wives, re- 
sided in New Haven; 5 Thomas, b 1654, m Sarah Wilmot ; 
6 David, b 1657, m Esther Sperry. 

I. JOHN. 

John Hotchkiss married Elizabeth Peck, daughter of 
Henry Peck of New Haven, Dec. 4, 1672. They had John, 
born 1673 ') he married Mary Chatterton in 1694, and settled 
on the west side of Wallingford, now Cheshire. 

Child : 7 John, b 1694, m Miriam Wood, March 10, 1717, 
he d in Cheshire, April 30, 1732, she d Jan 10, 1765, ae. 65 yrs. 

7. JOHN. 

Children: Z Robbins,\)yi-A.y 12, 1709 ; () Mary, hY 0)0. 20, 1712, 

d Aug., 1718; \o Henry, b April i, 1715; 11 Benjamin, \) 

May 10, 1718; 12 Jason, b May 12, 17 19, m Abigail , 

she d Feb. 22, 1773, ae. 40 yrs. ; 13 Sarah, b July 13, 1721 ; 
14 Dorothy, b Dec. 28, 1723; 15 ^fl-w/rt--^, b July 30, 1726; 
16 Naomi, b Feb. 23, 173 1.; 17 John, b Sept. 16, 1733. 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 155, 
156, 171, 172, 224, 295; Bronson's Hist. Waterbury, Conn., 505-8; Coth- 
ren's Hist. Woodbury, Conn., 579, 580; Dodd's Hist. East Haven, Conn., 
512-19. 



GENEALOGIES. 799 

12. JASON. 

Jason Hotchkiss married Abigail ; he died in 

Cheshire, May 19, 1776, ae. 58 years. She died Feb. 22, 
i773> ^e. 40 yrs. 

Children : 18 Abigail^ b July 12, 1746 ; 19 David, b March 
8, 1752 ; 20 jfonathan, b May 7, 1754; 21 Abigail, b Sept 
19, 1756; 22 Sarah, b May i, 1776, m William Law Esq. of 
Cheshire, and was the mother of Samuel Law Esq. of Mere- 
dith, N. Y., and of William and Jonathan Law of Cheshire, 
and John of Whitehall, N. Y., all deceased. 

2. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hotchkiss married Sarah Talmadge in 1678. 

Children, born in East Haven: 23 Mary ; 2\ Sarah ; 25 

Samuel; 26 J^ames, b 1747, m Tamar ; 2"] Abigail ; 28 

Eben ; 29 Enos. 

4. JOSHUA. 

Ens. Joshua Hotchkiss was twice or more times married. 
The name of his last wife was Mary Hotchkiss. She died 
Nov. 15, 1787, ae. 88 yrs. He died 1788, ae. 88 yrs. ; he re- 
sided in New Haven, and was a leading man there. 

Children: 30 Mary, b April 30, 1679; 31 Stephen, b Aug. 
12, 1681, settled in Wallingford, parish of Cheshire; 32 Mar- 
tha, b Dec. 14, 1689, m Thomas Brooks of New Haven, in 
1702, and settled in Cheshire (then Wallingford); 33 
Priscilla, b 1688 ; 34 Abraham, settled in Bethany, Conn., d 
1702 ; 35 Desire, d 1702 ; 36 Isaac, b June, 1701. Among 
the children were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, all residents of 
Bethany, as was their father. 37 Jacob, b Feb. 7, 1704, re- 
mained on the old homestead in New Haven for some time, 
and subsequently remo\'ed to Hamden, one of his sons went 
to Derby, Conn. ; 38 John, b Feb. 27, 1733 ; 39 Elizabeth, b 
March 23, 1735 \ 4° Mary, b Aug. 11, 1737, d; 41 Mary, b 
June 17, 1738. 

5. THOMAS. 

Thomas Hotchkiss married Sarah Wilmot, Nov. 28, 1697. 
He died in 1 7 1 1. Children : 42 Samuel ; 43 Anna ; 44 Sarah. 



800 HISTORY OF VVALLINGFORD. 

6. DAVID. 

David Hotchkiss married ist, Esther Sperry, June 20, 
1683. He married 2nd, Eunice . He died in 1712. 

Children : 45 Eliza; 46 Daniel, m Mamre ; 47 Oba- 

diah, m Eunice Beach, Jan., 1716, they had Lewis, b Jan. 16, 
1 7 17 ; 48 Thankful, b Feb. 15, 1753 ; 49 Eunice, b Jan. 8, 
1755 ; 5° Rebecca; 51 Isaac, b March 4, 1757 ; 52 Hannah, b 
June 5, 1 761 3 53 Rebecca. 

10. HENRY. 

Capt. Henry Hotchkiss married Sarah , and settled at 

Wallingford, in the parish of Cheshire, where he was married 
Nov. 23, 1736. He died June 9, 1799, ae. 84. She died 
Nov. 19, 175 1, ae. 34 years. 

Children: ^\ Henry, b Sept. 2, 1737 ; 55 Joseph, b Dec. 
18, 1738 ; 56 Henry, b 1723, d Sept. 29, 1742 ; 57 Jonah, d 
July 26, 1 741 ; 58 Sarah, b Feb. 5, 1742 ; 59 Mary, b Feb. 
I, 1745 ; 60 Jonah, b Oct. 28, 1748. 

31. STEPHEN. 

Dea. Stephen Hotchkiss, b 1681, son of Joshua, m 
Elizabeth, daughter of John Sperry of New Haven, Dec. 12, 
1704. He purchased land in Cheshire in 1706, and settled 
upon it in 1707. He died March 5, 1755, ae. 74 years. He 
was deacon of the church at Cheshire for 31 years. 

Children: 61 Joshua, b Aug. 26, 1705 ; Elizabeth, b 1706, d 
1788 ; 62 Mary,\)]\Ay i, 1708, m Nathan Burns M. D.; 63 Han- 
nah, b Jan. 10, 1710, m Stephen Atwater ; 64 Esther, b Feb. 
8, 1712 ; 65 Elizabeth, b Aug. 15, 1715 ; 66 Gideon, b Dec. 5, 
17 15, first Dea. of the Congregational Church in Salem; 67 
Stephen, b Dec. i, 1717 ; 68 Silas, b Nov. 20, 17 19, m widow 
Alcott; 69, 70 Hannah and Stephen, b Feb. 23, 1722; 71 
Bashua, b Sept. 7, 1726; 72 Benjamin, b Feb. i, 1728, m 
Elizabeth Roberts ; 73 Noah, b Nov. 24, 1731, d Jan. 13, 1760. 

26. JAMES. 

James Hotchkiss, son of Samuel and Sarah, married 
Tamar . 



GENEALOGIES. 8oi 

Children: 74 Asa, b Nov. 24, 1731 ; 75 J^oh'rf,h ]\\x\q 17, 
1733 ; 76 -Eunice, b March 28, 1734 ; 77 Tamar, b Aug. 24, 
1736 ; 78 Reuben, b Feb. 5, 1743 ; 79 Lydia, b Aug. 11, 1745. 

JOSIAH. 

JosiAH HoTCHKiss married Abigail . He died of 

small pox in May, 1732, at Cheshire ; she died of the same 
disease near the same time. 

Children: 80 Josiah, b Oct. 13, 1716; 81 Josiah, b April 
3, 1720; 82 Elizabeth, h Jan. 25, 1723; 83 Ludwick,\) ^-aw. 
15, 1720 ; 84 Tyrrel, b 1718 ; 85 Lent, b June 2, 1726. 

66. GIDEON. 

Dea. Gideon Hotchkiss, m Anna Brockett, Jan. 18, 1737. 
She died, and afterwards he married Mabel, daughter of 
Isaac Stiles, of Southbury. He located on a farm in the 
southeasterly part of Waterbury in 1736, and was chosen a 
Deacon of the Congregational Church at Salem now (Nauga- 
tuck), at its organization. He was one of the principal men 
who founded the Congregational Church at Prospect (then 
Columbia), and was a leading man there. He served in the 
French and Revolutionary wars, and died full of years, Sept. 
3, 1807, ffi. 91 years, leaving 105 grandchildren, 155 great 
grandchildren, and four of the fifth generation. 

Children: 86 Isaac, b 1738 ; 87 David, b 174^; 88 Gideon, b 
Dec, 1744'; 89 Huldah, b June 27, 1747, m Josiah Paine ; 90 
Anna, b Oct. 22, 1749, m Reuben Williams ; 91 Amos, b Nov. 
24, 1 75 1 ; 92 Submit, b June 2, 1753, m David Paine ; 93 Titus, 
b June 26, 1755, m Rachel Guernsey; <^a, Eben, b Dec. 13, 
1757, m Mary, dau. of Gideon Sanford, Feb. 15, 1781 ; 95 

Asahel, born Feb. 16, 1760; 96 Benoni, born ; 

97 Mabel, born May 23, 1764, m Chauncey Judd, May 
5) 1797 ; 98 Phebe, b Aug. 3, 1765, m Reuben Williams ; he 
died in 1780; 99 Stiles, b Jan. i, 1768, m Polly Horton, and 
had iive children; 100 Olive, b Nov. 21, 1769, m William 
Jones ; loi Millicent, b May 2, 1771, m David Sanford ; 102 
Amzi, b July 3, 1774, resided in Meriden.^ 

I See Bronson's Hist, of Waterbury, 505-8, for descendants of above. 



802 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

HOUGH.' 

SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hough married Susannah, daughter of Simeon 
Wrotham, of Farmington, Conn. His father, William Hough, 
was a son of Edward Hough, of Westchester, Cheshire Co., 
England. Samuel was born in New London, Conn., and was 
by trade a mill-wright. He came to Wallingford to assist in the 
construction of the first mill in the township. .Mrs. Hough 
died in Wallingford, Sept. 5, 1684. He married 2d, Mary, 
daughter of James Bates, of Haddam, Aug. 18, 1685 ; he died 
March 14, 1714. 

Children: i William^ b Aug. 22, 1680, m Mehitable ; 

2 Samuel, b Feb. 15, 1681, d Nov. 30, 1702, ae. 21 yrs. ; 3 

Susannah, b Nov. 27, 1683, m Andrews, of Farmington, 

Conn. By 2d marriage: 4 jfa^nes, b Dec. 15, 1688, m Sarah 
Newhall, July 29, 1718 ; 5 Hannah, b Nov. 8, 1691. 

I. WILLIAM. 

William Hough, son of Samuel and Susannah Hough, 
married Mehitable ; she died Feb. 5, 1726. He mar- 
ried 2d, Elizabeth ; she died June 3, 1740. 

Children: 6 Mary, b Sept. 10, 1710 ; 7 Samuel, b July 5, 
1712, d Oct. 8, 1713 ; 8, 9 William, and Mehitable, b Aug. 14, 
1714; \o Deborah, h V>Q.c. 17, 1716; 11 Anna, b Dec. 28, 
1718 ; 12 Abiah, b May 15, 1721. By 2d marriage : J3 Na- 
thaniel, b Dec. 28, 1727; 14 Simeon, b Jan. 11, 1734. 

4. JAMES. 

James Hough, son of Samuel and Susannah, married 
Sarah Newhall, July 19, 17 18. 

Children: 15 Ephraim, b April 9, 1719 ; 16 Dariiel, b 
March 6, 1721, d July 25, 1768, ae. 49 yrs; 17 Ebenezer, b 
Jan. 22, 1726, m Lydia , d July 20, 1737, she d July 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist, of New Britain, Conn., 
352 ; Babson's Hist. Gloucester, Mass., 105 ; Caulkins' Hist. New London, 
Conn., 302, 303 ; Caulkins' Hist. Norwich, Conn., Ed. 1867, 233 ; Sav- 
age's Gen. Diet, 11. 468-9 ; Wadsworth's Hyde Gen., 11. iioo-ii, 1 152-9. 



GENEALOGIES. 803 

i9j 1757; ^8 DtTc'id, b Feb. 8, 1728, d Oct. 18, 1729 ; 19 
Sarah, b Oct. 18, 1730, d Nov. 10, 1741 ; 20 David, b Jan. 
28, 1733, d June 27, 1752, ae. 19 yrs. ; 21 James, b March 

24, 1735, m Lucy , she d Oct. 5, 1775,36. 51 ; 22 Bai-- 

nabas, b Sept. 5, 1736; 23 Mary, b Nov. 25, 1739. 

8. WILLIAM. 

William Hough, son of Wilham and Mehitable Hough, 
married Maiy Hall, Dec. 20, 1752. 

Children : 24 Susannah, b May 24, 1754, d Nov. 24, 1756 ; 
25 Ma)-y, b June 22, 1756. 

15. ephraim. 

Ephraim Hough, son of James and Sarah Newell Hough, 
married Hannah . 

Children: 26 Abigail, b Nov. 29, 1740, d Aug. 16, 1743 ; 
27 Sarah, h Jan. 26, 1742; 28 Abigail, b Aug. 10, 1743, d 
Aug. 16, 1743 ; 29 Abigail, b Feb. 21, 1744; 30 Ephraim, b 
Jan. 6, 1746; 31 Andrew, b Dec. 27, 1747; 32 Aiidreiv, b 
Dec. 17, 1749; ZZ Hannah, b Jan. 17, 1751 ; 34 IViankful, b 
May 29, 1753, d Aug. 18, 1780 ; 35 Ambrose, b SepL 2, 1754 ; 
36 Lois, b June 3, 1756. 

16. DANIEL. 

Daniel Hough, son of James and Sarah (Newell), married 

ist, Mindwell . She died March 21, 1 741-2. He 

married for 2d wife, Violet Benton, Nov. 29, 1743. He settled 
in Meriden where he died. 

Children : 37 Mindwell, b May 5, 1745 ; 38 Ensign, M. D., 
b Sept. I, 1746; 39 Elijah, b Jan. 23, 1747 ; 40 Samuel, b 
March 12, 1750-1 ; 41 Eunice, b March 30, 1755 ; 42 Dolly, 
b Jan. 30, 1756 ; 43 Caleb, b Feb. 13, 1757 ; 44 Hannah, b 
Feb. 4, 1762. 

17. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Hough, son of James and Sarah, married Lydia 
. She died July 20, 1757. 

Children: 45 Buel, b June, 1743; 46 Lydia, b Aug. 28, 
1749, d July 19, 1759 ; 47 Lucy, b April 23, 1756. 



804 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

/ 

SAMUEL. V 

Samuel Hough married Hannah . Supposed son of / 

Samuel and Hannah was in W., about 1700. ^.^ .\y 

Children: 48 Saniud, b July 12, 17 12, m Mehitable vT - / ;K n 
40 F/iincas, b April 11, 17 14, d Sept. i, ).797, ae. 83 years. 

ENSIGN. 

Dr. Ensign Hough, son of Daniel and Violet Hough, of 
Meriden, died in 1813. He kept a hotel and practiced his 
profession as a physician. 

Children : 50 Dr. Isaac I., b 1781, d in Meriden, unmarried' 
Feb. 26, 1825 ; 51 Ensign, d in Meriden ; he had other children. 
49. phineas. 

Phineas Hough, son of Samuel and Hannah Hough, mar- 
ried Hannah . 

Children: 52 i?«r/?(?/, b May 27, 1740; 53 James., b July 
31, 1743 ; 54 Phineas, b Sept 16, 1745 ; 55 Mary, b Aug. 14, 
1747 j 56 Rachel, b April 22, 1750 ; 57 Anna, b April 18, 1752. 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hough married Catherine, daughter of Capt. 
Theophilus and Sarah Street Yale, June 27, 1745. He was 
born 1 7 17, and died Jan. 5, 1809, ae. 92 years. Catherine, 
his wife, died Oct. 5, 1767, ae. 46 years. 

Children: 58 jfoseph, b Sept. 12, 1745 ; 59 Mary, b July 
15, 1746 ; 60 Lois, b June 24, 1747, d Nov. 12, 1748 ; 61 
Lent, b April 4, 1751 ; 62 Lois, b Dec. 5, 1752 ; 63 David, b 
Nov. 2, 1754 ; 64 Joel, b Jan. 27, 1757, d Sept. 9, 1843, in 
Hamden, Ct. ; 65 James, d Dec. 3, 1762 ; 66 James, d in 
Wallingford ; 67 Catherine, m Edmund Smith ; 68 Sarah, m 
Rice, and settled at Homer, N. Y. 

58. JOSEPH. 

Capt. Joseph Hough, son of Joseph and Catherine Yale 
Hough, settled on the farm of his father at Clapboard Hill. 
He built the house now occupied by his grandson Joseph 
Hough. He died Sept. 11, 181 1. 



GENEALOGIES. 805 

Children : 69 Chauiiccy, m Lura, daughter of James Rice, 
of WalHngford, and had Mary, Elizabeth, Joseph and Chaun- 
cey ; 70 Betsey, m Salmon Carter of W. and had Salmon, 
Betsey and William ; 71 Horace, went to New Haven, Ohio, 
and died there, leaving several sons. 

61. LENT. 

Lent Hough, son of Joseph and Catherine Yale Hough, 
married ist, Rebecca Tuttle. She died Aug. 22, 1798, ae. 
44. He married Mary Andrews, who was Mary Pierrepont of 
North Haven before her ist marriage. She died June 27, 
1832, ae. 75. He died Oct. 8, 1837, ae. 87 yrs. 

Children by ist marriage : 72 Lucy; i"^ Hamiah ; 74 Ser- 
rajah, b March 26, 1780, m Elizabeth S. Avery in 1801. 
By 2d marriage: 75 Almira, b Nov. 6, 1797, m Eveline 
Button, Nov. 6, 182 1, d in Canada, May 15, 1841, ae. 42 yrs. 

64. JOEL. 

Joel Hough, son of Joseph and Catherine Hough, settled 
in Hamden, Mt. Carmel society, where he died ; he was a 
shoemaker and farmer. 

Children : 76 Ira, settled in Wolcott, Conn., and d there ; 

77 Joseph, settled in Cheshire, Conn., m Moss, dau. of 

Bowers Moss, of that place ; 78 , went to western New 

York ; 79 Amos, m Nancy, dau. of Nehemiah Rice, of 
Wallingford, d at Hamden in 1869 ; 80 jfoel, went to the 
state of N. Y. 

66. JAMES. 

James Hough, son of Joseph and Catherine Yale Hough, 
married and settled in the North Farms district, Wallingford, 
where he died. He was a farmer. 

Children : 81 James, m Mary, dau. of Nehemiah Rice, they 
had Elijah, and daughters; 82, daughters; 83 Joel, m, is now 
on the farm of his father in Wallingford. 

74. serrajah. 
Serrajah Hough, only son of Lent and Rebecca Hough, 
m Elizabeth S., daughter of Abner Avery, of Wallingford, Feb. 

C c c 



8o6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

i8, 1801. She was born Sept. 27, 1782. Mr. Hough died 
at Meriden, Aug. 3, 1853, ae. 73 years. 

Children : 84 hyman Worcester, b March 7, 1802, d Aug. 
1834, in Meriden ; 85 Lent Ser rajah, b Jan. 20, 1804, m Han- 
nah Smith, of Wallingford, July 12, 183 1, settled in Wolcott, 
Conn. ; 86 Nancy Avery, b Feb. i, 1806, d March 11, 1823, ae. 
17 years ; 87 Rebecca Tuttle, b Jan. 3, 1808, m Rev. Sani'l. F. 
Curtis, she died March 25, 1842 ; 88 Alonzo Bennett, b Mar, 
25, 1810, resided in Vineland, N. J. ; 89 George Shermafi, b 
Oct. 7, 1812, now at Pittsburg, Pa., 1867 ; 90 ^ohn Meers, b 
Oct. 12, 1815, resides in Tyrrell Co., N. C. ; 91 Wm. Augustus, 
b Aug. 14, 1818, d at Ravenna, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1837; 92 
ytillus OgdcH, b July 21, 1822, d at Wallingford Jan. i, 1823, 
ae. 6 months. 



HULL.i 



This name was early in Connecticut, and came from Derby- 
shire, England. George Hull was at Windsor, Conn., in 
1636, and was a surveyor at Wethersfield the same year, and 
a member of the General Court 1637-8-9. He married 
Elizabeth Loomis in 1641. 

Richard and Andrew Hull were both at New Haven in 
1639, and had families. 

JOHN. 

Dr. John Hulls, as he wrote his name, was at Stratford in 
1 66 1, when he was admitted a planter. It is not quite certain 
whether he came from England, or was a son of Richard 
Hull of New Haven. - Dr. John was at Derby in 1668, and 
at Wallingford in 1687. He died Dec. 6, 171 1, at the latter 
place. He was probably somewhat advanced in life when he 
came to Wallingford. He married Mary Jones, Oct. 19, 
1672, probably his second wife ; she dying, he married 

I For collateral branches, see Am. Antiq. Soc. Coll., iii. 269 ; Andrews' 
Hibt. New Britain, Conn., 367; Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, Conn., 577-9; 
Rhode Island Hist. Soc. Coll., ni. 292, 293 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, 11. 492-5 ; 
Stiles' Hist. Windsor, Conn., 672, 673. 



GENEALOGIES. 807 

Rebecca Turner, Sept. 20, 1699. He exchanged his house 
and land at Stratford, with Benjamin Lewis, for his house and 
land at Wallingford, in 1687. The town of Wallingford set 
out to Dr. Hull a tract of land which they supposed con- 
tained 700 acres, lying between the north side of Broad 
Swamp and the Quinnipiac river, the east and west bounda- 
ries not being so clearly defined. This grant was more than 
a mile square, and was known as Dr. Hull's large farm. 

Children: i John, b March 14, 1661, m Mary ; 2 

Samuel, b Feb. 4, 1663 ; 3 Mary, b Oct. 31, 1666 ; 4 Joseph, b 
1668, m Mary Nichols of Derby ; 5 Benja^nin, M. D., b Oct. 7, 

1672, m Elizabeth Andrews, Dec. 14, 1695 \ ^ Ebenezer, b 

1673, m Lydia Mix, Mar. 4, 1706, he died in 1709; 7 Rich- 
ard, b 1674; 8 yere??iiah, M. D., b 1679, at Derby, m Hannah 
Cook, of Wallingford ; 9 Archer. 

I. JOHN. 

John Hull, son of Dr. John Hull, was born in Stratford, 
March 14, 1661-2, married Mary , and settled in Derby. 

Children : 10 Deborah, b 1691, at Derby ; 11 John, b 1693 ; 
12 Daniel, m May 2, 1732 ; 13 Allies, b 1700, m Mary Tuttle, 
Dec. 4, 1729; \\ Ebenezer, m Hannah Bates, Sept. i, 1734; 
15 Mary; 16 Martha ; 17 Pr is cilia, b 1702. 

4. JOSEPH. 

Capt. Joseph Hull, of Derby, was a son of Dr. John 
Hull of Wallingford. He married Mary Nichols of Derby, 
where they lived and died. The name of his second wife was 
Hannah , whom he left a widow. 

Children: 18 Sa?nHel, b 1692, had a family in Derby ; 19 
Joseph, b 1694, left 3 children, Sarah, b 1726, Joseph, b 1737, 
Elizabeth, b 1738 ; 20 Caleb, b Feb 4, 1695, settled in Cheshire 
by request of his grandfather; 21 Abijah, b 1697 ; 22 Archer, 

b 1698 ; 23 Sarah, m Beach of Stamford ; 24 Mary, 

m Russel of Derby, Conn. 

5. BENJAMIN. 

DocT. Benjamin Hull, son of Dr. John Hull, came to 
Wallingford with his father in 1687, married Elizabeth An- 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

drews, Dec. 14, 1693. She died April 27, 1732. He died 
March 30, 1741. 

Children: 25 ^//c/;rK', b Aug. 17, 1694, d Dec. 10,1717; 
26 Mary, b Aug. 31, 1696, m Ebenezer Bronson ; 27 Elizabeth, 
b April 8, 1698, m Nathaniel Merriman, Nov. 12, 1725 ; 28 
Dar?taris, b Feb. 4, 1700, m Elnathan Street ; 29 JoJm, M. D., 
b Oct. 6, 1702, m Mary Andrews ; 30 Abigail, b Feb. 14, 
1704, m Ens. Merriman ; 31 Capt. Samuel, b Sept. i, 1706, 
ni Sarah Hall, Feb. 21, 1733 ; 32 Sarali,h March 30, 1710,01 
Samuel Hall, Dec. 27, 1733 ; t,t, Betifamin, M. D., b July 6, 
17 12, m Hannah Parmalee, Dec. 17, 1735. 

6. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Hull, son of Dr. John Hull, married Lydia 
Mix, May 7, 1706; he died Nov. 9, 1709, s. 36 years. His 
widow Lydia administered on the estate. 

Child : 34 Hannah, b March 23, 1708. 

8. JEREMIAH. 

Dr. Jeremiah Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin Hull of Wall- 
ingford, married Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Hope 
Cook, May 24, 1711, at Wallingford ; she died Dec. 11, 1741; 
he died May 14, 1736, in Wallingford. 

Children: 35 John, b Nov. 13, 17 12, m Mary Andrews, 
Oct. 26, 1735 ; 36 Moses, b Dec. 26, 1714, d June 3, 1736, ae. 
22 yrs. ; 37 Tabitha, b March 3, 1717 ; 38 Hannah, b March 
18, 1720; 39 Anna; 40 Jeremiah, b Jan. 5, 1729, m Mary 
Merriman in 1753 ; 41 Joseph, b March 24, 1733, ni Hannah 
Corbitt in 1754; 42 Patience, b Oct. 20, 1735 ; 43 Keturah. 

II. JOHN. 

John Hull, son of John and Mary Jacobs Hull, of Derby, 
was born Jan. i, 1695. 

Children: 44 John, b Oct. 22, 1703 ; 45 Tamar, b Nov. 
27, 1705 ; 46 Mary, b Feb. 17, 1708 ; 47 Ebenezer, b Oct. 18, 
1715 ; 48 Susantiah, b Sept. 29, 1726. 

12. DANIEL. 

Daniel Hull, son of John of Derby, who was son of 



GENEALOGIES. 809 

Dr. John Hulls of Wallingford, married Elizabeth Lane of 
Derb}', in 1731 or 1732. 

Children: 49 Daniel, b 1734; 50 Samuel, b 1735; 51 
Elizabeth, b 1738 ; 52 Ebenezer, b 1741 ; 53 John, b 1744. 

13. MILES. 

Miles Hull, son of John of Derby, who was son of Dr. 
John Hulls 01 Wallingford, married Mary Tuttle of Walling- 
ford, and settled in that place. 

Children: 54 Martha, b Nov. 29, 1730, d in infancy ; 55 
Martha, b Nov. 23, 1732 ; 56 Esther, b Sept. 15, 1733 ; 57 
Elizabeth, b 1735; 58 Elijah, b March 10, 1736, d May 19, 
1736; 59 Eunice, b March 29, 1738; 60 Mary,\, July 15, 
1740; 61 Miles, b March 24, 1743, m Eunice Hulls, Dec. 4, 
1761 ; 62 Abigail, b June 11, 1745, m Elam Cook, Jan. 8, 
1761 ; 63 Abijah, b June 10, 1747. 

14. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Hull, son of John and Mary Hull of Derby, 
married Hannah Bates, Sept. i, 1731 ; he died in Walling- 
ford in 1774. 

Children: 64 jfoseph, b Sept., 173 i, d March 13, 1732 ; 65 
Daniel, b Feb. 29, 1732 ; 66 Lydia, b April 14, 1734, m 
Nicholas Andrews of Wallingford; 67 Eunice, b 1736, m 
Miles Hull of Cheshire ; 68 Esther, b 1737 ; 69 Anna, b Oct. 
13, 1738, m Elijah Gaylord of Wallingford ; 70 Mary, m 

Tuttle of Wallingford ; 71 Joseph, b 1740 ; 72 Rena ; 

73 Joseph, b March i, 1742 ; 74 Sarah, m Benjamin Sperry 

of Wallingford; 75 Ebenezer, b 1750, m Patience ■ ; 76 

Esther, b March 27, 1756, survived her father. 

18. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hull, son of Capt. Joseph Hull of Derby, who 
was a son of Dr. John Hull of Wallingford. 

Children: 77 Infant, b 1725; 78 Hannah, b 1726; 79 
Eunice, b 1727. 

19. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hull, son of Capt. Joseph Hull of Derby, who 



8lO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

was son of Dr. John Hull of Wallingford, was twice married : 

ist, to Bertha , 2d, to Sarah ; he died June 12, 

1778, 36. 85 yrs. Mrs. Sarah died at the age of 92 yrs. 

Child by ist marriage: 80 Temperance, b 17 14. By 2d 
marriage: 81 Sarah, b 1726, m Rev. Dr. Mansfield of 
Derby, Conn.; 82 jfoseph, b 1727, m Elizabeth Masters, she 
d Feb. II, 1825, £6. 94 yrs. ; 83 Elizabeth, b 1728, d in 1738, 
ae. 10 yrs. 

20. CALEB. 

Caleb Hull, son of Capt. Joseph and Mary Hull, and 
grandson of Dr. John Hull, of Wallingford, married Mercy 
Benham, of Wallingford, May i, 1724 ; he was then 28 
years old. The chimney-place of his residence in 1751 is 
now visible, at Broad swamp, so called, near the north- 
eastern part of Cheshire, east nearly a mile from the 
Jared Bishop place, late the residence of Capt. Munson Cook, 
and now of his son Joel Cook. She died April 19, 1766. 
He died Sept., 1788. In 1710, he, Caleb, then fourteen years 
old, received from his grandfather, Dr. John Hull, 100 acres 
of land, deeded to Joseph from Caleb, conditioned that Caleb 
should come and live with him till 21 years old, or until 
his decease. Dr. Hull died Dec. 6, 1711. Doubtless Caleb 
went. The 100 acres is on record. 

Children: 84 Sarah, b April 25, 1725, m Reuben Atwater 
of Cheshire; 85 Afidretv, b Aug. 23, 1726, d Sept. 21, 1774, 
ae. 49 yrs., m Lowly Cook; 86 Mary, b Apr. 27, 1728, m 
Jonathan Hitchcock, Oct. 3, 1745 ; 87 Samuel, b Mar. 22, 
1730, m Eunice Cook in 1753 ; 88 Joseph, b Aug. 29, 1732 ; 
89 Abijah, b Oct. 11, 1733, d Dec. 14, 1733 ; 90 Joseph, b June 
10, 1734, d Dec. 4, 1735 j 91 Caleb,h May 21, 1735, ^^ Aug. 8, 
1735 '} 92 Submit, b Dec. 12, 1736, d Feb. 13, 1737 ; 93 
Patience, b Oct. 15, 1740, d Sept., 1764, ae. 25 ; 94 Joseph, b 
April 18, 1 741 ; 95 Caleb, b Dec. 16, 1742, d June 4, 1767, ae. 
25, m Mary Street. 

21. ABIJAH. 

Abijah Hull, son of Capt. Joseph and Maiy Hull, and 



GENEALOGIES. 8ll 

grandson of Dr. John and Mary Hull of Wallingford, m 
Abigail Harger, of Derby, Nov. 20, 1727. 
Children : 96 Esther^ b 1728 ; 97, daughter. 

29. JOHN. 

Dr. John Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth Hull, 
married Sarah Ives, June 21, 1727. She died Nov. 29, 1760. 
He married for his 2d wife, Damaris Frost, Oct. 20, 1761. 
He died May 22, 1762-3. 

Children: 98 Zephaniah, b Aug. 15, 1728, m Hannah Doo- 
little, March 28, 1749 ; 99 John, d May 27, 1739 ; 100 Eliza- 
beth^ b Feb. 14, 1733, m Ephraim Cook, Jan. i, 1752, in Che- 
shire ; loi Sarah, b 1737, d Jan. 23, 1740; 102 ^ohn, b Apr. 
17) 1739 '■> i°3 Desire, b June 6, 1740; 104 Sarah,\y Sept. 17, 
1741 ; 105 jfohn, b Feb. 15, 1744; 106 Amos, b May 27, 
1745, m ist, Martha Hitchcock, 1764, 2d, Norton. 

31. SAMUEL. 

Capt. Samuel Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth 
Hull, married Sarah Hall, Feb. 21, 1733, and settled in Che- 
shire, where he died Jan. 17, 1789, ae. 82 3'ears. She died 
June II, 1763, ae. 50 years. He was born in 1707. 

Children: 107 Sarah^h Jan. 26, 1734, d May 3, 1734; 108 
Samuel, b April 6, 1735, ^ May 22, 1735 ; 109 Samuel, b Aug. 
12, 1737, m Sarah Humiston, Jan. 22, 1761, she died Sept. 4, 
1775, ae. 31 ; no, iii Sarah and Love, b Aug. 27, 1738, the 
latter m Thomas Atvvater, Dec. 8, I757(;.ii2 yesse,\) Jan. 27, 
1745, m Ruth Preston, he settled on a farm at Broad Swamp, 
Cheshire; wT) Benjamin, \) about 177'^ m Mary Andrews; 
ii4Zt'77, d Oct. 30, 175 1. The last two were by 2d marriage. /2. ) 
33. benjamin. 

Dr. Benjamin Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin, son of Dr. 
John Hull, of Wallingford, married Hannah Parmalee, Dec. 
17. 1735- 

Children: 115 Patience, b 1736; 116 Fhehe, b May 2, 1737; 
117 Hannah, b May 3, 1739 ; 118 Dr. Benjatnin, b Oct. 20, 
1741, m Esther , in 1763; 119, 120 Eliakim, and 






8l2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Charles, b May i, 1744, the latter settled in Wallingforcl, m 
Sarah Atwater, he died May 4, 1819 ; 121 Sybil, b Aug. 15, 
1746, d June 2, 1758; 122 Joel, b Aug. 6, 1749, settled in 

Yalesville, m Sarah , she d Aug. 23, 1816 ; 123 Beda, 

b April II, 1753; 124 Lois, b Jan. i. 1757; 125 Asahel,h 
Aug. 4, 1759, settled in Wallingford ; 126 Ep/iraim, b 1767. 

35. JOHN. 

Dr. John Hull, son of Dr. Jeremiah and Hannah Cook 
Hull, married Mary Andrews, Oct. 26, 1735 V^^ diad Aug. 
15^ 1755 j "fi 2d, Damaris Frost, Oct. 20, 1761. 

Children: 127 Sarah, b Jan. 12, 1736 • 128 Molly, b March 

12, 1738, m Thomas Shephard, May 5, 1732 ; 129 Sarah, b 
Sept. 17, 1 741, m Col. Asa, father of Hoadly Brothers, late 
of East Haven; 130 Moses, m Mary Ives, April 28, 1757 ; 

131 John, b March 7, 1741-2, m Lois Beadles, March, 1759 ; 

132 Nathaniel, b March 17, 1743, m Mehitable Beadles, April 

13, 1763 ; ^Z'h Aaron, b July 17, 1745 ; 134 Abigail, b Dec. 
i> 1747 ; 135 Llannah, b July 6, 1750. 

40. JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah Hull, son of Dr. Jeremiah and Hannah 
Cook Hull, and grandson of Dr. John Hull, married Mary 
Merriman, Jan. 18, 1753. She died Aug. 22, 1774, ae. 41 
years. He died Aug. 24, 1790, ae. 60. He was twice 
married. 

Children: 136 Caleb, b Dec. i, 1753, m Tyler; 137 

yeremiah, m ist, Sarah , 2nd, Phebe Hart; 138, Sam- 
uel, m Lois Peck of Wallingford ; 139 An7i, m Jacob Rice. 
By 2nd marriage: 140 Benjamin; 141 Levi, m and settled 
near his brother Jeremiah in Wallingford; 142 Hannah, m 

Heath in Wallingford ; 143 Eunice, m Pratt of 

Essex, Ct. 

41. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hull, son of Dr. Jeremiah and Hannah Cook 

Hull, married Hannah Corbitt in 1754. I have been unable 

to ascertain when they died. They may have removed from 
Wallingford in early life. 



GENEALOGIES. 813 

Children: 144 Mary, b Sept. 20, 1755 J ^45 Cahhucll, b 
Jan. 2, 1759. 

61. MILES. 

Capt. Miles Hull, son of Miles and Mary Hull, married 
Eunice, daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Hull of Walling- 
ford, Dec. 4, 1761. He died at Cheshire. When living he 
owned the farms of the late Jared Bishop, and Capt. Munson 
Cook. 

Children: 146 y^?;/2/, went to Canada; 147 Luther; 148 
Miles ; 149 Polly, m Levi Douglas of Meriden ; 150 Daughter, 
m Sizer, of Meriden. 

75. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Hull, son of Ebenezer and Hannah Bates 

Hull, m Patience . He was a farmer at what is now 

Yalesville, where he died June 10, 1807, ae. 57 years. She 
died a few years later. 

Children: 151 yosep/i, m Rebecca, daughter of Josiah 
Mix ; 152 //-a, d unmarried in 1812, at Broadswamp, Che- 
shire ; 153 Set rail, m Amos Austin of Meriden ; 154 Amy, m 
Lyman Hitchcock, son of Dan . 

85. ANDREW. 

Andrew Hull, son of Caleb, son of Capt. Joseph, son of 
Dr. John Hull of Wallingford, married Lowly Cook, daugh- 
ter of Capt. Samuel and Hannah Cook of Wallingford, Oct. 
17, 1730. He died Sept. 21, 1774, £e. 49. He owned the 
large farm which Elias Gaylord's heirs and George Bristol now 
own, near Cheshire street, bounded north by the river. Mrs. 
Lowly Hull died about 1785. 

Children: 155 Damaris,h Sept. 29, 1749; 156 Lowly, b 
July 16, 1753 ; 157 ILaunah, b Dec. 16, 1754; 158 Damaris, 
b Sept. 18, 1755 ; 159 Andrew, b Oct. 6, 1758, m Elizabeth 
Mary Ann Atwater ; 160 Sarah; 161 Ursula, b Nov. 10, 
1760 ; 162 Ma?y ; 163 Esther; 164 Susan; 165 Lovisa, m Dr. 
Hall, went to Vermont, 



8l4 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

87. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hull, son of Caleb, son of Capt. Joseph, the son 
of Dr. John Hulls of Wallingford, married Eunice Cook, 
daughter of Capt. Samuel and Hannah Cook of Wallingford, 
Dec. 26, 1753. He died April 27, 1791, ae. 62. She died 
May 9, 1803, ae. 68 years. 

Children: 166 Infant son, b Jan. i, 1755 ; 167 Jedediah^ b 
Feb. 26, 1756 ; 168 Infant son, b Feb 2, 1758, d same day; 

169 Samuel, b May 27, 1759, d Feb. 20, 1840, ae. 80 years; 

170 Zephaniah, b May i, 1761, settled in Wallingford, Vt, and 
d Feb. 20, 1840 ; 171 Epaphras, b April 9, 1763, d April 13, 
1827, in Wallingford, Vt. ; 172 Eunice, b April 16, 1765, d 
Dec. 18, 1820, m Sheriff Whipple, Cazenovia, N. Y. ; 173 
Lois, b Feb. i, 1769, d Oct. 20, 1777 ; 174 Caleb, b Nov. 9, 
1768, d Aug. 9, 1816, at Wallingford, Vt. ; 175 Elizabeth, b 
Oct. 28, 1770, d Oct. 13, 1777 ; 176 Josephus, b Aug. 24, 
1772, d March 18, 1813, at Wallingford, Vt. ; 177 Hannali, b 
Oct. II, 1775, m A. Meacham, Wallingford, Vt., d 1850. 

95. CALEB. 

Caleb Hull, son of Caleb, son of Capt. Joseph, son of 
Dr. John Hulls, of Wallingford, married Mary Street ; he died 
June 4, 1767, ag. 25. 

Children: 178 Ambrose; 179 Abraham ; 180 Mary, m 
Hudson, he was drowned. 

98. zephaniah. 

Dr. Zephaniah Hull, son of Dr. John, son of Dr. Ben- 
jamin and Elizabeth Hull, married Hannah C-eek, March 2? 
1749, and settled in Bethlem, Conn., probably through the ^_^. 
inducement of Rev. Dr. Bellamy, with whom a close intimacy 7 
and warm friendship existed until death separated them. He 
died Nov. 10, 1760. She died the same day, both suddenly. 

Children: 181 Z;v//rt;, b Dec. 22, 1749, d Feb. 21, 1750; ^ 
182 lltus, M. D., b March 25, 175 1, he went to Danbury in 
1805, then to State of N. Y. ; 183 Lydia, b July 23, 1753, m 
Ja. Judson, March 21, 1769, by whom she had four children. 



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married 2d, Amasa Clark, of Cheshire ; 184 Andrew, b Dec. 
8, 1754, settled at Cheshire ; 185 Harmah, b Jan. 28, 1757, d 
Nov. 16, 1760; 186 Sarah, b May 17, 1759, d Nov. 16, 1760. 

105. JOHN. 

John Hull, son of Dr. John and Sarah Ives Hull, mar- 
ried Hannah Hitchcock, Dec. 13, 1764. 
Child : 187 yohn, b Oct. 8, 1765. 

106. AMOS. 

Dr. Amos Hull, son of Dr. John and Sarah Hull, married 
Martha Hitchcock, March 2, 1764. 

Child: 188 Dr. Amos G., m Lydia Cook, dau. of Aaron of 
Wallingford, for his last wife. 

109. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hull, son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah Hull of 
Cheshire, married Sarah Humiston, Jan. 22, 1761. She died 

Sept. 4, 1775, ae. 31 years. He married Hannah for 2d 

wife, and she died April 4, 181 1, ae. 62 years. 

Child: 189 Samuel, b 1777, m Alma, dau. of Jesse and 
Lois Humiston, of Cheshire, he was a saddler and harness- 
maker of Cheshire, he died May 5, 183 1, ae. 54, leaving 
one daughter, Alma, wife of Wm. Kelsey, Esq. 

112. JESSE. 

Jesse Hull, son of Capt. Samuel and Sarah Hull, was six 
years in the war of the Revolution, married Ruth Preston, 
and settled in Cheshire, where they died. 

Children: \^o Samuel, h i^Gf), d in Cheshire, ae. 90 ; 191 
Thelus, went to Ohio, and has descendants there ; 192 eight 
daughters, most of whom went to western New York. 

113. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Hull, son of Capt. Samuel and Hannah Hull, 

married Mary ; he was a large landholder in Broad 

Swamp, Cheshire. He died May 3, 1835, a. 63 years. She 
died Nov. 3, 1838, ae. (i2> years. 

Children : 193 Rice Andrew, went to Canada ; 194 Lucy, m 



8l6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Samuel U. Beach, of Cheshire ; 195 Chaunccy^ b 1794, d Aug. 

2, 1830, ee. 36 yrs. ; 196 Darius, m Martha ; 197 

Amasa, b 1806, d in Cheshire; 198 Benjamin^ b 1806, d April 
6, 1812, ae. 6 yrs. ; 199 Abiathar, b 1814, d Oct. 10, 1839, ae. 
25 yrs. ; 200 Samuel Lee, b 1818, d Jan. 8, 1838, ae. 20 yrs. 

118. BENJAMIN. 

Dr. Benjamin Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin and Hannah 

Hull, married Esther , 1763. 

Child: 201 Benjamin, b Dec. 11, 1763. 

120. CHARLES. 

Charles Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin and Hannah Hull, 
married Sarah Atwater, and when living, owned what is now 
known as the Ruggles farm at Yalesville in Wallingford ; he 
died May 4, 18 19, ae. 75. His widow married Aaron Hall of 
Wallingford. 

Children: 202 Lueinda,h 1760, d April 11, 1833, ae. 73 
yrs., m Thomas Ruggles ; 203 Lucia, b 1778, d Sept. 8, 1848, 
£e. 70 yrs, m Barney McCarthy. 

122. JOEL. 

Joel Hull, son of Dr. Benjamin and Hannah Hull, m 

Sarah . She died Aug 23, 1816, ae. 59, in Wallingford. 

He sold his farm, which is the one now owned by the heirs 
of Ransom Jeralds at Yalesville, and removed to Ohio, where 
he died. 

Child : 204 Anson, an only son, d in Ohio. 

130. MOSES. 

Moses Hull, son of Dr. John and Mary Hull, married 
Mary Ives, April 28, 1757. He lived, and I suppose, built 
the house where Thomas Berry lived in his old age, and where 
he died. The grandson of Mr. Berry now ( 1870 ) occupies 
the old house. 

131. JOHN. 

John Hull, son of Dr. John and Mary Hull, married 1st, 
Lois Beadles, March 20, 1759. She died Sept. 6, 1802, ae. 



GENEALOGIES. SlJ 

59 yrs. He married Phebe for his second wife. She 

died Sept. 3, 1834, ae. 93. He died Oct. 6, 1828, ae. 88 yrs. 
He was a large and enterprising farmer, and owned and 
occupied the house and land now belonging to Mr. Durand, 
near Yalesville. 

Children: 205 Nathaniel, b Sept. 7, 1759, d in infancy; 

20b Mary, \i Aug. 30, 1762, m Beach; 207 Sarah, va 

Samuel Wolcott ; 208 Sally, m Reuben Ives; 209 Eunice, m 
Ephraim A. Humiston ; 210 Melinda, m Samuel J. Simpson ; 
211 Diana, m Benjamin T. Cook. 

132. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Hull, son of Dr. John and Mary Hull, married 
Mehitable Beadles, April 13, 1760. 

Children: 212 Daughter, m Jonsey Curtis; 213 IVyllis, h 
1760, m Mehitable Mix, sister of John Mix, he d May 8, 
1830, ae. 70 ; 214 Mary; 215 George. 

133. AARON. 

Aaron Hull, son of Dr. John and Mary Hull, settled in 
Meriden, was a farmer and a peddler of tin ware. 

Children: 216 yoel, m Hannah Hall, of Wallingford, 
daughter of Dickerman Hall; 217 Cornelius. 

137. JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah Hull, son of Jeremiah and Mary Hull, m ist, 

Sarah , 2d, Phebe, daughter of Nathaniel Hart, of 

Wallingford. He was a noted peddler and farmer. Mrs. 
Sarah died at ihe age of 27 years. Mrs. Phebe died Nov. 9, 
1855, ae. 84. He died Oct. 10, 1843, ^.e. 81 yrs. 

Children by ist marriage: 218 Alma, m Ira Morse of 
Wallingford] 219 Julia, m Ira Andrews of Wallingford. By 
2d marriage: 220 Philo, m Betsey Cook of Wallingford ; 221 
Hiram, m Caroline Ives of Wallingford; 222 Mary, res. 
Wallingford, old homestead ; 223 Z/zcj, m Senator Blakeslee, 
of Wallingford; 224 Orrin, m Ann Dowd ; 225 Jeremiah, m 
Sophronia Dudley. 



8l8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

138. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hull, son of Jeremiah and Mary Hull, married 
Lois Peck, and settled on the old homestead of his father ; 
he was an enterprising farmer in the north part of Walling- 
ford. 

Children: 226 William^ m Alma, dau. of Reuben Hall; 
227 Sylvester^ m Delilah, dau. of Benijah Morse ; 228 Lois^ m 
Miles, son of Ichabod Ives. 

151. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Hull, son of Ebenezer and Patience Hull, mar- 
ried Rebecca, daughter of Josiah Mix ; he died of a wound 
in his knee joint, produced by an axe in his own hands while 
pruning apple trees for the late Chester Cook, March, 18 18. 

Children: 229 jfatnes Mix; 2^,0 Maria, m Jonathan Ives, 
of Meriden ; 231 Nancy; 232 Rebecca. 

152. IRA. 
Ira Hull, son of Ebenezer and Patience Hull, died un- 
married at Cheshire in 1812, and by his will gave his real 
estate to his sister Amy, she paying the legacies named therein. 

159. ANDREW. 

Gen. Andrew Hull, son of Andrew and Lowly Hull, of 
Cheshire, married Elizabeth Mary Ann, daughter of Reuben 
Atwater, of Cheshire. He was a highly respectable gentle- 
man, merchant and farmer ; he died in Cheshire. 

Children : 233 Eudocia, m Gov. Samuel A. Foot, of Che- 
shire ; 234 infant son, d in infancy ; 235 Merab, m Henry 
Whittelsey, of Cheshire ; 236 Elizabeth, m Rev. Dr. A. Todd, 
of Stamford ; 237 Mary A., m Wm. R. Hitchcock, of Che- 
shire ; 238 Sarah, m Rev. Mr. Cloud ; 239 Adeline, m Rev. 
Mr. Mason. 

169. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hull, son of Samuel and Eunice Hull, married 
Abigail Doolittle ; she was born May 26, 1766. He was a 
farmer in the northern part of Cheshire, where he died, Oct. 
27, 1828, ae. 70 yrs. Mrs. Abigail died Oct. 10, 1835, ae. 69. 



GENEALOGIES. 819 

Children: 240 Stella, b March 27, 1786, m Jonathan Law, 
Esq., she d Dec. 13, 1841, ae. 56 yrs. ; 241 ycdediah, b 1788, 
was insane ; 242 Ann, b 1793, d Aug. 27, 1818, ae. 25 yrs. ; 
243 Abigail Ann, b Jan. 13, 1794; 244 Linda, b Feb. 6, 1796, 
m David Brooks of Cheshire, she d ae. 69 yrs. ; 245 Eunice, 
b Nov. 12, 1798, m Birdsey Boodi, late of Cuyahoga Falls, 
Ohio ; 246 Charlotte L., b Sept. 9, 1800, m John Olmstead, 
late of Hartford, Conn. ; 247 Sa?niiel Cook, b Aug. 4, 1802, d 
Aug. 26, 1804 ; 248 Samuel, b Feb. 4, 1805, d at Morris, 
Grundy Co., Illinois ; 249 Julius, h July i, 1807, m Lucy 
Ives, and went to Ohio ; 250 Andrew Frankli7i, b Jan. 13, 
18 1 1, m Adeline Munson, he d Jan. i, 1845, ae. 34 yrs. 

182. TITUS. 

Dr. Titus Hull, son of Dr. Zephaniah and Hannah Hull, 
studied medicine with Dr. Seth Bird, of Litchfield, and set- 
tled in Bethlem ; went in 1805 to Danbury. Ct. In the 
autumn of 1807, he went to the state of New York. He 
married Lucy Parmelee, daughter of Jonathan of Chatham, 
by whom he had two children, both of whom died in infancy. 
Mrs. Lucy died in Nov., 1776. In 1778 he married Olive ^(^^^^ 
Parmelee, widow of Abram of Goshen, her mother being a 
descendant of the Strong family of Northampton, Mass. He 
died Sept. 3, 1852. 

Children : 251 Lawrence, M. D., b June 6, 1779, m Dorcas 
Ambler of Bethlem, in 1803, and had 6 sons and 3 daus. ; 

252 Altliea, b Aug. 18, 1780, has six sons and a daughter; 

253 Charles, b Jan. 4, 1782, was a physician, and practiced in 
Oneida Co., N. Y., and d in 1833, leaving a son and 3 daus., 
all married ; 254 Betsey M., b Sept. 17, 1783 ; 255 Elias, b 
April 3, 1786, has 2 chil. and lived in Alabama; 256 Lucy, b 
Aug. 23, 1788, m Ezra Starr, Oct. 17, 1807 ; 257 Olive E., b 
May 13, 1790, m Col. Elijah Morse of Eaton ; 258 Andrew C, 
b Oct. 28, 1792, m Betsey Morse, in 1818, at Eaton ; 259 

^Leverett, b Dec. 3, 1796, m Julia Scoville of Salisbury, Ct., in 
1829; 260 Rufus Lewis, died in childhood. 



820 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

184. ANDREW. 

Andrew Hull, son of Dr. Zephaniah and Hannah Hull, 
after the decease of his father, went to Hve with his great- 
grandfather on his mother's side, at Cheshire, from whom he 
received an estate on which he continued to reside until his 

death. He married Naomi . She died Oct. 28, 1824, 

ae. 70 yrs. He died March 31, 1824, se. 70 yrs., much lamented. 

Child : 261 Naomi H., m Mr. Wm. Brown, of New Haven, 
who was lost at sea. She was the mother of Wm. A. Brown, 
of Cheshire, and also of Mrs. Alfred Uoolittle. 

187. JOHN. 

John Hull, son of Dr. John and Sarah Hull, married 
Hannah Hitchcock, Dec. 13, 1764. I find no further ac- 
count of them. 

Child : 262 yo/in, b Oct. 8, 1765. 

188. AMOS. 

Dr. Amos Gould Hull, son of Dr. Amos Hull, who mar- 
ried a daughter of Dr. Norton of Cheshire, and was the in- 
ventor of the celebrated Hull truss, married Lydia Cook, 
daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Cook of Wallingford. 

Child by Lydia, 2d or 3d wife: 263 Aaron C(9^/^, was a 
physician at Brooklyn, N. Y., is deceased. 

190. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Hull, son of Jesse and Ruth Preston Hull, mar- 
ried Manwaring, of Essex, and settled at the old 

home of his father, where he died Dec. 8, 1857, ae. 90 years. 
He was a farmer, and during his lon^ life maintained the 
character of an honest man. 

Children: 264 Caleb E., resides near Wallingford line, 
Cheshire; 265 jfosiah M., resides in Cheshire, a farmer; 266 
Sa?nuel Z!, resides in Cheshire, a farmer ; 267 Richard S., 
grad. at Yale College, is a lawyer in New Haven. 

195. CHAUNCEY. 

Chauncey Hull, son of Benjamin and Mary Hull, mar- 
ried Hannah, daughter of Jonah Hotchkiss, of Cheshire ; he 



GENEALOGIES. 821 

died Aug. 2, 1830, leaving several children, most of whose 
names are to me unknown. 

Child: 268 C/ianncey, d Jan. i, 182 1, ae. 4 yrs. 

196. DARIUS. 

Darius Hull, son of Benjamin and Mary Hull, married 

Martha . She died March 16, 1858, ae. 53 yrs. He 

has a considerable family of children, names unknown to me. 
He still lives at Cheshire. 



HUMISTON. 

HENRY. 

Henry Humiston was at New Haven as early as 1650 ; 
he married Joanna Walker, Aug. 28, 165 1. He died Jan. 16, 
1663. 

Children: i Safnud, b Aug. 7, 1650 ; 2 Nathaniel^ b Jan. 
13, 1654 ; 3 Thomas, b Oct. 19, 1656 ; 4 Abigail, b May 
17, 1661. 

Two of the name were at Wallingford about the commence- 
ment of the last century, viz., James and John, both from 
New Haven. John Humiston married Hannah Royce, of 
Wallingford, June 28, 17 11, but it does not appear that he 
settled in Wallingford. James Humiston married Sarah 
Atwater, Jan. 7, 17 19, and remained in Wallingford. He 
died Aug. 17, 1747. 

Children: ^ Daniel, h Nov. 16, 1721, m Lydia ; 6 

6'/t^//c7/, b Nov. 9, 1723; 7 JVoah, h March i, 1729, d Sept. 
3, 1729; 8 yames,):) Oct. 28, 1734, m Abiah Ives, Feb. 4, 
1755-6, 2d Hannah : 9 Noah, d June 13, 1745. 

5. DANIEL. 

Daniel Humiston, son of James and Sarah Humiston, 

married Lydia , and settled in Cheshire, where he 

died July 27, 1767, ae. 46 yrs. She died Jan. i, 1809, ae. 
83 yrs. 

Children: 10 Sarah., b Dec. 14, 1744; n Hannah, b 
March 2, 1745; 12 Stephen, b July 17, 1751 ; 13 Lydia, b 

D D D 



822 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

March 17, 1754; 14 Fafje?ice, b Nov. 28, 1756; 15 Daniel, 
b April 10, 1759; 16 Dafiiel, b 1760, d Nov. 7, T783 ; 17 
jfohn, b June 30, 1761 ; 18 Jesse, b March 12, 1764,111 Lois, 
dau. of Amos DooUttle, of Cheshire. 

8. JAMES. 

James Humiston, son of James and Sarah Humiston, 

married Abiah or Abigail , and settled on a farm at 

Gitteau's Corner, now known as the Humiston farm. He 
died in Wallingford, Feb. 18, 18 12, ae. 77 yrs. She died 
Dec. 19, 1761. 

Children : 19 James, owner of Humiston's Mills, Wall- 
ingford ; 20 Litius, went to Ohio. 

18. JESSE. 

Jesse Humiston, son of Daniel and Lydia Humiston of 
Wallingford, married Lois, daughter of Amos Doolittle 
of Cheshire, and settled on a farm about a mile west of the 
railroad depot, in Cheshire. His decease occurred March 
12, 1832, at the age of 68 ; Mrs Lois Humiston died Feb. 8, 
1847, ae. 87 years. 

Children: 21 Daniel, m Juliana Ives, daughter of Jared ; 
22 Jesse A., m Lois Preston, dau. of Reuben; 23 Alma, m 
Samuel Hull of Cheshire ; 24 Jo/in, m Rhoda Nichols, of 
Wolcott, Conn. 

19. JAMES. 

James Humiston was the proprietor of the mills about a 
mile west of the village of Wallingford, and was extensively 
engaged in wool-carding and cloth-dressing, as well as milling. 

Children: 2<^ Chauncey ; 26 Nancy, m Almon Preston ; 27 
Betsey, m Harmon Morse ; 28 Maria, m Samuel Allen ; Ly- 
fnan, m Jennie Johnson ; Charles, m Lucy Bronson. 

20. LINUS. 

Linus Humiston went to Ohio many years ago, with his 
family. When in Wallingford, he resided on the old Humis- 
ton place, Gitteau's Corner. 

Children : 29 J///<?j',- 30 Samuel; t,i Fhilo ; t,2 Mary : t,^ 
Hannah. 



GENEALOGIES. 823 

2 1. DANIEL. 

Daniel Humiston, son of Jesse and Lois Humiston, 
married Juliana, daughter of Jared Ives, of Cheshire. He 
died in 1866. 

Children: 34 Chaiuicey A.; 35 jfohn D., m Emily Barns, of 
Cheshire ; 36 Julia Ann, b 1822. 

22. JESSE. 

Jesse A. Humiston, son of Jesse and Lois Humiston, 
married Lois Preston. 

Children : 37 Lauren A., m Hannah Moss ; 38 Lois^ m 
Elam Cook. 

24. JOHN. 

John Humiston, son of Jesse and Lois Humiston, 
married Rhoda Nichols, daughter of the late Samuel Nichols, 
of Wolcott. He died in Cheshire. 

Children : 39 Jesse, removed to the state of New York ; 
40 John Latimer, res. in Cheshire. 

EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim a. Humiston came from North Haven, and 
married a daughter of John Hull, and settled on the old 
Henry and Russel farm, and died there. 

Children: 41 Sherlock; 42 ILiram ; 43 Diana; 44 Willis, 
has become wealthy, and res. in Troy, N. Y. 



IVES.' 

JOHN. 

John Ives was the first of the name that settled at Walling- 
ford. He was a farmer in Meriden. I have been unable to 
determine his previous residence or place of nativity. 

Children: i John, b Nov. 16, 1669, ^ 1738 ae. 69 yrs ; 2 
Llannah, m Joseph Benham, Aug. 17, 1682 ; 3 Joseph, b Oct. 
14, 1674, m Esther Benedict, May 11, 1697; 4 Gideon, m 
Mary Royce, Feb 20, 1706 ; 5 Nathaniel, b May 31, 1677, m 

I See Savage's Gen. Diet., n. 525. 



824 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Mary Cook, April 5, 1699 ; 6 Eheiiezei\ m Elizabeth ; 7 

Sam.ud^h1\xx\&j^y 1696.; 8 Benjamin, '&TTov .^2127 1-69^9; 

I. JOHN. 

John Ives, son of John and Mary Ives, married Mary 
Gillette, Dec. 6, 1693. He died in Meriden, 1738, ae. 69 yrs. 

Children: 9 John, b Sept. 28, 1694, m Hannah Royce, he 
d Aug. 4, 1745 ; \o Samuel, b Jan. 5, 1696, m Phebe Royce, 
Jan. 28, 1720; II Benjamin, b Nov. 22, 1699, m ist, Rebecca 
Merriman, 2d, Hannah Moss; 12 Abijah, b March 14, 1700, 
m Abigail Mix, May, 1730 ; 13 Mary, b March 10, 1702 \ 14 
Lazarus, b Feb. 5, 1703, m Mabel Jerome, Jan. 5, 1730 ; 15 

.Daniel, b Feb. 19, 1706, m Abigail ; 16 Hannah, b Feb. 

10, 1708; 17 Abraham, b Sept. 2, 1709, m Elizabeth Stanley, 
he d Aug. 4, 1735 ; 18 Bezalecl, b July 4, 17 12, d Oct. 28, 
1714 ; 19 Bezalecl, b 1726, m Hannah Merriman. 

3. JOSEPH. 

Dea. Joseph Ives, son of John, married Esther Benedict, 
May II, 1697, in the south-west part of Wallingford. He 
married Mamre Munson for his second wife, June 13, 1733 ; 
he died March 18, 1755, ae. 81 yrs. 

Children: 20 Thotnas, b May 30, 1698; 21 Elizabeth, b 
Feb. 6, 1700; 22 Hannah, b Oct. 13, 1701 ; 23 Abigail, b 
Aug. 27, 1704 ; 24 Esther, b Jan. 17, 1706 ; 25 Joseph, b Dec. 

10, 1709, m Maria ; 26 Fhineas, b April 8, 1711; 27 

Nathaniel, b Jan. 15, 1714; 28 Ephraim, b Jan. 4, 1717 ; 29 
Dinah, b April 4, 1721. 

4. GIDEON. 

Gideon Ives, son of John, m Mary Royce, Feb. 20, 1706 ; 
he was at Wallingford before 1700. She died Oct. 15, 1742, 
ae. 56 yrs. 

Children : 30 Sarah, b Sept. 8, 1708 ; 31 Jotham, b Sept. 
20, 1 7 10, d Sept. 2, 1753 ; 32 Amasa, b Aug. 24, 1712 ; T)?) 
Rhoda, b Dec. 12, 1714; 34 Martha, \i Aug. 10, 1716; 35 
Amasa, b Nov. 15, 1718; 36 Gideon, h Sept. 24, 1720; 37 
Joel, b Jan. 13, 1723 ; 38 Mary, b Dec. 16, 1724 ; 39 Susan- 
nah, b May 26, 1727 ; 40 Esther, b Oct. 14, 1729. 



GENEALOGIES. 825 

5. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Ives, son of John, married Mary Cook, April 
5, 1699, and settled in the south-west part of the town ; he 
died Nov. 6, 17 11. 

Children : 41 Caleb, b Feb. 3, 1700, d Nov. 6, 1710 ; 42 
Caleb. : 43 Stephen, b March 24, 1704, m Sarah Hart, Oct. 25, 
1730 ; 44 Thankful, b Aug. 4, 1708 ; 45 Abel, b May 6, 171 1, 
m Sarah Reed, March 25, 1736. 

9. JOHN. 

John Ives, son of John and Mary Ives, married Hannah 
Royce, Dec. 18, 17 19. He died Aug. 4, 1795. She died Nov. 
5, 1770, ae. 70 yrs.. at Meriden ; was daughter of Samuel and 
Hannah Royce. 

Children: ^6 Eunice, h April 20, 1721, d Sept. 11, 1727; 
47 Atina, b April 20, 1725 ; 48 Eunice, b Sept. 11, 1727, d 
Sept. 13, 1727 ; 49 yoh^, b July 4, 1729 ; 50 Titus, b Feb. 17, 
1732 ; 51 Levi, b Jan. 19, 1733 ; 52, 53 Joseph and John, b 
April 2, 1735 ; 54 Levi, b July 30, 1736, d Dec. 20, 1739; 55 
jfesse, b April 2, 1738 ; 56 Joseph, b June, 1745 ; 57 Jesse. 

10. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Ives, son of John and Mary Ives, married Phebe 
Royce, Jan. 28, 1720. He died Aug. 29, 1734. 

Children: 58 Mehifable, b March 29, 1724 ; 59 Bezaleel, b 
Dec. 14, 1726 ; 60 Samuel, b Jan. 28, 1733. 

II. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin, son of John and Hannah Royce,- married Tst, 
Hannah Moss, May 6, 1728. 

Children: 61 Rebecca, b March 29, 1723, d Dec. 9, 1724; 
62 Rebecca, b Nov. 18, 1725 ; 63 Benjamin, b April 15, 1727, 
d June 19, 1727 ; 65 Beujaviin, b Jan. 26, 1729; 66 Han?iah, 
b Dec. 18, 1732; 67 Lois,\i March 10, 1734; 6% David, \> 
July 9, 1736, d Feb 20, 1737 ; 69 Ruth, b Jan. 31, 1738 ; 70 
David, b Jan. 15, 1740 ; 71 Levi, b July 23, 1743 ; 72 Thank- 
ful, b Jan. I, 1746 ; 73 Levi, b Sept. 18, 1748. 



826 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

12. ABIJAH. 

Abijah Ives, son of John and Hannah Ives, married 
. She died May 6, 1753. He died July 17, 1762. 



Children: 74 Moses, b March 6, 173 1; 75 Mary, b Sept. 
22, 1732 ; 76 Abijah, b March 24, 1734, d Aug. 16, 1741 ; 77 
Aaron, b May 26, 1736, d Nov. 24, 1742 ; 78 Abigail, b Feb. 
14, 1738; 79 Phebe, b March 23, 1740 ; 80 Martha, b May 
17, 1742 j 81 Prudence, b June 19, 1744 \ 82 Aaron, b April 6, 
1746 ; 83 Anna, b Feb. 21, 1749, d June 25, 1751. 

14. LAZARUS. 

Lazarus Ives, son of John and Mary, married Mabel 
Jerome, Jan. 5, 1731. His 2d wife was Isabella . 

Children by ist marriage: 84 Titnothy, b Oct. 16, 1731 ; 
85 Mary,h Sept. 10, 1733; 86 Lazarus, b Nov. 2, 1734. 
By 2d marriage : 87 Ambrose, b May 22, 1736; Z2) Isabella, 
b April 19, 1738; 89 Joshua, b March 16, 1740; 90 Amasa, 
bap. March 13, 1743 ; 91 John, bap. May 17, 1747 ; 92 
Phebe, bap. Nov. 26, 1752. 

15. DANIEL. 

Daniel Ives, son of John and Mary Ives, married Abigail 
Parker, Oct. 28, 1738. 

Children: 93 Abigail, b July 30, 1736; 94 Zjc^/fl!, b June 
II, 1738; 95 Martha, b Feb. 29, 1740; 96 Olive, b Nov. 29, 
1741 : 97 Daniel, b Jan. 31, 1743 ; 98 Samuel, b March 9, 
1745 j 99 yohn^h Feb. 19, 1747 ; 100 Levi, b March 29, 1750. 

17. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Ives, son of John and Mary Gillette Ives, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Stanley. She died Aug. 4, 1735, and he 
married Barbara Johnson, May 11, 1736. 

Children: loi Elizabeth, b July 22, 1735; ^°'^ Sarah, b 
Dec. 23, 1736; 103 Reuben, b Dec. 11, 1738; \o\ Barbara, 
b Oct. 9, 1739 ; 105 Abraha?n, b June 8, 1743 ; 106 Abraham, 
b March 8, 1746 ; 107 Barbara, b Oct. 5, 1747 ; 108 Ambrose, 
b June 30, 1748, m Lucy ; 109 Sarah, b Oct. 8, 1749. 



GENEALOGIES. 82/ 

19. BEZALEEL. 

Capt. Bezaleel Ives, son of John and Mary Gillette Ives, 
married Hannah Merriman, Feb. 14, 1753. He died Nov. 
24, 1798, ae. 72 yrs. She died March 21, 1815, ae. 84 yrs. 

Child: no Capt. Samuel, b Jan. 5, 1752, m Lucretia, dau. 
of John Ives, d in Meriden, Oct. 18, 1803. 

20. THOMAS. 

Thomas Ives, son of Dea. Joseph and Esther Ives, married 
Abigail How, Sept. 2, 1702 ; he married 2d, Rebecca Hotch- 
kiss, Nov. 15, 1720. 

Children: in Isaac, b Nov. 8, 1721; 112 Andmv, b July 
2, 1724; 113 Lent, b May 17, 1726, d July 11, 1726; 114 
Enos, b May 14, 1727. 

25. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Ives, son of Dea. Joseph and Esther Ives, married 
Maria . 

Children: 115 Mary, b March 26, 1734 ; 116 Lent, b Sept. 
12, 1735 ; 117 Joseph, b Jan. 17, 1737. 

26. PHINEAS. 

Phineas Ives, son of Dea. Joseph and Esther Ives, mar- 
ried Margery Munson, Jan. 26, 1738. 
Child: 118 Fhineas, b Oct. 31, 1746. 

27. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Ives, son of Dea. Joseph and Esther Ives, 
married Zeruah . 

Children: 119 Mary, b Sept. 6, 1746; 120 Abigail, b Oct. 
17, 1748; 121 Joseph, b June 15, 1749; 122 Nathaniel, b 
April 23, 1 741 ; 123 Zeruah, b Dec. 15, 1753 ; 124 Samuel, b 
May I, 1756. 

28. ephraim. 

Ephraim Ives, son of Dea. Joseph and Esther Ives, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Atwater, March 12, 1741. 

Children: 125 6'^7;77//, b Nov. 19, 1741 ; 126 Ephraim, b 
Jan. 7, 1744; 127 Fhineas, \)]\!iX\Q 12, 1746; 128 Ebiathan, 



828 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

b Dec. 21, 1748 ; 129 Elizabeth, b Nov. 6, 1751 ; 130 Eunice, 
b Feb. 19, 1755. 

42. CALEB. 

Caleb Ives, son of Nathaniel and Mary Ives, married ist, 

Mary , 2d, Sarah , 3d, Elizabeth Plant, Feb. 

27, 1733- He died April 13, 1752. 

Children: 131 Nathaniel, h'l'S.w. 12, 1722; 132 Sarah, b 
Aug. 6, 1725, d Feb. 15, 1735. By 3d marriage : 133 Charles, 
b Sept. 5, 1734 ; 134 Eunice, b Sept. 13, 1736 ; 135 Elizabeth, 
b Dec. 25, 1738 ; 136 Olive, b May 10, 1742 ; 137 Caleb, b 
May 19, 1745 ; 138 Caleb, b Feb. 9, 1748 ; 139 Amos, b May 
I, 1750- 

43. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Ives, son of Nathaniel and Mary Ives, married 
Sarah Hart, Oct. 25, 1730. 

Children : 140 Sarah, b May 29, 1733 ; 141 Mary, b April 
16, 1735 ; 142 Lois, b Jan. 9, 1737. 

45. ABEL. 

Abel Ives, son of Nathaniel and Mary Ives, married 
Sarah Read, March 25, 1736. She died Jan. i, 1787, ae. 85 
years. He died Jan. 31, 1781, ae. 80 years. 

Children: 143 Elizabeth, b Aug. 30, 1730; 144 Abel, h 
Dec. 9, 1736 ; 145 Anna, b Dec. 20, 1739 ; 146 Anna, b Aug. 
ist, 1740; 147 Sarah, b June 24, 1743; 148 Elizabeth, h 
Aug. 30, 1746 ; 149 Esther, b June 4, 1751 ; 150 Lois, b Mar. 
27, 1754- 

53. JOHN. 

John Ives, son of John and Hannah, married Sarah . 

Child : 151 Sarah, b Jan. 12, 1737. 

56. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Ives, son of John and Hannah, married Mary . 

Child: 152 Anna, b Dec. 7, 1750. ■ 

2,6. GIDEON. . 

Gideon, son of Gideon and Mary Royce Ives, married and 
settled in Wallingford in a house still in existence, and stand- 



GEXEALOGIES. 829 

ing a little north and in the rear of the residence of the late 
Benajah Morse. 

Children: i^^ Amos, ha.p. Jan. 5, 1752; 154 E/ios, bap. 
Dec. 2, 1753 ; 155 Gidean, bap. May 15, 1757 ; 156 Jerusha, 
bap. Oct. 12, 1755. 

ELXATHAX. 

Children: 157 EInathan, bap. March 21. 1731, m Ann 
Yale, March 9, 1758 : 158 Abigail, bap. Feb. 11. 1732 ; 159 
ferusha, bap. Feb. 28, 1735 : 160 Josiah, bap. March 18, 
1738 : 161 Reuben, bap. March 13, 1744 ; 162 Huldah, bap. 
Jan. 17, 1748. 

31. jotha:s[. 

JoTHAM Ives, son of Gideon and Mary Royce Ives, mar- 
ried Abigail Burroughs, Feb. 28. 1736. He died Sept. 2, 
1753- ae. 43. 

Child: 163 Zachariah. b Jan. 31. 1737, settled near the 
Honey Pot brook in Cheshire, d March 9, 1815, ae. 78, 
and with his wife Lois was buried in the Episcopal church- 
yard, Cheshire. Children of Zachaiias : 164 Rev. Reuben, b in 
1 761, graduated at Yale in 1785, ordained by Bishop Seabur%- 
in 1786, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Cheshire, about thiny- 
years, d Oct. 14, 1836, ae. 75 yrs.; 165 Chauncey, b in 1762, 
d Nov. 17, 1778, in his i6th year : 166 Lowly, m Seth De ^Volf ; 
167 Jared, a farmer, d in Cheshire ; 168 Amos H., m Lois 
Cook, d in Cheshire ; 169 yesse, settled on a farm in Meriden. 

49. JOHX. 

John, son of John and Hannah Royce Ives, b July 4, 1729. 
m ist, Mary, daughter of Dr. Isaac Hall. She d Feb.. 1788. 

He married 2nd, Sarah . who d Xov. 24. 1S04. He d 

Feb., 1816. 

Children: 170 Z/zmYAz. m Capt. Samuel Ives; 171 yohn, 

m Martha Merriman ; 172 Isaae. m ist, Benedict, m 

2d, White of Danbur}- : 173 Le'Li,va. Fanny Silliman, 

June 18, 1789, he was father of Bishop Ives : 174 jposeph, m 

Lucy, daughter of Benjamin Hall : 175 Joel, m Hart; 

176 Othniel, b Aug. 17, 1779, married ist, Sarah, daughter of 



8 O HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Nathaniel Yale, Oct 28, 1800, m 2cl, Rosetta Yale, Oct. 26, 
1815 ; 177 Titus, m Ximena Yale ; 178 Eli, d unmarried ; 179 
Anna,m. Noah Foster; x8o Polly, m John Hooker; 181 
Meriel, m Clark, and moved to Canada. 

177. OTHNIEL. 

Othniel, son of John and Mary Hall Ives, lived in the 
east part of Meriden in the house now occupied by Othniel jr. 

Children: 182, ^//^rt-, b Jan. 17, 1804, m Edwin R. Yale, 
March 14, 1824, she died March 9, 1846 ; 183 Elias, b Jan. 7, 
1806, m Cornelius Pomeroy, Aug. 22, 1827 ; 184 Eli, b Jan. 7, 
1809, m Gelina Ann Pomeroy; 185 Othniel, b Nov. 26, 1812, 
m ist, Julia Cook, 2d, Mary Howard; 186 Isaac I., b Jan. 
21, 1817, m Eloise White of Danbury, 1847, d Oct. 14, 1850 ; 
187 Sarah Rosetta, b Nov. 23, 1818, m Harvey Miller; 188 
yuliette, b May 13, 1822, m Eli Butler, Nov. 10, 1842, d 
March i, 1855; 189 y^;////, b Dec. 26, 1825, m ist, Alina 
Birdsey, Oct. 12, 1847, 2d Wealthy Merwin ; 190 Frederick 
JV., h Jan. 27, 1828, m Frances Jones ; 191 Russell Jennings, 
b July 17, 1830, m ist, Flora Ann White, Sept. 15, 1853, 2d, 
Eliza, daughter of Deacon John Yale. 

JOHNSON.' 

Fitz James came from Normandy with William the Con- 
queror about the nth century, and settled in the north of 
England. It was customary before the Conquest to change a 
name by adding son, as we find Grimkelson, Gamelson, &c., 

I For collateral branches, see Abbot's Hist. Andover, Mass., 35, 36 ; 
Barry's Hist. Framingham, Mass., 303, 304 ; Bond's Hist. Watertown, 
Mass., 539-42 ; Brown's Gen. W. Simsbury Settlers, 88, 89 ; Chase's Hist. 
Haverhill, Mass., 276, 634-37 ; Cope's Record of Cope family of Penn. 
52, 115, 116 ; Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, Ct, 600-2 ; Deane's Hist. Scitu- 
ate, Mass., 296, 297; Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 284, 285; Ellis's 
Hist. Roxbury, Mass., 122; Fox's Hist. Dunstable, Mass., 246; Gage's 
Hist. Rowley, Mass., 446; Heraldic Journal, ill. (867,) 43-5, 182, 183; 
Hudson's Hist. Lexington, Mass., Ill, 1 12; Hudson's Hist. Marlborough, 
Mass., 403-6 ; Kellogg's Memorial of John White, 37 ; Leland's Gen. of 



GENEALOGIES. 83 1 

in the time of Edward the Confessor, if not earlier. The 
Norman Fitz, a corruption oi Jils, was used the same way, and 
among the conquered Saxons was sometimes adopted in- 
stead. Thus, Fitz Harding became HanUngson ; Fitz Clark, 
Ciarksoii ; Fitz James, Ja7neso7i; and Fitz John, yohnson.'^ 
The Fitz James mentioned above, changed his name to John- 
scm, and had a numerous family. One branch of it went to 
Scotland, where the name became quite numerous. Some 
of these added a / to the name, and thereby made it read 
yohnstoji.^ In the reign of Queen Elizabeth one branch 
went to Ireland, and became quite numerous. Sir William 
Johnston was of this branch of the family. In later ages the 
family were settled in Kingston-on-Hull. At the time of Dr. 
Johnson's visit, as agent from Connecticut, to England, he 
found the family almost extinct, there being but one, a maiden 
lady of thirty years, left in the place. On visiting the church- 
yard, he found a large number of tomb-stones and monuments 
with the name of Johnson inscribed upon them. Three 
brothers had gone from Kingston to North America, one of 
whom, a clergyman, settled near Boston, and was killed by 
the Indians. He left a considerable family, from whom have 
descended most of the name in Massachusetts and Rhode 
Island. One settled in the western part of Connecticut. 
Most of his descendants went to New Jersey, and were 

Leland Family, 249, 250 ; Littell's Passaic Valley Gen., 192-5 ; Mitchell's 
Hist. Bridgewater, Mass., 204-6 ; Morse's Gen. Reg. .Sherborn and Holl- 
iston, Mass., 155, 156; N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., vni. 232, 358-62; 
Pierce's Hist. Gorhani, Me., 180; Poor's Hist, and Gen. Researches, 107; 
.Savage's Gen. Diet., 11. 549-59 ; Sewall's Hist. Woburn, Mass., 73-6, 
165-8, 617, 618; Ward's Hist. Shrewsbury., Mass., 334-6 ; Washburn's 
Hist. Leicester, Mass., 379, 380. 

1 The use of the prefi.x Fitz, has, with propriety, been revived in mod- 
ern times. The eldest son of Harris, Earl of Malmsbury, is. by title of 
courtesy, Viscount FitzHarris. 

2 Most of the persons bearing the name of Johnston in Scotland, 
derive the name from the village of Johnston in Renfrewshire. The family 
are descended from Hugo de Johnstone, in the time of Alexander IL 



632 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

numerous. Robert, the 3d brother, settled in New Haven, 
Conn., and was one of its first founders. • 

Children : i John; 2 Robert; 3 Thomas ; 4 William^ and 
possibly others. 

Edward Johnson originated from Kent, in England, in a 
parish within which county, called in his will Heron Hill, i. e. 
Heme Hill, or Heme, and at a place in that parish called 
Waterham. He probably came to this country in the fleet 
with Winthrop, in 1630. He died April 23, 1672. He left 
five sons : Edward, George, William, Matthew and John, and 
two daughters, Susan and Martha. They have many descen- 
dants in Massachusetts. 

4. WILLIAM. 

William Johnson, son of Robert, the emigrant, appeared 
early in New Haven. He was one of the original sub- 
scribers to the compact for the settlement of Wallingford, 
in 1670, and had assigned him a lot, bounded as follows : 
" 20 rods wide north and south, 19 rods and 4 ft. east and 
west, and bounded east by ye street, and north by Jeremiah 
How, and west by Nathan Andrews." This piece of land 

he sold, with consent of his wife Sarah , to Isaac Curtis, 

in 1694. Mr. Johnson does not appear to have ever had a 
residence in Wallingford, but was simply a subscriber for the 
benefit of his heirs who might settle in the place. 

JACOB. 

Jacob Johnson, son of William, married Abigail Hitch- 
cock, Dec. 14, 1693. He built his house on the north side 
of the road that leads past the residence of the late Col. 
Thaddeus Cook, and nearly opposite the barn built within 
the last few years by Chauncey M. Cook. He was a tailor 
by trade ; he died July 26, 1749, ae. 80 yrs. Mrs. Abigail 
d Jan. 9, 1726. He married 2cl, Parkis Lindley, 1726. 

Children: 5 Reuben, b Aug. 27, 1694, m Mary ; 6 

Isaac, b Feb. 25, 1696-7, m Sarah Osborne, he d April 
23) 1779, ae. 84 ; 7 Enos, b 1698, d Jan. 31, 1786, ae. 88; 
8 Abigail, b 1699 ; 9 Israel ; 10 Abfier, b Aug. 2, 1702. m 



GENEALOGIES. 833 

Charity Dayton, Dec. 14, 1726; 11 Cakh^ b 17^3-4, d 
Oct. 13, 1777, ae. 73 yrs., m Rachel Brockett, Jan. 28, 1731, 
was a merchant in WalHngford ; 12 Daniel^ b 1709, d Oct. 
14, 1780, ae. 72 yrs. ; 13 Sara/i, b 17 10, m Matthew Bellamy, 
March 31, 1721- 14 Jacob, b April, 17 13, grad. of Yale, was 
Cong, min., settled at Groton, Conn. ; 15 Lydia, d June 3, 1729. 

5. REUBEN. 

Reuben Johnson married Mary Dayton, March 11, 1718, 
and settled on the place now owned by Almon Doolittle, and 
built a house there. 

Children: 16 Justus, b April 6, 1720, d May 12, 1720 ; 17 
y//x///j-, b March 26, 1721; 18 Ephrai77i ; 19 Rebecca, h ^wXy 
14, 1723 ; 20 Zaccheus ; and probably others. Ephraim occupied 
the old house where his father lived ; he took it down and built 
the one now owned by Mr. Rufus Doolittle. Zaccheus lived 
in the house that stood opposite the Caleb Dudley house. 

6. ISAAC. 

Dea. Isaac Johnson married Sarah Osborne, March 26, 
1723. She died Nov. 16, 1766,26. 65. He built and occupied 
the Caleb Dudley house, and lived there ; he died April 29, 
1779, ae. 84 yrs. 

Children: 21 Isaac; 22 Abigail, b Feb. 11, 1722; 23 
Joseph, b Jan. 21, 1725; 24 Sarah, b Feb. 10, 1729 ; 25 Isaac, 

b June 23, 1731, m Elizabeth ; 26 Esther, b Nov. 31, 

1735 ; 27 lois, b Feb. 15, 1738 ; 28 Rachel, b March 6, 1740. 

7. enos. 

Enos Johnson lived in the house of his flither Jacob. 
Child : 29 Enos. 

9. ISRAEL. 

Israel Johnson married Sarah Miles, Jan. 26, 1732. His 
house was built by Caleb Johnson, and stood on the lot just 
east of the present residence of Turhand Cook. He also 
lived on the place now owned by the heirs of the late Liverius 
Carrington, in the village. He was a smith of some kind, 
and a worker of brass, &c., &c. He died 1747, leaving an 
Estate of ^2226 \2S. 



834 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 30 Eunice, b Jan. 13, 1734; 31 Prudence, b Jan. 

11, 1738 ; 32 Caleb, b Sept. 17, 1739 ; ^iZ Anna, b Apr. 12, 
1736 ; 34 Miles, b Oct. 31, 1741 ; 35 Rebecca, b Aug 4, 1744 ; 
36 Warren, b Apr. 17, 1747 ; 37 Silas, b Jan. 21, 1749 ; 38 
Jacob, b July 21, 1742. 

10. ABNER. 

Capt. Abner Johnson married Charity Dayton, Dec. 14, 
1726, and lived on the place where afterward his son Heze- 
kiah lived. He died Dec. 28, 1757. 

Children: 39 Dayton, b Feb. 8, 1728, m Hannah ; 

40 Hezekiah, b March 12, 1732 ; 41 Abner, b Aug. 26, 1738, 
graduated at Yale College and settled in Waterbury ; 42 Atina, 
b Apr. 18, 1736 ; 43 Charles, b May 19, 1736 ; 44 Jacob, b July 
21, 1742 ; 45 Lydia, m E. Fitch Esq. ; 46 Charity, b May 19, 
1736. 

15. DANIEL. 

Daniel Johnson married Joanna Preston, Dec. 24, 1734, 
and first occupied a house that stood a little east of where 
his father Jacob lived. He afterwards removed to the Sam'l 
Parker place. He died Oct. 14, 1780, ae. 72. She died Jan. 
18, 1781. 

Children: 47 Chai'les, b Nov. 13, 1735, d at sea, brought 
to New Haven and buried ; 48 Solomon, b May 4, 1740, built 
the John B. Johnson house; 49 Dan, b Mar. 24, 1746; 50 
Israel, b July 8, 1748, settled in Meriden near Hanging Hills ; 
51 Justin, b Mar. 4, 1752 ; 52 Mindwell, b May 19, 1738, m 

Merrow; 53 Joarina, b Apr. 4, 1743, m Lee ; 

54 Abigail, b Dec. 23, 1753 ; 55 Joshua, b July 26, 1757, m 
Brockett ; 56 Rebecca, b March 29, 1759, d March 31, 

1759 ; 57 Rebecca. 

\ 

JOHN. 

John Johnson, the son of John', the son of Robert, married 
ist, Mary Chatterton of New Haven, came to Wallingford 
before 1710 ; the date of this marriage is Dec. 12, 1710. She 
died within that year, and he married Sarah Hitchcock, July 

12, 17 1 1. His house occupied the same piece of ground as 



GENEALOGIES. 835 

that now occupied by the dwelHng-house of Russell Cook, 
and formerly known as the Pond house or place. He died 
July 24, 1748, ae. 64 years. Born 1687. 

Children : 58 Esther, b May 4, 17 12, m Merriman Munson ; 
59 Barbara, b Feb. 5, 17 14, m Abraham Ives ; 60 Damaris, b 

June 31, 1716 ; 61 Daniel, b Dec. 14, 1717, m Ruth , he 

d in 1761 ; 62 Phebe, b April 28, 1720, m Dydimus Parker; 

63 jfeniwigs, b Jan. 7, 1722, m Sarah , 1745, owned the 

Pond place; 64 Ruth, b Oct. 10, 1723 ; 65 Amos, b March 4, 
1726, d during the Revolutionary war near White Plains, 
N. Y. ; 66 Patience, b July 28, 1728. 

18. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Johnson, son of Reuben and Mary Dayton, mar- 
ried Hannah . 

Children: 67 Content, b July 14, 1755 ; 68 Luther, b June 
25, 1759- 

20. ZACCHEUS. 

Zaccheus Johnson, son of Reuben and Mary Dayton, mar- 
ried Phebe . 

Children: 69 Justus, b Dec. 6, 1756 ; 70 Sybil, b Jan. 27, 
1769. 

39. DAYTON. 

Dayton Johnson, son of Abner and Charity Dayton John- 
son, married Hannah . She died Jan. 6, 1723, ae. 46 

yrs. He died Feb. 19, 1798, ae. 70 yrs. 

Children: 71 Mamre, b Aug. 15, 1752 ; 72 Eliakim, b Dec. 
3i> 1753 ; 73 Hannah, b April 28, 1756. 

40. HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah Johnson, son of Abner and Charity Dayton 
Johnson, married Ruth . 

Children: 74 Caleb, b July 11, 1759 ; 75 George, b March 
II, 1760 ; 76 Charles, b Nov. 21, 1761. 

48. SOLOMON. 

Solomon Johnson, son of Daniel and Joanna Preston 
Johnson, married Mary, daughter of John Barker. She died 
Sept. 7, 1825. He died April 4, 1779, ae. 59. 



836 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Child: 77 jfohn Barker, married Munson, he d in 

Wallingford. 

49. DAN. 

Dan Johnson, son of Daniel and Joanna P. Johnson, mar- 
ried ist, Rebecca Hitchcock. She died July 25, 1813, ae. 
65. His 2d wife, Lucy Dudley, died Jan. 22, 1825, ae. 69. 
He died Sept. 2, 1830, ae. 85. 

Children : 78 Cephas, m Frost ; 79 Dan, b on the old 

Humiston place, m Dudley; 80 Willard ; 81 Augustus, 

m Frost; 82 Ransom; 83 Laura, ni Amos Curtis of 

Meriden. 

50. ISRAEL. 

Israel Johnson, son of Daniel and Joanna Preston John- 
son, settled near the Hanging Hills in the parish of Meriden. 
Some of the family are still on that farm. 

Children : 84 Andrew ; 85 Peter ; 86 William, still living 
on the farm, a bachelor; 87 Huldah. 

63. JENNINGS. 

Jennings Johnson, son of John and Sarah H. Johnson, 
married Sarah Johnson. He cut the stone cider mill trough 
that was afterwards Samuel Cook's. 

Children: 88 Sarah, b June 4, 1749 ; 89 Daniaris, b June 

26, 1753 ; 90 Stephen, b March 18, 1754 ; 91 Esther, b March 

27, 1756 ; 92 Rachel, b Oct. 29, 1759. 

65. AMOS. 

Amos Johnson, son of John and Sarah H. Johnson, mar- 
ried Abigail . 

Children: 93 Lucy, b Sept. ir, 1747 ; 94 Esther, b Nov. 16, 
1749 ; 95 Sybil, b Sept. 16, 1751. 



JONES. 



theophilus. 
Theophilus and Hannah Jones are the first recorded of 
that name in Wallingford ; he married Hannah Mix, Dec. 



GENEALOGIES. 837 

26, 1711. She died Nov. 26, 1754. He married 2d, Sarali 
Moss, Sept. 22, 1755. 

Cliildren : i N'athanid, b March 30, 1717, m Sarah Merri- 
man ; 2 Theophihis^ b Nov. i, 1723, m Anna Street; 3 Caleb, 
b Nov. 4, 17 12, m Mary How, Oct. 6, 1741 ; 4 Lydia, b Nov. 
9, 1 7 14, m Joseph Moss, Feb. 4, 1735 ; 5 Hannah, b Oct. 4, 
1720, m Jehiel Merriman, Aug. 5, 1740 ; 6 Abigail, b Dec. 28, 
.1726, m Benjamin Dutton, March 16, 1747 ; 7 Daniel, b Oct. 
28, 1 73 1, d May i, 1737 ; 8 ISicholas, b Dec. 17, 1729, m ist, 
Mary , 2d, Eunice . 

I. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Jones, son of Theoj^hilus and Hannah, mar- 
ried Sarah Merriman, June 8, 1743, in Wallingford. 

Children: 9 Abigail, b Sept. 26, 1744; \o Daniel, \) OoX. 
17, 1748; II Sarah, b Aug. 16, 1750; 12 Eunice, b Jan. 27, 
1752 ; 13 Benja?nin, b Feb. 5, 1757 ; 14 Amos, b Aug. 3. 

1758 ; 15 Reuben, b Oct. 11, 1759, m Sarah , he d Oct. 

6, 1840 ; 16 Hannah, b Feb. 25, 1761. 

2. theophilus. 

Theophilus Jones, son of Theophilus and Hannah, mar- 
ried Anna Street, May 24, 1757 ; she died Aug. 10, 181 1, ae. 
76 yrs. He died Oct. 8, 1815, ae. 91 yrs. 

Children: 17 Sarah, b March 30, 1758, m Elisha Whittel- 
sey ; 18 Nicholas, b Nov. 25, 1760, d Aug. 25, 1848, ae. 88; 
19 Anna, b 1772, d Oct. i, 1776. 

3. CALEB. 

Caleb Jones, son of Theophilus and Hannah, married 
Mary How, dau. of Zachariah. 

Children: 20 Anna, b August 19, 1742 ; 21 Zachariah H., 
b Sept. 3, 1744; 22 Hannah, b Jan. 8, 1746; 23 Caleb, b 
Sept. 3, 1748 ; 24 Samuel, b May 15, 1754. 

8. NICHOLAS. 

Nicholas Jones, son of Theophilus and Hannah, married 

ist, Mary , 2d, Eunice . He died April 24, 1760. 

Children by 1st marriage: 25 Charles, b May 19, 1752; 

E E E 



838 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKU. 

26 Patience, b March 27, 1754. By 2cl marriage: 27 Mary^h 
April 30, 1756, d May 6, 1760 ; 28 Eunice, b Feb. 26, 1758, 
d March 31, 1758; 29 Mary,h Feb. 26, 1760. 

15. REUBEN. 

Reuben, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Jones, married Sarah 
He lived about a mile east of Wallingford village, 



where his descendants are still living, 1869. He died Oct. 6, 
1843, se. 84 years. Mrs. Sarah his wife d March 12, 1833, ae. 
72 years. 

18. NICHOLAS. 

Nicholas Jones, son of Theophilus and Anna Jones, mar- 
ried Elizabeth , and remained on the old farm of his 

fathers, on the west side of the river, where his son Street 
Jones Esq. now resides. He was a very enterprising and 
prosperous farmer, and died Aug. 25, 1848, ae 88 yrs., and 
his wife died Feb. 8, 1845, ae. 81 yrs. 

Children: 30 Betsey, m Rufus Bradley, Cheshire; 31 
Anna,\> 1785, d Nov. 19, 1861, ae. 76, m Jared Doolittle of 
North Haven ; 32 Street, m ist, Eastman, 2d Par- 
sons ; T^T^ Sarah, m Dea. Ezra Dickerman of Hamden. 

SAMUEL. 

Samuel Jones was, with his wife Sarah, born in Walling- 
ford, previous to 1721; she died Nov. 9, 1760. He was. 
possibly a brother of Theophilus Jones. He married Esther 
Pratt, April 12, 1762. 

Children: 34 Mary, b Dec. 5, 1721 ; 35 William, b May 
31, 1722 ; 2,^ Diadate, b March 15, 1724; 37 Hester, b March 
9, 1727, m Dennis Covert, March 10, 1758 ; 38 Eaton, b 
Aug. 26, 1730; 39 yohn, b May 25, 1747; 40 Daniel, b 
March 18, 1745-6. 



KIRTLAND.' 



The name of Kirtland is of Scotch descent ; and among 
the first 36 settlers of Saybrook in 1635, was John Kirtland. 

I For collateral branches, see Chapman's Gen. of Chapman family, 71, 



GENEALOGIES. 839 

who came from Silver-street, London. He had a son John, 
who was the father of Dani'el, who was the father of the 
noted missionary. Rev. Samuel Kirkland, who was born in 
1701, graduated at Yale in 1720, under the name of Kirtland. 

JOHN. 

John Kirtland was married to his first wife in Saybrook, 
March 3, 1703 ; 2d, Lydia Baldwin. 

Children: i Hester, b March 10, 1704; 2 jfohn, b Ji-ily 5, 
1708, d March, 1787 ; 3 Temperance, b Nov. 10, 17 10. By 2d 
marriage: 4 Elisha, b July 21, 1718 ; 5 E/is/ia,h Aug. 17, 
1719, killed at Fort Edward, March 16, 1756; 6 Lydia, h 
Oct. 29, 1721, d June 30, 1770, at Horton, Nova Scotia; 7 
Farmel, b Jan. 29, 1724; 8 Coiistant,h Jan. 24, 1726, d young; 
9 Constant, b Dec. 24, 1727, d at Wallingford ; 10 Ezra, b 
Oct. II, 1730, d at Saybrook, Aug., 1801 ; 11 Elizabeth, b 
Oct. 13, 1732 ; 12 Dorothy, b Sept. 21, 1735. 

8. CONSTANT. 

Constant Kirtland, son of John and Lury Kirtland, of 

Saybrook, married Rachel, daughter of Isaac and 

Brockett, of Wallingford, April 19, 1753. She was born May 
23, 1732, died at Northford, Feb. 17, 1812. 

Children: 13 Isaac, b March 9, 1754, d Sept, 30, 1807, in 
Wallingford ; 14 Turhand, b Nov. 16, 1755, '^ Aug. 16, 1854, 
at Poland, Ohio ; 15 Mary, b Dec. 23, 1757, m Samuel Cook, 
d March 3, 1839; 16 John, b Dec. 20, 1759, d at Granville, 
N. Y., May 19, 1843 ; 17 Billions, b June 9, 1762, d Oct. 25, 
1805, at Wallingford ; 18 Rachel, b July 9, 1764, m Col. Ed- 
ward Barker, d June 13, 1823, at Wallingford ; 19 jfared, b 
Aug. 8, 1766, d April 16, 183 1, at Poland, Ohio ; 20 George, b 
July 2, 1769, d April 10, 1793, at Wallingford ; 21 Lydia, b 
Feb. 27, 1772, m Jonathan Fowler, of Guilford, d Aug. 16, 
1850, at Poland, Ohio ; 22 Sarah, b March 19, 1778, m Capt. 



72, 96, 133; Lewis and Newhall's Hist. Lynn, Mass., 154; N. E. Hist, and 
Gen. Reg., xiv. 241-5; Savage's Gen. Diet, in. 31, 32. 



840 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Wm. Douglass, and had John, Sarah, Benjamin and WiUiam, 
d Sept. 28, 1842, at Northford. 

13. ISAAC. 

Isaac Kirtland, son of Constant and Rachel Kirtland, 
married Sarah Ives. 

Children : 23 Delight^ m Peter Hall, of Wallingford ; 24 
Sarah ^ m Jehiel Hall, of Wallingford ; 25 Constant, m Caro- 
line Carrington, he died in N. Y. ; 26 Clarissa. 

14. TURHAND. 

TuRHAND Kirtland, son of Constant and Rachel Kirt- 
land, married Mary, daughter of Moses Beach, of Walling- 
ford ; she died Nov. 24, 1792. Married 2d, Polly, daughter 
of Dr. Jared Potter, Jan. 19, 1793; she was born in New 
Haven, Feb. 10, 1772, and died at Poland, Ohio, March 21, 
1850. 

Children : 27 yared Potter, M. D., b No\'. 10, 1793, m 
Caroline, dau. of Joshua Atwater, May, 18 14; 28 Henry Tur- 
hand, b Nov. 16, 1795, ^'^ i-^*^' Thalia Fitch ; 29 Mary Beach, 
b Sept. 12, 1798, m Richard Hall, d in Poland, Ohio; 30 
Nancy, b Jan. i, 1801, m Elkanah Morse ; 31 Billkms, b Aug. 
29, 1807, m Ruthan A. Frame, resides in Poland, Ohio ; 32 
George, m Helen, dau. of Randall Cook, of Wallingford. 

16. JOHN. 

John Kirtland, son of Constant and Rachel Kirtland, 
married ist, Lucy A. Burbank, April 10, 1788; she was born 
Jan. 10, 1771, d Aug. 17, 1728. Married 2d, widow Mary 
Tyler Benham, dau. of Moses Tyler, and widow of Silas 
Benham, formerly of Meriden, June 7, 1829. She died 
April 4, 1836, 3e. 57 years. 

Children: 33 Henrietta, b Jan. 23, 1789, m Wm. Sweetland, 
of Plattsburg, Nov. 19, 181 1 ; 34 Wm. Henry, b Jan. 11, 

1 79 1, d April 6, 1821 ; 35 Lucy Fitch, b April 3, 1793, m 
Peter J. H. Myers, of Whitehall, Jan. 29, 1815 ; 36 George 

Washington, b April 11, 1795, m Frances Davis, Oct. 6, 1828, 
he is a lawyer; 37 Ami Burbank, b April 5, 1797, d May 11, 



GENEALOGIES. 84 1 

1797 ; 38 Ann Burbank, b April 27, 1798, m Wm. Haile, 
April 15, 1822, d Nov. 26, 1859 ; 39 Eliza Cornelia^ b Sept. 
17, 1800, m John B. Shaw, Oct. 13, 1825, d July 22, 1842 ; 40 
Lydia Maria, b March 25, 1802, m S. Myers, Oct. 23, 1827, 
d Nov. 9, 1864 ; 41 Rachel Brockett, b Feb. 11, 1804, m Thos. 
A. Tomlison, May 16, 1833 ; 42 John, b Oct. 13, 1805, m 
Catherine Campbell, Sept. 13, 1836 ; 43 Isaac Billious, b Oct. 
14, 1807, m Lucy Sperry, Dec. 8, 1835 ; 44 Ethoard, b July 
23, 18 10, m Maria Foot, Jan. 24, 1837 : 45 Jarcd Turliand, b 
Nov. 3, 1816, m Ann T. Palmer, Sept. 6, 1849, d May 19, 
1861. 

17. BILLIOUS. 

Dr. Billious Kirtland, son of Constant and Rachel 
Kirtland, married Sarah, daughter of Dr. Jared Potter. 

Children : 46 Eliza, m Liverius Carrington ; 47 Polly, m 
Col. Russell Hall ; 48 George, d 1869 ; 49 Sarah, m Liverius 
Carrington. 

19. JARED. 

Jared Kirtland, son of Constant and Rachel Kirtland, 
married ist, Lois, daughter of Elisha and Lucretia Stanley 
Yale, of Wallingford. He removed to Poland, Ohio, in 1802, 
where he died, April 16, 183 1. She died Oct. 3, 1814, ae. 38 
yrs., at Cookstown, Penn. He left a widow. 2d wife. 

Children by ist marriage : 50 Lucretia, b Nov. 2, 1796, m 

Dr. Manning; 51 Rachel, b Dec. 9, 1798, m Col. Caleb 

Wicks ; 52 Eliza, b Aug. 2, 1803, m Philo Cook, of Walling- 
ford ; 53 Sarah, b Oct. 8, 1805, m Geo. G. Hills ; 54 Lois 
Yale, b Sept. 21, 18 13, m Eli Mygatt, M. D., of Poland, Ohio. 



LEWIS.' 

BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Lewis was the first of the name in Wallingtord. 
He came from Stratford in 1670, and had assigned him 
lot , which he sold to Dr. John Hull, who had come 



I For collateral branches, see Alden's Coll. of Am. Epitaphs, v. 68- 70 ; 



i 



'842 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

from Derby to settle in the place as a physician. Mr Lewis 
soon after left Wallingford, and returned to his old home in 
Stratford. 

Children: i/^rrj', b Nov. i, 1671, d in Wallingford; ^o/w, 
b Sept. 20, 1672 ; Mary, b Nov. 9, 1674; Edmund, b 1679, 
m Hannah Beach, May 21, 1702. He d in 1757, ae. 78 yrs. 

EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Lewis, blacksmith, married Elizabeth Merriman, 
Dec. 2, 1685, and settled in the eastern part of the town in 
1684. He was a son of William Lewis, of Farmington. He 
died in 1709. 

Children: i Hczekiah,h Oct. 12, 1686, d 171 1, m Abigail 

; 2 Caleb, b Oct. 15, 1691, m Sarah Cook, Nov. 25, 

1713 ; 3 Selekey, b Oct. 25, 1693 ; 4 Elizabeth, b Oct. 15, 1695 > 

5 Baniabas, b Nov. 4, 1697, m Elizabeth ; 6 Hannah, 

b Oct. 10, 1699, m Samuel Cook Esq. ; 7 Dr. Benjamin, b Sept. 
21, 1701, m Esther Matthews, Nov. 3, 1724; 8 Malachi, b Oct. 
4, 1703, settled in Middletown ; 9 Agape, b Jan. 10, 1705. 

2. CALEB. 

Caleb Lewis, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, married 
Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Hope Cook, Nov. 28, 17 13. 

Children: 10 Ichabod, b April 13, 1714, d March i, 1718; 

11 Caleb, b Feb. 28, 1717, m Eunice Welton, Jan. 10, 1736 ; 

12 Ichabod, b 1716, m Sarah , 1777 ; 13 Ebenezer, b 

Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Ct, 160, 161, 167, 277, 306, 307, 332, 354 ; 
Bradbury's Hist. Kennebunkport, Me., 257 ; Bronson's Hist. Waterbury, 
Ct, 518, 519 ; Caulkins' Hist. New London, Ct., 295, 296; Deane's^^Hist. 
Scituate, Mass., 303, 304; Fields' Hist. Haddam, Ct, 46; Freeman's Hist ^/ 
Cape Cod, Mass., i. 614, 11. 285, 404, 465, 471, 480, 481, 507, 66r, 676 ; 
Howe's Hist Col. Virginia, 181-3 ; Hudson's Hist Lexington, Mass., 281 ; 
Judd & Boltwood's Hist Hadley, Mass., 530, 531; Lewis & Newhall's 
Hist. 'Lynn, Mass., 180-2 ; Meade's Old Churches and Families of Virginia, 
II. 231-3, 325, 326 ; N. E. Hist and Gen., Reg., xvtt 162-6; Pierce's Hist 
Gorham, Me., 181-3 ; Ravage's Gen. Diet, 11 1. 84-90 ; Sheppard's Account 
of Lewis Family ; Smith's Hist. Delaware Co., Penn., 478-80 ; Virginia 
Hist Reg., V. 24, 25. 



GENEALOGIES. 843 

April 14, 17 T5, m Sarah Avered, June 12, 1735 ; 14 Hczckiah, 
b Oct. 14, 1720, m Abigail Chamberlain, April 25, 1744. 

5. BARNABAS. 

Barnabas Lewis, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, married 
Elizabeth ; he died Oct. i, 1729. 

Children: 15 Lucy, b March 23, 1724; 16 Lois, b May 26, 
1728. 

7. BENJAMIN. 

Dr. Benjamin Lewis, son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth, mar- -^ / 
ried Esther Matthews, Nov. 3, 1724. A-'' 

Children: 17 Bela,h Sept. 28, 1724; 18 Bela,h Jan. 10, ] 
1725 ; 19 Elizabeth, b March 6, T727, m Cornelius Johnson, / 
Dec. 9, 1746; 20 Bc'/ijat/ii/i, b Jan. 11, 1728, m Mary 
Maltbie, April 3, 1773 ; 21 Barnabas, b Aug. 17, 1733, '""^ 
Rachel Curtis, Feb. 24, 1762 ; 22 ycsse}h Jan. 29, 1734; 23 
Cakb, b May 22, 1736, m Lucy Holt, March 13, 1748-9 ; 24 
Samuel, b March 8, 1741 ; 25 Esther, b^Oct. 23, 1738,111 
Nathaniel Douglass, Feb. "Y;^ 759 f*"?^ 'Mary, b Oct. 10, 1743 ; 
27 Mary, b June 11, 1747 ; 28 Zt77, b Oct. 19, 1750 ; 29 Levi, 
b Oct. 19, 1 75 1 ; 30 Lucy, b March 23, 1754, ni Zebulon 
Frisbie. 

II. CALEB. 

Caleb Lewis, son of Caleb and Sarah, married Eunice 
Welton, Jan. 10, 1736. 

Children : 31 Jacob, b Sept. 7, 1736 ; 32 Eunice, b April 6, 
1738 ; Z2, Amy, b Jan. 31, 1745 ; 34 Caleb, b April 15. 1752. 

12. ICHAEOD. 

IcHABOD Lewis, son of Caleb and' Sarah, married ist, 
Sarah , 2d, Esther ; she was burned to death in 

l8l2. 

Children: 35 Samuel, b Oct. 9, 1748, m Esther , he d 

Feb. 8, 1824, ae. 76; 36 Elihu, b June 10, 1752, settled in 
Albany, N. Y. ; t^^ Esther, b July 11, 1756, ni John Mans- 
field ; 38 jfarcd, b May 10, 1761, m RhoJa Munson. 



844 HISTORY OF WALLIXGFORD. 

13. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Lewis, son of Caleb and Sarah Cook Lewis, 
married Sarah Avered, June 12, 1735. 

Children: 39 Ila/iiiak, b Oct. 9, 1736 ; 40 Malachi. 

14. hezekiah. 

Hezekiah, son of Caleb and Sarah Cook Lewis, m Abigail 
Chamberlain, April 28, 1744. 

Children: 41 John^h May 22, 1745; \2 Ebenezer, b Oct. 

14, 1746 ; 43, 44 Mary and Hezekiah, b April 27, 1755 ; 45 
Benjamin, b Nov. 18, 1757; 46 Abel, b Dec. 25, 1760: 

18. BELA. 

Bela Lewis, son of Benjamin and Esther Lewis, married 

Abigail . 

Child : 47 jposeph, b May 6, 1743-4. 

, 21. BARNABAS. 

Barnabas Lewis, son of Dr. Benjamin and Esther Lewis, 
married Rachel Curtis, Feb. 24, 1762. 

Children: 48 Rachel, b March 20, 1768 ; 49 Levi, b March 
Si 1775 ; 5° Merriam, b Feb. 14, 1777. 

35. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Lewis, son of Ichabod and Sarah Lewis, died 

Feb. 8, 1824, ae. 76 yrs. He married Esther . 

Children: 51 Sarah, b Sept. 8, 1773; 52 Esther, b July 

15, 1776, m Ephraim Cook, of Wall. ; 53 Elihu, b March 
12, 1777. 

38. JARED. 

Jared Lewis, son of Ichabod and Sarah Lewis, married 
Rhoda Munson. He died in Wallingford. 

Children: 54 Isaac, m Esther Beaumont, kept a hotel and 
store in Meriden ; 55 Frederick, m Sinai Hall, of Wall- 
ingford. 

JACOB. 

Jacob Lewis married Mary Martin, June 22, 1773. 
Children: 56 Jacob, b March 10, 1776 ; 57 Ezekiel, b July 
6, 1777. 



GENEALOGIES. . 845 

ISAAC. 

Dr. Lsaac Lewis married Keziah . He lived on 

the west side of the river. 

Children : 58 Charles, b May 8, 1772 ; 59 Isaac, died May 9, 
1772, ae. 25 yrs. ; 60 Keziah., d May 29, 1772, ae. 19 yrs. 

Joseph Lewis of Windsor and Simsbury, had sons, Joseph 
and John, who had a numerous posterity, who settled in 
Waterbury. 

Joshua Lewis, a Baptist Clergyman, came from Wales 
about 1780, and settled in Connecticut. His son Joshua, 
likewise a Baptist Clergyman, resided in Conn, and R. L, 
where he had a son Joshua, who removed to Saratoga, N. Y., 
and married a Miss Grinelle, and had a son John, who moved 
to the neighborhood of Auburn, N. Y., where he married 
Delecta Barbour, and became a farmer. They had five chil- 
dren, one of whom is Dr. Dio Lewis, of Lexington, Mass., 
born in 1825. 

The name of Lewis is derived from the Welsh Llt/aws, signi- 
fying a multitude. The name of Lewes is derived from the 
same source, as is also the ancient town of Lewes in Sussex, 
England. 



MARTIN.i 



The Martins of Plymouth, Devonshire, were' originally from 
Kent. Capt. John Martin, of this family, went round the 
world with Drake, in 1577. 

The name of Martin was adopted as a surname at a very 
early date ; and few names have had a greater number to bear 
them. The earliest record containing it which I have found, 
is the " roll of Battle Abbe}^," on which appears the name of 
Le Sire de S. Martin. Battle Abbey was dedicated to St. 

I For collateral l^raiiches, see JBabson's Hist. Gloucester, Mass., 115; 
Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, Conn., 620-31 ; Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 
324; Hough's Hist. Lewis Co., N. Y., 172-4; Littell's Passaic Valley- 
Gen., 278 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, in. 161-4. 



846 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Martin, and the date of its roll is 1066. The name was not 
only numerous on the other side of the water, but has been 
the same in this country from its first settlement. There was 
a William Martin at London, England, who assisted the Puri- 
tans in preparing for their voyage to Plymouth Rock ; but it 
does not appear that he came with them. John Martyn, after- 
wards Capt. John Martyn or Martin of Plymouth, and son of 

Martin of Bridgetown, near Totness, who had male issue 

living at that place in 1620, sailed round the globe with Sir 
Francis Drake, leaving Plymouth Nov. 15, 1577, and returning 
to the same port Sept. 26, 1580. 

Christopher Martin with his wife and son Christopher, and 
one whose name is not given, came over in the Mayflower in 
1620; but they all died during the first winter. Others of the 
name however, came in almost every ship that brought over a 
company, for some years. They settled in various parts of 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia and other colonies. 
Anthony died at Middletown, Conn., 1693 ; William of Strat- 
ford at Woodbury, Conn. It is proposed in this to trace only 
the Wallingford families. As early as 1684, John and 
Elizabeth Martin made their appearance in Wallingford, and 
were married by Mr. Moss, Jan. 15, 1684 ; how long they 
continued in the place does not now appear. In 1735, Rob- 
ert Martin and his wife Abigail appear to have been in Wall- 
ingford. 

Children: i James, b March 3, 1735, m Agnes Crawford, 
March 8, 1718 ; 2 Lydia, b Oct. 27, 1740 ; 3 Elizabeth^ b 
Sept. 23, 1742 ; 4 Samuel, b May i, 1744 ; 5 Abigail, b Dec. 
9, 1745 ; 6 Isaac, b April 25, 1748 ; 7 Mary, b Aug. 30, 1750 ; 
8 John, b Sept. 27, 1754. 

WOOSTER. 

WoosTER Martin came into Wallingford early in the 
present century, and settled on the North Farms as a wagon- 
maker, and by industry and perseverance accumulated a 
very handsome estate. He was twice married ; ist, to Althea 



GENEALOGIES. 84/ 

Hall, 2cl, Delilah Morse, widow of the late Sylvester Hull. 
He died in Wallingford, May 4, 1862, ae. 72. 

Children by ist marriage : 9 Ot/uiiel Ives, m. , daugh- 
ter of Augustus Hall, 2d, Cook, daughter of Colonel 

T. Cook; 10 ; 11 Hoiry, m Hall, daughter of 

Joel Hall. By 2d marriage, 1 2 . 

I. JAMES. 

James Martin, son of Robert and Abigail, m Agnes 
Crawford, March 8, 1758. 

Children: 13 Mary, b Dec. 28, 1758, in Wallingford ; 14 
panics, b Nov. 10, 1761, in Wallingford. 



MANSFIELD. 

Capt. John Mansfield married Esther Lewis, and owned 
and occupied the house and lot now owned and occupied by 
Mr. Harrison, and formerly by John Hiddleson, Esq. Mr. 
Mansfield was in the service of his country during the Revo- 
lution, and received for that service a pension from the 
government. He died highly respected. 

Children : i Ira, he settled at Atwater, Ohio ; 2 Sybil, m 
John Hiddleson of Georgetown, S. C. ; both d in Wallingford. 



MATTOON.' 

Philip, son of Philip and Mary Mattoon, was doubtless 
the first of the name in Wallingford. He settled in the 
northeast part of the town. 

JOHN. 

John Mattoon, son of Philip and Mary, who also settled 
in Wallingford, was born in 1682, and married Jerusha Hall, 
Oct. 20, 1706. He died Feb. 19, 1754; she died Sept. 28, 
1760, ae. 71 yrs. 

Children: i Elcazcr, b Dec. 13, 1727, no knowledge of 

I For collateral branches, see Judd & Boltman's Hist and Gen. Hadley, 
Mass., 535, 536 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, iii. 177, 178. 



848 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. ' 

him or family ; 2 Gershom, b Aug. 18, 1730; 3 Ebcnezer,h 

April 4, 1735, m Martha , she d Nov. 10, 1802, he d May 

27, 1814; 4 David; 5 Isaac; 6 Nathaniel; 7 Sarah; 8. 
Mary, m Brooks ; 9 John, d Jan. 6, 1808, ae. 51. 

4. DAVID. 

David Mattoon m Phebe Curtis, Oct., 5, 1742. 
Children: 10 Charles, b Dec 12, 1744; 11 Fhebc, b Jan. 
15, 1748 ; 12 Eunice, b March 19, 175 1. 

6. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Mattoon married Mary Curtis, Feb. 17, 1745. 
Children: 13 Joel, b Jan. 24, 1749; 14 ^"6'//;, b March 21, 
1753- 



MERRIMAN. 



This name is often spelled on the old records Merriam and 
Merriman, both names referring to the same person. Joseph 
Merriam took the freeman's oath in Lexington, Mass., March 
14, 1638. He died Jan. i, 1641, and some of his descen- 
dants assumed the name of, or were recorded as Merriman. 

NATHANIEL. 

Capt. Nathaniel Merriman was one of the original set- 
tlers in Wallingford in 1670. Lots Nos. i and 2 were set him 
on the north, west and east corners of the south cross street, 
also No. 2 adjoining the west lot. These corner lots are now 
owned by Peter Whittelsey, Esq., and Rev. Edgar J. Doolittle. 
These extra lots were set to him in consideration of some out 
land which the committee had given out to other parties to 
his damage. Capt. Merriman built his house on the lot 
where Mr. Whittelsey 's house now stands, but a short distance 
to the west of it. A large elm tree stands nearly in front 
of the old site. He died Feb. 13, 1693. ae. 80 years. 

Children: i John, d Sept. 26, 165 1; 2 Hannah, h May 16, 
1651 ; 3 Abigail, b April 18, 1654; 4 Mamre,h' ]vL\y 12, 1657, 
m Samuel Munson ; 5 John, b Feb. 28, 1659, m ist, Hannah 



GENEALOGIES. 849 

Lines, 2d, Mary Doolittle ; 6 Samuel, b Sept. 29, 1662, m ist, 

Anna , 2d, Elizabeth Peck; 7 Caleb, b May, 1665, m 

Mary Preston ; 8 Moses, b 1667 ; 9 Elizabeth, b Sept. 14, 
1669, m Ebenezer Lewis, Dec. 2, 1685. 

5. JOHN. 

John Merriman married ist, Hannah Lines of New Ha- 
ven, March 28, 1682. He married 2d, Mary DooHttle, and 
after her decease married EHzabeth Peck, March 20, 1690. 

Children: \o Esther, b Jan. 24, 1683 ; 11 Abigail, b Feb. i, 
1685 ; 12 George, b July 14, 1688, m Susanna Abernathy. 
By 3d marriage: 13 John, b Oct. 16, 1691 ; 14 Israel, b June 
23, 1693, m Comfort Benham, June 23, 1715 ; 15 Sarah, b 
Feb. 17, 1702 ; 16, 17 Elizabeth and Susanna, b Julv 20, 
1703 ; 18 Mary, b March 15, 1705 ; 19 Caleb, b April 25, 
1707, m Ruth . 

6. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Merriman married ist, Anna , 2d, Elizabeth 

Peck. 

Children: 20 Nathaniel, h M.a}j 22, 1687; 21 Nathaniel, h 
March 16, 1690 ; 22 Theophilus, b April 28, 1692, m Mary 
, May 9, 1714 ; 23 Samuel, b Dec. 19, 1694, m Sarah 



7. CALEB. 

Caleb Merriman married Mary -^^ — -. He died July 

9, 1703. Estate ;^439. 

Children: 24 Moses, h Oct. 31, 169 1 ; 25 Elizabeth, b May 
4, 1691 ; 26 Eliasaph, b May 21, 1695, m Abigail Hall, Dec. 

10, 1719 ; 27 Phebe, b June 17, 1697 ; 28 Hannah, b Sept. 

10, 1698 ; 29 Phebe, b Sept. 16, 1699, m Waitstill Munson, 
Dec. 10, 1719-; 30 Lydia, b Dec. 3, 1701 ; 31 Lydia, b Nov. 
12, 1702. 

8. MOSES. 

Moses Merriman m Martha . 

Children: 32 yehiel,\i Oc\. 28, 17 13; 33 Esther, b Nov. 

11, 1716, d April 3d, 1734; 34 Phebe, b March 27, 1720; 35 



850 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Benjainin, b Jan. 21, 1722 ; 36 Martha, b Dec. 30, 1723 ; 37 
Mary, b Feb. 26, 1726 ; 38 Lent, b May 25, 1731. 

12. GEORGE. 

George Merriman married ist, Susannah Abernathy, June 
28, 1713 ; 2cl, Ruth . 

Children: 39 Nathan, b Nov. 30, 1713 ; 40 Nathan, b July 
16, 17 17 ; 41 Lois, b Nov. 10, 1720; 42 Susannah, b Sept. 

13, 1723 ; 43 Daniel, b Feb. 22, 1727 ; 44 Molly, b July 6, 
1730 ; 45 Sarah, b May 25, 1733. 

14. ISRAEL. 

Israel Merriman m Comfort Benham, June 23, 17 15. 

Children: 46 Joseph, b Aug. 20, 1716 ; 47 Comfort,h Oct. 
3, 1720; 48 yelin,\) Feb 16, 1724; 49 Lsrael, b Nov. 30, 
1732 ; 50 Elizabeth, b March 11, 1734. 

19. CALEB. 

Caleb Merriman married Ruth , Aug. 31, 1732. 

She died before him. He died of small pox, June 2, 1770. 

Children: 51 Sarah, b May 25, 1733; 52 George, b 1736, 
d Sept. 24, 1787 ; 53 Elizabeth, b Nov. 24, 1739 ; ^^ Ruth, b 
Nov. I, 1741 ; 55 Anna, d July 4, 175 1 ; 56 Jerusha, d July 
5» 1751 J 57 Abigail, d Oct. 3, 1761 ; 58 Caleb, b Feb. 26, 1751, 
dOct. 9, 1751. 

21. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Merriman married Mehitable . 

Children: 59 Samuel, b May 3, 1712 ; 60 David, b Feb. 
II, 1715; 61 Thankful, b May 31, 1717 ; 62 Nathaniel, b 
May 31, 1720, m Prudence Austin, Dec. 19, 1743. 

22. theophilus. 

Theophilus Merriman married Mary . 

Children: 63 Anna, b Sept. i, 17 15 ; 64 Theophilus, b Aug. 

20, 1717. 

23. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Merriman married Sarah Wilcher. 

Children: 65 Samuel, b Aug. 24, 1728 ; 66 Samuel, b Oct. 

14, 1734; 67 Catherine, b Dec. 28, 1736 ; 68 Nicholas, b Feb. 



GENEALOGIES. 85 1 

17, 1737 ; 69 Anna, b March 10, 1737 j 70 Saviuel, b Feb. 
28, 1739 ; 71 Sarah, b Jan. 28, 1742 ; 72 Stephen, b March 
25, 1743 ; 73 Miles, b June 11, 1744; 74 Hannah, b Dec. i, 
1750 ; 75 Eunice, b Aug. 21, 1753. 

26. ELIASAPH. 

Eliasaph Merriman married Abigail Hall ; she with her 
daughter Abigail were killed by lightning, Aug. 4, 1758. He 
died Aug. 14, 1758, ten days after. 

Children: 76 Eunice, b Oct. 7, 1720, d; 77 Eunice, b Jan. 
12, 1722, d; 78 Eunice \) Nov. 24, 1722; 79 Sarah, b Nov. 

18, 1723 ;,8o Titus, b Aug. 28, 1727 ; 81 Caleb, b Sept. 3, 172^^; 
82 Amasa, b about 1730; 83 Elizabeth, b July 27, 1732; 
2>^ Esther, h T)tc. 2, 1734; 85 Abigail, killed by lightning, 
Aug. 4, 1758 ; 86 Elizabeth. 

38. LENT. 

Lent Merriman married Catherine . 

Children: 87 Luce, b Feb. 14, 1755 ; 88 Joel, b Sept. 11, 
1756 ; 89 Mamre, b June 30, 1758 ; 90 Kathe?-ine, b May 23, 
1760 ; 91 Moses, b Oct. 30, 1761. 

46. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Merriman married Deborah . 

Children: 92 Joseph, b Dec. 20, 1732; 93 Susannah, b 
SepL 9, 1745. 

AMA.SA. 

Amasa and Sarah Merriman, of Wallingford. 

Children: 94 Cy/^7/'/<:'j-, b Aug. 20, 1762. He enlisted into 
the army of the Revolution as a drummer, in 1776, became 
drum-major, and served through the war. He married 
Anna Punderson, of New Haven, May 16, 1784, and settled 
in Watertown, where he commenced the business of tailor, 
which he was compelled to relinquish in consequence of ill 
health. After having "ridden post" from New Haven to 
Suffield, Conn., four years, and made a voyage to the West 
Indies, he commenced the mercantile business in Watertown, 
in which he continued until 1829. He died Aug. 26, 1829, 
leaving ten children. 



852 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORU. 

MILES.' 

John Miles was in New England in 1630, and was made 
free in 1732. 

THOMAS. 

Maj. Thomas Miles of New Haven, married Abigail Mix, 
daughter of Thomas Mix, Sept. 7, 1709. His father, Richard 
Miles, died in New Haven in 1663, and his mother, Mrs. 
Katherine Miles, died in Wallingford, Jan. 27, 1683, ae. 
95 yrs. Anna, the wife of Rev. Mr. Samuel Street, was their 
daughter. The tomb-stone of Mrs. Catherine Miles is still in 
the cemetery at Wallingford. Maj. Thomas Miles died Oct. 

5. 1741- 

Children: i yohn, b Jan. 14, 171 1, m Sarah ; 2 

yafues, b Dec. 18, 17 13, m Phebe Thompson, Jan. 10, 1733 ; 
3 Elizabeth, b Sept. 18, 17 18, m Daniel Clark, she d April 17, 
1755 ; 4 Mary, b Nov. 19, 17 19, m Josiah Stanley, March 14, 
1739; 5 Martha, b Nov. 5, 1723 ; 6 Eunice, b Dec. 6, 1726, 
m Stephen Culver, Feb. 12, 1745-6 ; 7 Abigail, b April 2, 1727. 

1. JOHN. 

John and Sarah Miles. He died Nov. 18, 1760. She 
died Nov. 25, 1760. 

Children: 8 Samuel, b Dec. 18, 1714 ; 9 Sarah, b Aug. 28, 
1717 ; 10 yohn, b Oct. 4, 1723 ; 11 Esther, b Aug. 26, 1726 ; 
12 Mehitable, May 2, 1741, she died May 2, 1757. 

2. JAMES. 

Capt. James and Phebe Miles of Wallingford. He was 
Town Clerk of his native place for a great number of years. 
She died Oct. 23, 1756. 

Children: 13 llwmas, b Oct. 14, 1733 ; 14, 15 Samuel, and 
Anna, b Mar. 24, 1735; 16 yoseph, b March 7, 1737; 17 



I For collateral branches, see Allen's Hist. Worcester, Mass. Associa- 
tion, 165, 166 ; Hill's Hist. Mason, N. H., 205 ; Miles' Gen. of Miles 
Family ; Savage's Gen. Diet., ni. 206-8 ; Smith's Hist. Delaware Co., 
Penn., 485 ; Ward's Hist. Shrewsbury, Mass., 368-70 ; Westminster, Mass. 
Centennial Celebration, 30. 



GENEALOGIES. 853 

jfohn^ b Nov. 24, 1739; 18 Catherine^ b Nov. 23, 1741 ; 
19 yames, b Feb. 19, 1743-4; 20 Abigail^ b Nov. 9, 1746 ; 21 
Sarah, b May 20, 1749 ; 22 George, b April 22, 1752. 

8. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Miles m Phebe Tuttle, Nov. 29, 1736, and re- 
sided in Wallingford. 

Children : 21 Joseph, b March 7, 1737 ; 22 Amos, b Feb. 
6, 1738 ; 23 Riifh, b May 24, 1739, m Stephen Hall, April 21, 
1762; 24 Mabel, b Oct. i, 1741, m John McCleave ; 25 
Maj'tha, b June 28, 1743 ; 26 Joel, b Nov. 18, 1749 ; 27 
Isaac, b Aug, 25, 1752 ; 28 Samuel, b Aug. 12, 1757. 
10. JOHN. 

John Miles m Martha Curtis, Nov. 14, 1743, and resided 
in Wallingford. 

Children : 29 John, b Aug. 31, 1745 ; 30 Sitneon, b April 4, 
1746 ; 31 Sarah, b Sept. 30, 1749. 

DANIEL. 

Daniel Miles married Anna , of Wallingford. 

He died Dec. 12, 1756. 

Children: 32 Samuel, b Oct. 9, 1746; 2>Z Charles, b Feb. 
8, 1748 ; 34 Susannah, b Sept. 6, 1750; 35 Molly, b Oct." 19, 
1753 ; l^ Anna, b April 4, 1756. 

22. GEORGE. 

George Miles son of Capt. James Miles, came to Wall- 
ingford some thirty-five or forty years since, and remained 
there, until his decease, a single man, greatly advanced in 
life. He died Feb. 13, 1838, ae. 86 years. He was the last 
of the male members of the Miles family in Wallingford. 



MIX.' 

JOHN. 

John Mix was the first of the name who was in Walling- 
ford. He had assigned to him in 1670, lot No. 12, the same 



I For collateral branches, see Savage's Gen. Diet, in. 222, 223. 
F F F 



854 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

on which now (1870) stand the houses of Joel Peck, de- 
ceased, and the heirs of the late Hon. Edgar Atwater. He 
was the eldest son of Thomas Mix Sen., of New Haven. 
Daniel, his brother, also settled in Wallingford, married Ruth 

, May 2, 1678. 

Children: i Thomas, b March 25, 1678-9, m Deborah 
Royce, March 2, 1705 ; 2 Lydia, b July 31, 1682, m Ebenezer 
Hall ; 2,-DanieI, b June i, 1685, m Lydia Erwin, May 24, 1732. 

I. THOMAS. 

Thomas Mix, son of Daniel and Ruth, married Deborah 
Royce, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Royce ; she died 
Dec. 15, 1738. 

Children: 4 Abigail, b Jan. 29, 1706 ; 5 yosia/i, b Nov. 20, 
1707 : 6 Thomas, b Nov. 27, 1709 ; 7 Daniel, b April 27, 
1712 ; 8 Deborah, b March 17, 1744; 9, 10 Hannah and 
Sarah, b Jan. 30, 1716 ; 11 Stepfien, b May 8, 1718, m Re- 
becca ; 12 Enos, b May 29, 1720 ; 13 Sarah, b April i, 

1723, m Christopher Robinson, April 14, 1757 ; 14 Martha, b 
July 18, 1725 ; 15 Timothy, h Dec. 28, 1727 ; 16 Enos, b May 
29, 1730, d Dec. 20, 1737. 

3. DANIEL. 

Daniel Mix married Lydia Eiwin, May 28, 1712. He 
was a son of Daniel and Ruth Mix. 

Children: 17 Benjamin, b Aug. 13, 1713 ; 18 Lydia, b 
Sept. 21, 1716; 19 Ruth, b Oct. 5, 1718 ; 20 Benjamin, b Dec. 
II, 1720; 21 Isaac, b June 7, 1723, d; 22 Isaac, b Nov. 5, 
1727 ; 23 Daniel, b Nov. 31, 1730 ; 24 jfei-emiah, b Nov. 12, 

1737- 

5. josiah. 

Josiah Mix, son of Thomas and Deborah Mix, married 
ist, Sybil Holt; she d Aug. 5, 1731. He married 2d, Abi- 
gail Porter, Dec. 20, 1742. 

Children: 25 Jesse, b Oct. 22, 1731, m Deborah Parker; 
26 Eldad, b Oct. 4, 1733 ; 27 Titus, b Dec. 4, 1735, d ; 28 Sybil, 
b April 5, 1738. By 2d marriage: 29 Titus^ b Dec. 4, i745- 



GENEALOGIES. 855 

6. THOMAS. 

Thomas Mix, son of Thomas and Deborah Mix, married 
Ruth . 

Children: 30 Samuel, b Feb. 3, 1740 ; 31 Thomas, b Aug. 
12, 1745 ; 32 Enos, b Feb. 2, 1747 ; 33 John, b Aug. 23, 
1750, d in Wallingford ; 34 Amos, b Dec. 2, 1753. 

II. STEPHEN. 

Stephen Mix married Rebecca . 

Children: 35 Rebecca, b May 13, 1747 ; 36 Stephen, b Nov. 
2, 1748; 37 Sarah, b Dec. 31, 1749. 

25. JESSE. 

Jesse Mix married Deborah Parker, Nov. 22, 1753. 
Children: 38 Ruth, b Sept. 15, 1754; 39 Josiah, b Aug. 
22, 1755, m ist, Mindwell Royce, 2d, Keziah Royce. 

THEOPHILUS. 

Theophilus and Damaris Mix were married Jan. 17, 
1729. He died in Meriden July 3, 1750, ae. 53 years. 

Children: 40 Moses, b Jan. 3, 1730, died Feb 14, 1730; 41 
Mary, b April 3, 1731 ; 42 Sarah, b Aug. 26, 1732 ; 43 Mary, 
b Aug. 4, 1734, d ; 44 Mary, b Aug., 1735, ^ Sept. 3, 1735 ; 
45 Eber. ' ' 

39. JOSIAH. 

Josiah Mix was twice married, ist to Mindwell Royce, 
Aug. 17, 1777. She died in 1802. He married her sister 
Keziah Royce, Jan. 2, 1803. He formerly owned and occu- 
pied the house, late the residence of Harley Morse, at Yales- 
ville. In 1816, he, with his family, removed to Ohio and 
settled at Atwater. He died at Rootstown, Ohio, in his 91st 
year. His wife Keziah died at Atwater, Ohio, ae. 82 yrs. 

Children: 46 jfames, b Juiie 7, 1778, m Miss Curtis; 47 
Josiah, b Sept. 15, 1779, m Sarah Mattoon, d Feb. 4, 1867 ; 
48 Sarah, b June 7, 1782, m Joseph Rice, d in 1818 ; 49 
Mitidweli, b June i, 1784; 50 Rebecca, b May i, 1787, m 
ist, Joseph Hull, 2d, Joseph Parker, d in Wallingford; 51 
Stephen, b Feb. 14, 1790, m Polly Owens, d Jan. 10, 1832 ; 52 



856 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Amanda^ b April 13, 1792, m Earl Hawkins, Oct. 24, 1823 ; 
53 jfidia^ d June 10, 1801 ; 54 Fhcbe, b Feb. 7, 1799, m 
James Webber, March i, 1827, is living in Atwater, Ohio. 
By 2d marriage: 55 Julia, b Feb. 4, 1804, m Chauncey 
Andrews; ^d Enieline^h M.2ixc[\ 14, 1805, m John B. Whit- 
telsey, Oct. 15, 1827, d Sept. 19, 1863 ; 57 Samuel, b Feb. 23, 
1807, m Jane Case, is living at Rootstown, Ohio ; 58 Lucy, 
■ b Feb. 8, 1809, m Dr. L. W. Trask. 

JOHN. 

John Mix married Elizabeth , and settled on the 

North Farms in Wallingford, as a blacksmith. He raised a 
large family of sons who learned their trades of him. He 
died Oct. 3, 182 1, ae. 75 years. Mrs. Elizabeth died Sept. 7, 
1845, ae. 81 years. 

Children: 59 John, b 1784, m Olive Ives; 60 Titus, b 
1787, d Aug. 31, 1833, ae. 46 ; 61 Eli, b 1802, d Dec. 16, 
1848, ae. 46 ; 62 Elias, d in Prospect ; 63 William, died at 
Cheshire, was a miller at Hough's Mills ; 64 Thomas, m a 
daughter of Abel Sanford. 

59- J«HN. 

John Mix married Olive Ives of Wallingford. He was a 
blacksmith at Yalesville or Tyler's Mills, for several years. 
He died April 5, 1849, ae. 65 years. 

Children: 6^ Joel; 66 Joh/i, m Barnes, residence 

Cheshire ; 67 Butler, d unmarried at Prospect ; 68 Garry /., 
is a manufacturer at Yalesville, Conn. ; 69 William, resides in 
New Haven ; 70 Erwin, resides in Cheshire ; 71 Olive ; 72 
Sylvia, m William Haywood, and resides at Brooklyn, N. Y. 

60. TITUS. 

Titus Mix, son of John and Elizabeth, was a blacksmith 
in the southeastern part of Meriden, and was at one time 
celebrated as a plough-maker. 

Child : 73 Titus Mix, lives in Cheshire. 

DANIEL. 

Daniel and Ruth Mix were in Wallingford as early as 
1667. The name of his 2d wife was Deborah . 



GENEALOGIES. 857 

Children by ist marriage : 74 T/icnnas, b March 25, 1678; 
75 Lydia, b July 22, 1682 ; 76 Daniel, b July i, 1684, m 

Lydia , May 28, 17 12. By 2d marriage: 77 .Daniel,\> 

April 2, 1702 ; 78 Abigail, b Jan. 29, 1706; 79 jfosiah, b 
Nov. 20, 1707 ; 80 Thomas, b Nov. 27, 1709. 

76. DANIEL. 

Daniel Mix m Lydia . 

Children: 81 Deborah, b March 17, 1714; 82 Hannah, b 
Jan. 20, 1716 ; 83 Enos, b March 29, 1720, d Dec. 20, 1737 ; 
84 Sarah, b April 21, 1723; 85 Isaac, b Nov. 5, 1724; 86 
Martha, b July 18, 1725 ; 87 Joanna, b March 13, 1726 ; 88 
Timothy, b Dec. 28, 1727 ; 89 Daniel, b March 31, 1730. 

THEOPHILUS. 

Theophilus Mix married Damaris . 

Children : 90 Moses, b Jan. 3, 1730 ; 91 Mary, b Aug. 4, 
1733 ; 92 Eben, b Sept. 3, 1735. 



MOSS. 



lOHN. 

John Moss, the ancestor of all who bear the name in 
these parts, was in New Haven as early as 1645, '^^^ perhaps 
before that date. He was a prominent man there, frequently 
representing the people in the General Court. As early as 
1667, we find him in what is now Wallingford, perambulating 
the countr}^ in that region for the purpose of settling a village 
there. In 1670, at the age of 67 years, we find him exerting 
himself before the General Court at Hartford, to procure an 
act of incorporation, changing the name of the village to 
that of Wallingford, which was carried into effect the 12th 
day of May, 1670. At this time he was a member of the 
General Court from New Haven. Afterwards he was fre- 
quently a member of said Court, as a representative from 
Wallingford. He was a very active member of the company, 



I For collateral branches, see Savage's Gen. Uict., 111. 246, 247. 



858 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

and a leader among the settlers, who were constantly filling 
up the place. 

He was at first located on a lot at the south end of the 
village, a short distance below the present residence of 
Constant Webb, and adjoining his friends, John Brockett and 
Samuel Brown, to whom was assigned the lot on which the 
Beach house now stands. Failing to settle on it within the 
time limited, his title was forfeited, and the committee to 
whom such matters were referred, gave it to John Moss Jr., 
and the same remained in the possession of his heirs and 
descendants, until the death of the late Ebenezer Morse. 

John Moss sen. died in 1707, at the advanced age of 103 
years. 

His sons, I Mercy, and 2 John, were among the early 
settlers of Wallingford. 

MERCY. I 

Mercy Moss, son of John the emigrant, married and set- 
tled in New Haven ; was for a time in Wallingford. 
Child: 3 jfohn^ b Jan. 7, 1677. 

2. JOHN. 

John Moss Jr., son of John the emigrant, m Martha La- 
throp, 1677. She died Sept. 21, 1719, and he died March 31, 
17 17. He settled on the Moses Y. Beach lot, and built a 
house upon it, in which I suppose he died. 

Children: 4 Mary, b Jan. 7, 1677; ^Esther, b Jan. 5, 
1678 ; 6 Dea. Samuel, b Nov. 18, 1680, m Susannah Hall, Dec. 
15) i7°3 j 7 yohn, b Nov. 10, 1682, m Elizabeth Hall, Feb. 25, 
1708 ; 8 Martha, b Dec. 22, 1684 ^ 9 Solomon, b July 9, 1690, 
m Ruth Peck, Jan. 28, 1714; 10 Isaac, b July 6, 1692, m 
Hannah Royce, May 2, 17 17 ; 11 Mary, b July 23, 1694, m 
Solomon Munson, June 28, 1714; 12 Israel, h Dec. 31, 1696, 
m Lydia ; 13 Be/ijami/i, b Feb. 10, 1702, m Abigail 



6. SAMUEL. 

Dea. Samuel Moss, son of John and Martha Lathrop 
Moss, married Susannah Hall, Dec. 15, 1703. ■ He died July 



GENEALOGIES. 859 

29, 1765, ae. 85 yrs. ; she died March 4, 1766, ae. 83 yrs. 

Children: 14 Theophilus, b Oct. 24, 1704, m Ruth Bunny; 

\^ Martha, \i June 7, 1706; 16 Susannah^ b Dec. 5, 1708; 

17 Samuel, b April 4, 171 1, m Hannah ; 18 Esther, 

b July 30, 1713 ; 19 Isaac, b Dec. 5, 1715, m Hannah , 

2d, Keziah Bowers ; 20 Sarah, b Feb. 10, 1718 ; 21 Isaiah, b 
Oct. 16, 1720; 22 Be.thiah, b March 2, 1723. 

7. JOHN. 

John Moss, son of John and Martha Moss, married Eliza- 
beth . She died Jan. 27, 1754; he died May 14, 1755. 

Children: 23 Hannah, h Nov. 11, 1709; 24 Elizabeth, b 

Oct. 6, 1710; 25 Samuel, b April 4, 1711, m Mary ; 

26 Joseph, b Feb. 9, 1714, m Lydia Jones, Feb. 4, 1735; 27 
Mary, b April 22, 1716; 28 yohn, b Nov. 14, 1720; 29 Levi, 
b Sept. 30, 1722 ; 30 Eunice, b Feb. 6, 1728 ; 31 Thankful, b 
April 26, 1729. 

9. SOLOMON. 

Solomon Moss, son of John and Martha Moss, married 
Ruth Peck. She died March 29, 1728. He married Sarah 



Children by ist marriage: 32 Martha, b June 7, 1706; ^t^ 
Susannah, b Dec. 5, 1708; 34 Daniel, b May 15, 1716; 35 
Daniel, h Oct. 28, 1717, m Mary Watts, Oct. 3, 1737; 36 
Abigail, h March 7, 1718; 37 Solomon, b Oct. 31, 1719, m 

Sarah ; 38 I^uth, b Aug. 5, 172 1 ; 39 Martha, b Sept. 

30, 1723 ; 40 Abigail, b July 9, 1729. Children by 2d mar- 
riage: 41 Lois, b Jan. 7, 1730; 42 Jonathan, b Feb. 8, 1731 ; 
43 Sarah, b Nov. 28, 1734. 

10. ISAAC. 

Isaac Moss, son of John and Martha Moss, married Han- 
nah Royce, May 2, 17 17. 

Children : 44 Heman, b July 21, 1718, d May 9, 172 1 ; 45 
Hannah, b March 7, 1722; 46 Orzel; 47 Jesse, b March 10, 
1729; 48 Elihu, b May 25, 1731J ^() Mehifable, b May 9, 
1735- 



860 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

12. ISRAEL. 

Israel Moss, son of John and Martha, married Lydia . 

Children: <^o Nathaniel, b Dec. 19, 1722 ; 51 Isaiah, b Apr. 
10, 1725 ; Lydia, b March, 1727 ; 53 Isaiah, b Dec. 15, 1731 ; 
^Of Keziah, b Dec. 9, 1734, d Jan. 20, 1737; 55 Asahel, b 
Feb. 22, 1737 ; 56 Keziah, b July 27, 1739. 

13. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Moss, son of John and Martha, married Abi- 
gail . 

Children: c^'j Abigail, b Dec. 28, 1728; 58 Benjatnin, b 
Nov. 27, 1729 ; 59 Barnabas, b Dec. 27, 1733 ; 60 Timothy, b 
March 17, 1736 ; 61 Abigail, b Sept. 30, 1740; 62 Joseph, b 
Dec. 17, 1742 ; 63 Martha, b Jan. 27, 1744-5 ; 64 Eunice, b 
Aug. 12, 1747. 

17. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Moss, son of Samuel and Susannah Moss, mar- 
ried ist, Mary Judd, May 28, 1734 ; she died, and he married 
2d, Hannah , Jan. 28, 1748. 

Children: 65 Susannah, b Oct. 20, 1735, ^ F^^. i, 1747 ; 
66 Samuel, b March 31, 1739 ; 67 jfoshua, b Jan. 18, 1742 ; 
68 Sarah, b April 30, 1745 ; 69 Thomas, b Jan. 21, 1747 ; 70 
Thomas, b July 27, 1751; 71 Mary, b April 9, 1753; 72 
Martha, b May 10, 1755 ; 73 Bethia, b May 21, 1757. 

19. ISAAC. ,1 . , , ; 

Isaac Moss, son of Samuel and Susannah, married Hannah 

. She died March 31, 1731, ae. 40. He married 2d,^^^ 

Keziah Bowers, Oct. 4, 1736. j 1 

Children : 74 Ebenezer, b June 15, 1723 ; 75 Heman,^) Jan. 
2, 1727 ; 76 Capt. Jesse, b Dec. 16, 1729, d at Cheshire, jyW 
March 20, 1793, ae. 64 years ; 77 Mehitable, d May 9, 1735 ; ., 
78 Isaac, b Nov. 5, 1734. By 2d marriage : 79 Keziah, b March , 
18, 1746. '^^ 

26. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Moss, son of John and Elizabeth, married Lydia 
Jones, Feb. 4, 1735. ^^ ^^^^ ^^ Cheshire, July 10, 1775, ae. 
62 yrs. 



GENEALOGIES. 86l 

Children: 80 Rhoda, b Jan. 9, 1736; 81 Moses, b March 
18, 1738 ; 82 Eliada, b Aug. 18, 1740; 83 Eunice, b May 5, 
1742 ; 84 Hannah, b April 9, 1745 ; 85 Joseph, b March 21, 
1747 ; 86 Elizabeth, b May 31, 1750; 87 Isaac, b March 29, 
1754 ; 88 Sarah, b March 22, 1757 ; 89 Amos, b Oct. 2, 1760. 

28. JOHN. 

John Moss, son of John and Elizabeth, married Lydia 
l(ttW^ gj^g (jjg^l ^j^^ ]-,g jfiarried for second wife, Sarah . 

Children by ist marriage: 90 Amasa, h April 22, 1746 ; 
91 yohn, b Sept. 3, 1747; 92 ^oe/, d Jan. 12, 1726; 93 
Eunice, b Oct. 30, 1750; 94 John, b April 7, 1753. By 2d 
marriage: 95 Sarah ; 96 Phebe, b May 6, 1760. 

29. LEVI. 

Levi Moss, son of John and Elizabeth, married Martha 



Children: 97 Amos, b Nov. 17, 1744; 98 Levi, b Nov. 16, 
1746; 99 Elizabeth, b Dec. 3, 1748; 100 Eunice, h Oct. 30, 
1750; 1 01 John, b Feb. 14, 1751 j 102 Martha, b Aug. 18, 
1753 ; 103 Martha, b Nov. 28, 1755 ; 104 Stephen, b Feb.'d, 
1758 ; 105 Hannah, b July 24, 1760. 

35. DANIEL. 

Daniel Moss, son of Solomon and Ruth, married Mindwell 



Children: 106 Chloe,h Dec. 6, 1739; 10'] Simeon, h Oct. 

16, 1740 ; 108 David, b Sept. 30, 1742. 

47. JESSE. 

Jesse Moss, son of Isaac and Hannah Moss, married 
Mary — — . 

Children : 109 Hannah, b June 16, 1754 ; no Joel, b Dec. 

17, 1755, d Nov. 22, 1756 ; III yesse, b Sept. 10, 1757 ; 112 
Reiiben,'^h June 11, 1759; 113 Job, b April 25, 1761 ; 114 
jfob, b April 25, 1762. 

50. NATHANIEL. 

_ Nathaniel Moss, son of Israel and Lydia Moss, married 
Mary -. 



862 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: \\^ Stephen, b Oct. 6, 1752; 116 Nathaniel, \> 
April 15, 1754; 117 Keziah,\) M.2Ly 13, 1756; 118 Mar}\\i 
July 19, 1758; 119 Lydia, b Aug. 26, 1760. 

53. ISAIAH. 

Isaiah Moss, son of Israel and Lydia Moss, married 
Phebe Doolittle, April 11, 1738; she died May 10, 1758. 

Children: 120 Phebe, b June 3, 1739 ; 121 Hezekiah, b Jan. 
20, 1741, d July 10, 1742; 122 Mehitable, b Nov. 15, 1743; 
123 Hezekiah, b Nov. 3, 1746; 124 Phebe, b Aug. 18, 1752 ; 
125 Linus, b March 2, 1761. 



MUNSON. 



SAMUEL. 

Samuel Munson, the first of the name in Wallingford, 
married Martha Bradley of New Haven, Oct. 26, 1665. She 
died Jan. 9, 1707. He married for his 2d wife, Mary Merri- 
man, March 10, 1708. He was a shoemaker and tanner of 
leather, and owned the lot on which now stands the house of 
Aimer I. Hall, Esq. He died in Wallingford, Nov. 24, 1741, 
ae. 74 years. 

Children by ist marriage : i Martha, b May 6, 1667, in New 
Haven ; 2 Satnuel, b Feb. 28, 1669; 3 Thomas, b March 12, 
1670, in New Haven, d in Cheshire, Sept. 28, 1746, ae. 76; 4 
jfohn, b Jan. 28, 1672 ; 5 Theophilus, b Sept. i, 1675 \ ^ jFoseph, 
b Nov. I, 1677 ; 7 Stephen, b Dec. 5, 1679 ; 8 Caleb, b Nov. 19, 

1682, m Elizabeth ; 9 Joshjia, b Feb. 7, 1684, d Dec. 

9, 171 1 ; 10 Israel, b March 6, 1686 ; 11 Solomon, b Feb. 18, 
1689, m Mary Cooley ; 12 Samuel, b Aug. 25, 1*691, m 
Rachel Cook ; 13 Mario, b Feb. 15, 1693 ; 14 William, b 

Oct. 13, 1695, "^ Rebecca , in 1750; 15 Waitstill,h 

Dec. 12, 1-697; 16 Euniee, b Sept. 13, 1700; 17 Obedience, b 
Oct. 13, 1792 ; 18 Katherine, b June 3, 1704, m John Mitchell, 
Oct. 12, 1702. By 2d marriage: 19 Tamar, b Dec. 5, 1709. 

I Machias Centennial Celebration, 171 ; Savage's Gen. Diet., III. 257; 
Temple's Eccles. Hist. Whately, Mass., 36. 



GENEALOGIES. 863 

5. THEOPHILUS. 

Theophilus Munson, son of Samuel and Martha, married 
to Mary Moss, by Mr. Hall, June 28, 17 14. 
Child: 20, Eliasaph, b Nov. 17, 17 19. 

6. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Munson, son of Samuel and Martha Munson, 
married Margery Hitchcock, March 10, 1699. 

Children: 21 Abel, b Jan. 10, 1701, m Sarah Peck; 22 
Abigail, b April 3, 1704, m Ichabod Merriman, Oct. 17, 1725 ; 
23 jfoseph, b Dec. 21, 1705 ; 24 Desire, b Feb. 7, 1707 ; 25 
Thankful, b Jan. 8, 1708 ; 26 Ephraim, b Nov. 15, 1714 ; 27 
Margery, b Oct. 10, 1717 ; 28 Jemima, b March 27, 1720 ; 29 
Auger, b April 7, 1725, d Dec. 17, 1726. 

8. CALEB. 

Caleb Munson, son of Samuel and Martha Munson, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Brewer, March 26, 1706. 

Children : 30 Keziah, b Jan. 13, 1706 ; 31 Caleb, b Aug. 19, 

1709, m Abigail Brockett, April 23, 1735 ; 32 Elizabeth, b 
March 31, 1717; 2)2) Merriam, b April 12, 1720. 

9. JOSHUA. 

Joshua Munson, son of Samuel and Martha Munson, 
married Katharine, daughter of Rev. Samuel Street, Dec. 20, 

17 10. He died Dec. 9, 171 1. 

Children: 34 Joshua, b Aug. 2, 17 10; 35 Mary, b March 
2, 1712. 

II. SOLOMON. 

Solomon Munson, son of Samuel and Martha Munson, 
married Mary Moss, June 28, 17 14; m Sarah Peck, June 

14, 1753- 

Children : 36 Martha, b Sept. 14, 1715 ; 37 Samuel, b 
Sept. 15, 1 7 17 ; 38 Elizabeth, b Nov. 17, 17 19. By 2d mar- 
riage: 39 Jonathan, b June 30, 1756 ; 40 Eunice, b Nov. 19, 
1754 ; 41 Sarah, b Dec. 11, 1760. 

12. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Munson, son of Samuel and Martha, married 



864 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Mary Merriman, March 10, 1708. She died Nov. 28, 1755. 
He died Nov. 23, 1741. 

Children: 42 Samuel, b Feb. 5, 1709; 43 Merriman, b 
Nov. 30, 1710 ; if\ Mamre, b Dec. 16, 1712 ; 45 Lent, b Mar. 
6, 1714. 

14. WILLIAM. 

William Munson, son of Samuel and Martha, married 
Rebecca -, in 1750. 

Children: 46 Martha, b April 2, 1729, m Ambrose Doolit- 
tle ; 47 William, b July 5, 1731 ; 48 Eunice, b Aug. 15, 1733 ; 

49 Peter, b Nov. 22, 1735, ^ ^^ Cheshire in 1833, ae. 98 yrs. ; 

50 Hannah, b Sept 6, 1737 ; 51 George, b Oct. 7, 1739 ; 52 
Samuel ; 53 Amasa, b Jan. 27, 1741. 

15. WAITSTILL. 

Waitstill Munson, son of Daniel and Martha, married 
Phebe Merriman, Dec. lo, 17 19. 

Children : 54 Reuben, b May 9, 1721 ; 55 Hannah, b Feb. 
20, 1723: ^6 Samuel, b Dec. 7, 1724; 57 Phebe, h Jan. 14, 
1726 ; 58 Solomon, b March 19, 1728, m Sarah Peck, June 14, 
1753; 59 Waitstill, b Nov. 24, 1729; 60 Mamre, b Jan. 20, 
1734, m Timothy Carrington, Sept. 26, i75ii 61 Martha, b 
June II, 1738. 

21. ABEL. 

Abel Munson, son of Joseph and Margery, married 
Sarah Peck, Nov. 7, 1728. 

Children: 62 Mary, b May 2, 1732, m Joseph Doolittle, 
March 11, 1756 ; 63 Titus, b July 5, 1734 ; 64 Lud, b May 5, 
1736 ; 65 Levi, b Aug. 29, 1738 ; 66 Sarah, b Sept. 6, 1740 ; 
67 Nathaniel, b Oct. 20, 1742 ; 68 Abigail, b Sept. 2, 1744; 
69 Margery, b Nov. 3, 1746; 70 Lydia, b Oct., 1748; 71 
Abel, b Jan 3, 1749 ; 72 Joseph, b Nov. 16, 1751. 

30. CALEB. 

Caleb Munson, son of Caleb and Elizabeth Munson, 
married Abigail Brockett, April 3, 1735. He died July 25, 
t747- ■ ■ 



GENEALOGIES. 865' 

Children: 'jt, Mabel, b June 2, 1730; 74 ^/^//t'r, b March 
2, 1736 ; 75 Harmon, b Oct. 28, 1738 ; 76 Caleb, b March 13, 
1741 ; 77 Cornelius, b April 16, 1742 ; 78 Benjamin, b Aug. 
23. 1744- 

33. JOSHUA. 

Joshua Munson, son of Joshua and Katherine Munson, 
married Anna . 

Children: 79 Joshua, b Feb. 4, 1750 ; 80 Elizabeth, b Feb. 
29, 1752; 81 Joshua, b Aug. 2, 1754; 82 Lucy, b Feb. 3, 
1757 J 83 Anna, b June 28, 1760. 

42. MERRIMAN. 

Dea. Merriman Munson, son of Samuel and Mary 

Munson, married ist, Esther . She died April 6, 

1757 ; he m 2d, Thankful Peck, June 23, 1758. 

Children : 84 Sarah, b Dec. 16, 1734 ; 85 Esther, b March 
25, 1740 ; 86 Samuel, b Dec. 8, 1741 ; 87 Mamre, b Aug. 12, 
1745, d Sept. 17, 1745. By 2d marriage: 88 Sarah, b Oct. 
7, 1758. 

44. LENT. 

Lent Munson, son of Samuel and Mary Munson, mar- 
ried Mary . 

Children: 89 Mamre, b Dec. 9, 1749, d Aug. 31, 175 1 ; 90 
John, b Aug. 25, 1754; 91 Luce, b Feb. 14, 1755 ; 92 Mary, 
b Sept. 29, 1756. 

46. WILLIAM. 

William Munson, son of William and Rebecca, married 
Phebe . 

Children : 93 Medad, b Aug. 31, 1731 ; 94 Martha, b Jan. 
16, 1740. 

48. peter. 

Peter Munson, son of William and Rebecca, married and 
settled in Cheshire, where he died ae. 92 years. 

Children : 95 Waitstill, d in New York a Methodist 
minister, left numerous descendants ; 96 Reuben, d in N. York \ 
97 Levi, d in Cheshire, Conn. 



866 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

53. REUBEN. 

Reuben Munson, son of Waitstill and Phebe, married 
Mary Chittenden, Dec. 21, 1741. 

Children : 98 Stephen^ b Sept. 23, 1742 ; 99 Moses, b Sept. 
24, 1744 ; 100 Reuben, b Dec. 22, 1746. ■ 

^ 57. SOLOMON. 

Solomon Munson, son of Waitstill and Phebe, married 
Sarah . 

Children: loi Eit?iice,h '^ov. 19, 1754; 102 Jonathan, b 
June 3, 1756. 

58. WAITSTILL. 

Waitstill Munson, son of Waitstill and Phebe, married 



Children: 103 Martha, h }\.vs\q. ii, 1738; 104 Zerah, was 
a shoemaker ; 105 Himn. 

62. TITUS. 

Titus Munson, son of Abel and Sarah, married Lydia 
Lindsley, Sept. 22, 1759. 

Child: 106 Irene, b March 9, 1758. 

92. REUBEN. 

Reuben Munson, son of Peter and Rebecca Munson, 
married and settled in the city of New York, and became 
a wealthy manufacturer of combs. He had a large family 
of children, among whom were William and others whose 
names I have not learned. 

96. LEVI. 

Levi Munson, son of Peter and , married Tenny 

Brooks of Cheshire, and settled on the old homestead of his 
father, about a mile and a half north of the village of Che- 
shire, where he died. 

Children : 107 Levi ; 108 Abbey, m Rier Bristol of Cheshire ; 

109 ; no Benjamin F., m ist, Abigail Atkins, 2d, Anna 

Cook ; III Truman, m W. Hitchcock. 



GENEALOGIES. 86/ 

98. MOSES. 

Moses Munson, son of Reuben and Mary, married Phebe 



Children: 112 John,\> Aug. 2,' 1740; 113 Thomas E.,\i 
April 5, 1742 ; 114 Margaretta, b April 14, 1744 ; 115 Caleb, 
b May 22, 1746; 116 Hannah, b May 17, 1748; 117 Moses, 
b Aug. 13, 1750. 

EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer and Abigail Munson. 

Children: 118 Thomas, b Oct. 24, 1741 ; 119 Lydia, b Jan. 
30, 1745; 120 Elizabeth, b Jan. 13, 1746; 121 Patie?ice, b 
Aug. 31, 1749 ; 122 Jesse, b July 5, 175 1 ; 123 Johti, b Dec. 

3> 1752- 

OBADIAH. 

Obadiah Munson married ist, Rachel Tyler, Feb. 28, 
1753, 2d, Mary Williams, Oct. 15, 1755. 

Children : 124 Barnabas, b Sept. 24, 1754 ; 125 Wilmot, b 
July 23, 1755 ; 126 Lydia, b Aug. 11, 1756; 127 Hannah, b 
Jan, 12, 1757 ; 128 Stephen, b Sept. 10, 1759; 129 Daniel, b 
March 23, 1761. 

129. DAVID. 

David and Sarah Munson. 

Children: 130 David, b Jan. 23, 1741 ; 131 Amos, b Oct. 
13, 1745- 

WALTER. 

Walter Munson married Phebe . 

Child: 132 Martha, d Jan. 26, 1740. 

ELIASAPH. 

Eliasaph Munson married Rebecca , and settled 

on a farm on the west side of the river in Wallingford. He 
died Jan. i, 1826, ae. 75. Mrs. Rebecca died Aug. 9, 1849, 
ae. 90 years. 

Children: 132 Chauncey ; 133 yPrt-r//,^/, m John B.Johnson; 
134 Sarah, m Billions Cook. 



HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 
NOYES.' 

JAMES. 

Rev. James Noyes came from England in 1634, and is the 
ancestor of the Noyes family in Connecticut. He was born 
in 1608, in Choulderton, Wiltshire, England. His father was 
a minister of that place, and was a very learned man. He 
came to this country because he could not comply with the 
ceremonies of the Church of England. He was married to 
Miss Sarah Brown of Southampton, not long before he came 
to this country, which was in 1634. He was first called to 
preach in Mystic, and continued there nearly a year. After- 
ward he settled in Newbury, Mass., and was pastor of the 
church in that place for more than twenty years. He died 
Oct. 22, 1656, in the 48th year of his age. He had six sons 
and two daughters, all of whom lived to be married, and had 
children. Three of his sons graduated at Harvard College, 
and settled in the ministry. 

James was pastor of a church in Stonington, Conn. 
Moses settled in Lyme, Conn., and died 1729, in his 86th 
year, after having resided with his people 60 years. Nicho- 
las, brother of Rev. James, settled in Salem, Mass. 

JAMES. 

Rev. James Noyes of Stonington, married Dorothy Stanton, 
Sept. II, 1674. He was one of the founders and first trus- 
tees of Yale College ; was pastor of the church in Stonington 
50 years. He died Dec. 30, 1719-20, ge. 80 yrs. 

Children : i y antes, born in England, his sons were John, 
b 1619, d in Roxbury, Mass., 1682, and Robert, who settled 

I For collateral branches, see Coffin's Hist. Newbury, Mass., 312 ; 
Hobart's Hist. Abingdon, Mass., 423-6 ; Journals of Smith and Dean of 
Portland, Me., 158; Kingman's Hist. North Bridgewater, Mass., 582-4 ; 
Noyes' Gen. of Noyes Family; Poor's Hist, and Gen. Researches, 119, 
120, 136-40, 168, 169; Savage's Gen. Diet., iii. 296-299; Ward's Hist. 
Shrewsbury, Mass., 388-90 ; Wyman's Hunt Family Gen., 1 19, 120 ; also 
p. 291 of this history. 



GENEALOGIES. 869 

in Roxbury, m Sarah Lynde ; 2 Thoinas ; 3 yohn ; 4 jfoscph, 
m Abigail Pierrepont ; 5 Moses ; 6 Dolly. 

3. JOHN. 

John Noyes, son of Rev. James of Stonington, married 
Mary Fish, at Stonington, Nov. 16, 1758. 

Children: 8 Rebecca^ b Nov. 22, 1759, d at Stonington, 

May 14, 1760; 9 jfoseph, b Feb. 14, 1761, m Burr; 10 

jfohn, b Aug. 27, 1762, m • Skidmore ; 11 jfamcs, b Aug. 

14, 1764, m Anna Holbrook ; 12 Mary, b June 21, 1766, d 
Aug., 1770 ; 13 Anna. 

Mary, the wid. of John Noyes, married 2d, Gen. Gold S. 
Silliman of Fairfield, Conn., in 1775, and had two children 
by her second marriage : Gold S. Silliman, Esq., lawyer, of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., and the late Prof. Benjamin Silliman 
of Yale College. 

4. JOSEPH. 

Rev. Joseph Noyes, son of Rev. James of Stonington, 
was born in 1688, graduated in Yale College in 1709. After 
receiving his first degree, being then about 22 years of age, he 
became tutor in Yale College, and served four years in that 
office. He was ordained and installed over the church in 
New Haven, July, 1716. He married Nov. 6, 17 16, Miss 
Abigail Pierrepont, dau. of his predecessor. Rev. James Pierre- 
pont. None of their children lived to be married except one 
son and two daughters, viz. : John, Abigail, who married 
Thomas Darling, Esq., of New Haven, and Sarah, who mar- 
ried Col. Chester, of Wethersfield, Conn. He died June 16, 
1 76 1, a. 73 yrs. 

7. JOHN. 

Rev. John Noyes, son of Rev. Joseph, graduated at Yale 
College in 1756, and was licensed to preach, May 31, 1757. 
He died Nov. 5, 1767, ae. 32 yrs. 

10. JOHN. 

Rev. John Noyes, son of Rev. John Noyes, was born 
Aug. 27, 1760, graduated at Yale College, Sept., 1779, and 
was licensed to preach, in Oct., 1783, by the Western Asso- 

G G G 



8/0 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

elation of Fairfield Co., Conn. He was ordained and in- 
stalled at Northfield parish, town of Weston, Fairfield Co., 
Conn., May 30, 1786. He married Eunice Sherwood, March 
8, 1786. 

Children : 14 Samuel Sherzuood, b May 20, 1787 \ 15 Mary, 
b Nov. 3, 1788; 16 John, b May 11, 1788; 17 WiUiatn.h 
May 23, 1792 ; 18 Ebenezcr, b March 27, 1794; 19 Benjafnin, 
b Feb. 5, 1796, d April 21, 1815 ; 20 Charles, b June 23, 
1798, d July 9, 182 1 ; 21 Eunice, b Aug. 21, 1800, d Feb. 13, 
1804 ; 22 Burr, b Aug. 31, 1803, d July 3, 1830. 

Mrs. Eunice, wife of Rev. John Noyes, died March 25, 
1824, £e. 64 yrs. Rev. John Noyes married 2d, Fanny 
Swann of Stonington, Conn., Oct. 16, 1827 ; she was born 
July 9, 1776. He died in Northfield, May 15, 1846, ae. nearly 
84 yrs. He had written the discourse for the 60th anniver- 
sary of his ministry, and it was to have been delivered by him 
two weeks from the Sabbath on which he was interred. 

14. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Sherwood, son of Rev. John Noyes, born May 
20, 1787, married Esther Chapman, who was born June 5, 
1790, on Nov. 3, 18 1 2. 

Children: 23 Samuel, b March 12, 181 5 ; 2^ Benjamin, h 
Nov. 10, 1816; 25 JFilliam, h Dec. 10, 1818; 26 yulia Chap- 
man, b July 25, 1820 ; 27 Charles, b Aug. 7, 1822, d March 12, 
1857 ; 28 Josiah Chapman, b Jan. 22, 1824, d May 22, 1849 ; 
29 John, b April ii, 1826, d Oct. 22, 1853 ; 30 Elizabeth, b 
May 14, 1828; 31 James Burr, b Sept. 17, 1830, d Dec. 4, 
1851. 

Dr. Samuel S. Noyes studied medicine and was licensed to 
practice in 1810. He settled in New Canaan, Fairfield Co., 
in 181 1. 

22. BURR. 

Rev. Burr Noyes, son of Rev. John Noyes, graduated at 
Yale College, Sept., 1824. He settled at Chester, Saybrook, 
Conn., was very successful in his profession, and won the 
confidence and esteem of the people. He died July 2, 1830. 



GENEALOGIES. 8/1 

9. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Noyes Esq., son of Rev. John Noyes, was born 
Feb. 14, 1 76 1, died in 18 17, ae. 56 yrs. He was married to 
Amelia Burr, Dec. 11, 1783. She was born Dec. 7, 1764, 
and died May 7, 1802 ; he married Lucy Norton, May 24, 
1804 ; she died July 12, 1850, ae. 79 yrs. 

Children : 32 jfoseph Fish, b Oct. 9, 1784 ; 2)?> John Noyes, 
b Aug. 7, 1786 ; 34 James, b Oct. 21, 1788; 35 Samuel, b 
Sept. 15, 1791 ; 36 Rebecca, b March 3, 1794. By 2d mar- 
riage : 37 Benjamin Silliman, b May 5, 1805 ; 38 Joseph 
Chester, b Aug. 5, 1808 ; 39 Thomas Norton, b Oct. 3, 1799 ; 
40 Harriet N^orton, b Oct. 5, 1796 ; 41 Mary Ann, b Sept. 7, 
1813. 

II. JAMES. 

Rev. James Noyes, son of Rev. John Noyes, was born 
Aug. 4, 1764, and died in Wallingford, Feb. 18, 1844, in the 
80th year of his age, being the oldest minister in the county 
of New Haven. He married Anna Holbrook, of Derby, 
Conn., Jan. 22, 1769. She died Jan. i, 1838, ae. 69 yrs. 

Children: 42 Catharine. h Feb. i, 1789, d March 19, 181 1 ; 
43 Anna, b Feb. i, 1790; 44 James, b May 23, 1792, d Oct. 
26, 1794; 45 Mary, b May 13, 1794, d April 23, 1844; 46 
Salty, b Feb. 11, 1796, d Jan. 12, 1834; 47 James, b Jan. 27, 
1708, d 1869, in East Haddam ; 48 Cornelia, b March 23, 
1800, d Jan. 16, 1835 ; 49 Esther, b March 21, 1802, d Oct. 
16, 1839; 5° Abigail, b May 13, 1804, d April 24, 1844; 
51 Eunice, b March 12, 1806, d Oct 3, 1824 ; 52 Joseph Fish, 
b July 3, 1808 ; 53 John, b July 15, 1810, d Oct. 11, 1810; 
54 Catharine, b May 27, 1812, d Jan. 27, 1833; 55 Harriet, b 
Aug. 11,1814. 



PARKER. 



Parker has always been a common name in New England. 
We find Abraham, Amariah, Edmund, George, Jacob, James, 



I For collateral branches, see Abbott's Hist. Andover, Mass., 20 ; Bar- 



8/2 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

Joseph, Matthew, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, two or more 
Williams, and as many Johns, appearing in nearly as many of 
the different settlements in Massachusetts and Connecticut, 
at an early day. Abraham Parker was the first of the family 
in this country. It is supposed that he came from Wiltshire, 
England. He first settled in Woburn, Mass., where he mar- 
ried Rose Whitlock, Nov. i8, 1644. 

I. WILLIAM. 

William Parker was early in Hartford and Saybrook, and 
had three children: 2 WiUiam ; 3 Ralph, died in 1690; 4 
John, who removed to New Hav^en ; he had 5 jfohn, b Oct. 
8, 1648, m Nov. 8, 1670, Hannah, dau. of Wm. Bassett ; 6 
Mary, b April 27, 1649, """ John Hall, 1666 ; 7 HoJ}e, b May 
26, 1650, m Samuel Gook, May 2, iG"]"] ; 8 Lydia, b May 26, 
1652-3, m John Thomas, Jan. 12, 1671 ; 9 Joseph, m Hannah 
Gilbert, 1673. 

5. JOHN. 

John Parker and Hannah his wife were among the early 
planters in Wallingford, and settled at Parker's farms, about 
two miles west of the village, which first gave the name to 
that locality. He was an active business man, and did much 
in advancing the interests of the settlement. He died in 
171 1. Hannah his wife died June 7, 1726. 

ry's Hist. Framingham, Mass., 349-51 ; Bouton's Hist. Concord. N. H., 
682 ; Bridgman's Granary Burial Ground, 136-44 ; Butler's Hist., Groton, 
Mass., 421. 476,494 ; Caulkins' Hist, of New London, Conn., 306 ; Deane's 
Hist. Scituate, Mass., 320; Freeman's Hist. Cape Cod, Mass., ir. 438, 466, 
472, 642 ; Hill's Hist. Mason, N. H., 205 ; Howell's Hist. Southampton, 
I.. I., 260; Hudson's Hist. Lexington, Mass., 169-76; Jackson's Hist. 
Newton, Mass., 375-81; Kidder's Hist. New Ipswich, N. H., 417-19; 
Littell's Passaic Valley Gen., 311 ; Morse's Gen. Reg. of Sherborn and 
Holliston, Mass., 185; Morse's Memorial of Morses, Appendix, No. 54; 
N. E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., iv. 139, vi. 375, 376, xvi. 41, 91-4 ; Poor's Hist. 
& Gen. Researches, 1 13-15, 124-8; Savage's Gen. Diet., in. 349-58; 
Sewall's Hist. Woburn, Mass., 628; Shattuck's Memorial, 375-7; Smith's 
Hist. Delaware Co., Penn., 490 ; Stoddard's Gen. of Stoddard Family, ed. 
1865, 14, 38, 39, 63-8; Temple's Eccles. Hist. Whately, Mass., 29 ; Ward's 
Hist. Shrewsbury, Mass., 400-4. 



GENEALOGIES. 8/3 

Children: lo Hanna/i, b Aug. 20, 1671, m Wm. Andrews, 
Jan. 12, 1692; II Elizabeth, m Josiah Royce, March 24, 
1693 ; 12 jfohn, b March 26, 1675, ""> Mary Kibbe of 
Springfield, Nov. i, 1699 ; 13 Rachel, b June 16, 1680, m 
Thomas Relzea of New Haven, 1700 ; 14 Joseph, m Sarah 
Curtis, June 7, 1705 ; 15 Eliphalet, m Hannah Beach, Aug. 5, 
1708; 16 Samuel, m Sarah Goodsell of Middletown, July 16, 

1713 ; 17 Eihvard, b 1692, m Jerusha , he d Oct. 21, 

1776, she d Dec. 27, 1745 ; 18 Mary, m Joseph Clark, Nov. 
27, 1707; 19 Abigail, b March 3, 1710, m Joseph Bradley 
Dec. 8, 1765. 

12. JOHN. 

John, son of John and Hannah Parker, married ist, Mary 
Kibbe, 2d Sarah . 

Children by ist marriage : 20 Rachel,\>^2.x\. 6, 1701-2 ; 21 
jfohn, b Oct., 1703, m Deborah, dau. of Thomas Matthews, 
Oct. 17, 1727 ; 22 Aaron, b July 8, 1704, d Jan. 12, 1727 ; 
23 Mary, b Feb. 8, i7'^6 ; 24 Elisha, b Oct. 25, 1708, m Su- 
sanna Tuttle, Feb. 28, 1728; 25 Abigail, h March 3, 1710, m 
Robert Martin, July 15, 1734 ; 26 Elizabeth, b ]yme 3, 1716 ; 
27 Lois, b July 20, 17 18, m Thomas, son of Timothy Beach, 
Nov. 5, 1740 ; 28 Isaac, b 1720, m Hannah, dau. of Timothy 

Beach, Aug. 11, 1742; 29 , d April 27, 1773, m Lois 

Royce. By 2d marriage: 30 Sarah, b July 22, 1739. 

14. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of John and Hannah Parker, married Sarah 
Curtis. 

Children: 31 Joseph, b Aug. 6, 1706, d July 25, 1712 ; 32 
Joseph, b July 25, 1707 ; 33 Andrew, m Susanna Blakeslee ; 
34 Thomas, b June 7, 1709, m Abigail Dutton and settled in 
Waterbury, Conn., in 1756; 35 IIa?mah, h Awg. 30, 1700; 

36 Ebenezer, b March 5, 17 13, m Lydia Barnes, April i, 1735 j 

37 Joseph, b April 3, 17 16, m ist, Lucy Parmalee, Feb. 23, 
1742, 2d, Mary Andrews, March 30, 1758 ; 38 Ralph, b Jan. 
9, 17 18, went to Vermont; 39 Waitstill,h July 24, 172 i,m 
Jemima, dau. of Joseph Munson, Oct, 27, 1742 ; 40 Sarah, b 



\ 



874 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

Oct. 18, 1725, m Asaph, son of Samuel Cook, Jan. 15, 1744-5. 

15. ELIPHALET. 

Eliphalet, son of John and Hannah Parker, married 
Hannah Beach ; he died in 1757, ae. 76 yrs. 

Children: 41 Eliada, b April 2, 1710, d March 24, 1712 ; 

42 Eliada, b April 22, 1712, m Sarah Curtis Dec. 21, 1732 ; 

43 Chestina, b April 18, 1714, m Peter Curtis Nov. 22, 1732; 

44 Aaron, b Feb. 17, 1716, m Sarah Martin, March 11, 1756; 

45 Gamaliel, b June 6, 17 18, d Dec. 3, 1799, he m Elizabeth 

; /\(^ Didymius, b Jan. 14, 1721, m Phebe, daughter of 

John Johnson, Dec. 22, 1742 ; 47 Eliphalet, b Jan. 19, 172 1, 
m Thankful Hitchcock, May 21, 1745 ; 48 Joanna, b July 8, 
1723, m Amos Bristol of Cheshire, June, 1740 ; 49 Bethuel, 
b April 2, 1727, m Tabitha, daughter of Matthias Hitchcock, 
July 19, 1749, he d March-13, 1778 ; 50 Benjamin, b Feb. 12, 
1729, m Mary Atwater and removed to Simsbury, Conn. ; 51 
Thankful, m Oliver Hitchcock. 

16. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of John and Hannah Parker, m ist, Lydia 
; 2d, Sarah Goodsell, July 16, 1713 ; 3d, Mary Cham- 
berlain, Jan. 9, 1744. 

Children by ist marriage : 52 Thotnas, b June 7, 1709 ; 53 
Sarah, b May 17, 1714 ; 54 Abiah, b Aug. 2, 1716, m Daniel, 
son of John Ives, Oct. 28, 1735 ; 55 Joseph, h Aug. 2, 1716, 
m Lucy Parmalee, Feb. 23, 1742-3. By 2d marriage: 56 
Abraham, b March 24, 1720, m Damaris, daughter of William 
Abernathy, Sept, 9, 1747, d July 26, 1775 ; 57 Jacob, b April 
24, 1722, m Elizabeth, daughter of John Beecher, April 26, 
1749, d Sept. 24, 1767 ; 58 Titus, b Feb. 23, 1728. By 3d 
marriage: 59 Thankful, b Oct. 8, 1745 ; 60 Martha, b Sept. 
10, 1749 ; 61 Lent, b July 8, 1752. 

17. EDWARD. 

Edward, son of John and Hannah Parker, married Jeru- 

sha . They settled in Cheshire parish, on what is 

now called Cheshire street, where she died Dec. 27, 1745. 



GENEALOGIES. 875 

He married 2cl, Rebecca Ives, Dec. i, 1748; she died May 
23, 1762, ae. 65. He married 3d, Ruth Merriman Merwin, 
Sept. 30, 1762. 

Children : 62 Ralphs b Jan. 9, 17 18, m Martha, daughter of 
Gideon Ives, Dec. 25, 1740 ; 63 Athildred, b July i, 17 19, m 
Timothy Hall, Jan. 10, 1748 ; 63 1-2 Edward^ b March 11, 
1 72 1, m Sarah Burroughs, Aug. 21, 1744 ; 64 Joel^ b Feb. 24, 
1723, m Susannah Hotchkiss, Dec. 25, 1746 ; 65 Ephraim^ 
b Aug. 23, 1725, m Bathsheba Parsons, Nov. 11, 1747; 66 
Amos,h Nov. 26, 1726, d Aug. 20, 1748; 67 IViilia??!, b 
1728, d May 2, 1752 ; 68 Eldad, b Sept. 14, 1731, m Thank- 
ful, daughter of Matthew Bellamy, April 24, 1755, d July 6, 
1779 ; 69 Joseph Merriam, b Feb. 2, 1734, d March 21, 1734 ; 
70 Joseph^ b Oct. 9, 1735, m Mary Andrews, May 30, 1758. 

21. JOHN. 

John, son of John and Mary Parker, married Deborah 
Matthews. He died March 28, 1749. 

Children : 71 Abiah^A Aug. 14, 1728; 72 John, b Dec. 25, 
1730, m Funice Beach, June 16, 1752, and had John, b Dec. 
8, 1755 ; 73 Ddmrah, b May 4, 1834, m Jesse, son of Josiah 
Mix, Nov. 26, 1753 ; 74 jfesse, b March 16, 1736, m Dorothy 
Spenser, Feb. 16, 1758; 75 Reuben, b March 12, 1738, m 
Hannah Chapman of Waterbury, Dec. 10, 1764; 76 Gideon, 

b July 5, 1740, m Elizabeth , b Nov. 11, 1743 ; 77 Isaia/i, 

b June 14, 1746, m Susanna or Damaris Yale, Feb. 14, 1771. 

24. ELISHA. 

Elisha Parker, son of John and Mary, married Susanna 
Tuttle. 

Children: 78 Ruth, b Feb. 28, 1728 : 79 Aaron, b April 9, 
1730, m Sarah, dau. of Robert Martin, March 11, 1756; 80 
Elisha, h ]\i\y 2'-), 1735, m Esther Spencer, Aug. 10, 1759; 
81 John, b Sept. 17, 1739 ; 82 Dan; 83 Damaris, b July 16, 
1743, m Enos Parker, Dec. 2, 1761 ; 84 Susanna, b Dec. 
7, 1745- 

28. ISAAC. 

' Isaac Parker, son of John and Mary, m. Hannah Beach. 



SyG HISTORY OF W ALLINGFOKD. 

Children : 85 Keziah, b Feb. 12, 1743 ; 86 Lois^ b April 30, 

1746 ; 87 Ruth^ b July 11, 1750, m Gershom Maltoon, Dec. 5, 

1776 ; 88 Isaac, b Sept. 4, 1754, m Annie Parker, March 19, 
1778; 89 Mary, b Aug. 14, 1755, m Amos Austin, Aug. 17, 

1777 j 90 Tifiiot/iy, b Aug. 14, 1757; 91 jfohn, b Feb. 21, 
1762 ; 92 Phiueas, b July 14, 1765. 

34. THOMAS. 

Thomas Parker, son of Joseph and Sarah Curtis Parker, 
married Abigail Button, Aug. 30, 1748, and settled in Water- 
bury. He died in 1788. 

Children: 93 Thomas, b April 3, 1749; 94 Amasa, b Feb. 
28, 175 1, graduate of Yale, ni Thankful Andrews, Aug. 28, 
1771 ; 95 Pefo', b March 11, 1753, removed to the State of 
N. Y. ; 96 Abigail, b Aug. 28, 1755 ; 97 Ahner, removed to 
the State of N. Y. ; 98 Joseph, was a physician in Litchfield 
Co. ; 99 Daniel, m Miriam Curtis, Nov. 18, 1762. 

36. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Parker, son of Joseph and Sarah Curtis Parker, 
married Lydia Barnes. 

Children: \oo Desire, h ]\\\\& 7, 1735, '"'^ Aaron Bellamy, 

Dec. 20, 1753 ; loi Ebenezer, b July 6, 1737, m Anna , 

d Dec. II, 1762 ; 102 Caleb, b March 30, 1739 ; 103 Joshua, 
b April 17, 1 741, m Mary, dau. of Oliver Hitchcock, Oct. 30, 
1765 ; 104 Jared, b Nov. 16, 1743 ; 105 Lydia, b March 8, 
1745, m Abel Parker, April 23, 1762 ; 106 Stephen, b Oct. 27, 

1747 ; 107 Eliakim, b July 10, 1751, m Phebe Carrington, 
Feb. 20, 1775, '^'^^ had Eliakim, b March 13, 1777, m 2d, 
wid. Lois Ives, Nov. 11, 1777, and had three children ; 108 
Caleb, b Nov. 2, 1759, m Dolly Peck, Nov. 3, 1783. 

39. WAITSTILL. 

Waitstill Parker, son of Joseph and Sarah Curtis 
Parker, married ist, Jemima Munson, 2d, Jemima Beach. 

Children: 109 Margery, b March 20, 1743-4, d Oct. i, 
I 744 ; 1 10 Justus, b Jan. i, 1747-8 ; 1 1 1 Margery, b Feb. 25, 
1749, m Eliada Parker, Jr. By 2d marriage : 112 Jemima, b 



GENEALOGIES. 8// 

June 2, 1753; 113 R/ioiia, b March 25, 1755. By 30! mar- 
riage : 114 Charles^ b Aug. 21, 1760, m Charity Dibble, Oct. 
21, 1784; 115 Eiinice,\> Kwg. 9, 1762; 116 y«jr//^i-, b May 
23, 1764 ; 117 Martha, b April 17, 1766 ; 118 Abigail, b June 
10, 1768 ; 119 Sarah, b April 2, 1771. 

33. ANDREW. 

Andrew, son of Joseph and Sarah Curtis Yale Parker, 
married Susannah Blakeslee. 

Children: 120 Ambrose, b March 6, 1738, m Comfort Par- 
ker, March 22, 1758 ; 121 Grace, b Dec. 10, 1739, cl Dec. 11, 
1739; \22 Patience,\i 'Dzz. 10, 1739, d Dec. 13, 1739; 123 
Zeruiah, b Nov. 28, 1741, m David Miller, Jan. 3, 1765; 124 
Oliver, b Nov. 20, 1743, m Lucy Parker, Dec. 3, 1764, and 
had Thaddeus, b Jan. 26, 1766 ; 125 Ezi-a, b Dec. 2, 1745 ; 
126 Susannah, b Dec. 2, 1747 ; 127 Rachel, b Dec. 28, 1749 ; 
128 Sybil, b Feb. 9, 1753 ; 129 jfason, b Aug. 17, 1764. 

42. ELIADA. 

Eliada, son of Eliphalet and Hannah Beach Parker, mar- 
ried Sarah Curtis. 

Children : 130 Martha, b July 8, 1734 ; 131 Lettis, b Sept. 
18, 1736 ; 132 Comfort, b Sept. 16, 1738, m Ambrose Parker, 
March 22, 1758; 133 Eliada, b Nov. 24, 1740, d March 23, 
1742 ; 134 Sarah, b Jan. 23, 1743-4 ; 135 Hannah, b Sept. 23, 
1746 ; 136 Patience, b Aug. 18, 1748, m Joseph Parker, June 
29, 1769 ; 137 Eliada, m Margery Parker, May 10, 1770, d 
Sept. 12, 1776; 138 Phebe, b Oct. 31, 1752 ; 139 Levi, b June 
8, 1757, m Lydia Bradley, July 22, 1779. 

45. GAMALIEL. 

Gamaliel, son of Eliphalet and Hannah Beach Parker, 
married Elizabeth . 

Children : \\q Abel, b Jan. 4, 1741, m Lydia Parker, Aug. 
23, 1762 ; 141 Elizabeth, b Jan. 7, 1742-3 ; 142 Eunice, b Jan. 
6, 1744-5 ; 143 Gamaliel, b Dec. 9, 1745, d Oct. 29, 1765 ; 144 
Amos, b Jan. 20, 1748-9 ; 145 Miriam, b Jan. 28, 1753 ; 146 
Ga7Jialiel, b Oct. 22, 1755, d Nov. 8, 1755; 147 Gamaliel, b 



8/8 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Nov. 2, 1756, m Martha Parker, May 2, 1782; 148 Anna, b 
Feb. 8, 1759; i/^(^ Amos,h Dec. 11, 1761, m Mary Curtis, 
Dec. 5, 1785. 

46. DIDYMUS. 

Lieut. Didymus, son of Eliphalet and Hannah Beach 
Parker, married Phebe Johnson. 

Children : 150 Enos, b March 12, 1744, m Damaris Par- 
ker, Dec. 2, 1761 ; 151 Ichabod, b Jan. 2, 1748-9, married 
Susannah Cook, Dec. 3, 1766. 

47. ELIPHALET. 

Eliphalet, son of Eliphalet and Hannah Beach Parker, 
married Thankful Hitchcock. 

Children: 152 Valentine, b March 5, 1745-6, d Dec. 14, 
1760 ; 153 Matthias, b Sept. 24, 1747 ; 154 Eliphalet, b Jan. 
22, 1754 ; 155 Thafikful, b April 3, 1756, d Nov. 28, 1763 ; 
156 Michael, b Oct. 15, 1758. 

49. BETHUEL. 

Bethuel, son of Eliphalet and Hannah Beach Parker, 
married Tabitha Hitchcock. 

Children : 157 Jerusha, b April 6, 1750, m William Smith, 
July 10, 1777 ; 158 David, h March 9, 1752, d Sept. 6, 1753; 
159 Olive, b March 9, 1754, m Joseph Distance, Feb. 27, 
1777; 160 David, b March 18, 1756, d Oct. 9, 1776; 161 
Martha, b Dec. 12, 1757, m Gamaliel Parker, May 2, 1782 ; 
162 Joatma, b June 18, 1760; 163 Tabitha, b Nov. 16, 1762 ; 
164 Bethuel, b Feb. 21, 1765 ; 165 Simon, b April 15, 1767, d 
Sept. 13, 1773 ; 166 Thankful, b June 15, 1769; 167 Asa, b 
Dec. 4, 177 1 ; 168 Mary, b Sept. 29, 1776, d Dec. 15, 1777. 

55. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Samuel and Lydia Parker, married Lucy 
Parmalee. 

Children: 169 Esther, b Jan. 11, 1742-3, d Feb. 8, 1744-5 ! 
170 Joseph, b Nov. 5, 1746, m Patience Parker, June 29, 
1769 ; 171 Lucy, b March 13, 1748-9 ; 172 Esther, b March 
27, 1754; 173 Charles, b Feb. 26, 1756. 



GENEALOGIES. 8/9 

56. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham, son of Samuel and Sarah Goodsell Parker, m 
Damaris Abernathy. 

Children: 174 Sarah, b July 16, 1748; 175 Abraham, b 
July 20, 1753, d May i, 1754; 176 Benjamin, b May 27, 
1755, m Lucinda Curtis, and had two daus., June 25, 1778; 
177 Abraham, b Aug. 23, 1757 ; 178 William, b Dec. 19, 
1759 ; 179 Mchitable, b June 30, 1762. 

57. JACOB. 

Jacob, son of Samuel and Sarah Goodsell Parker, married 
Elizabeth Beecher. 

Children: 180 Samuel, h Jan. 10, 1749, and had Jared, 
b April 22, 1777; 181 Solitary, b Jan. 7, 1752, d Aug. 
31, 1754; 182 Elizabeth, b May 18, 1754; 183 Jacob, b Jan. 
13, 1756, d Sept. 17, 1756; 184 Jacob, b July i, 1757 j 185 
Rebecca, b Feb. 27, 1759; 186 James, b March 3, 1760; 187 
Solomon, b April 12, 1762 ; 188 Adah, b Feb. 23, 1765 ; 189 
Abiah, b March 8, 1767. 

62. RALPH. 

Ralph, son of Edward and Jerusha Parker, m Martha 
Ives. 

Children: 190 Jerusha, b Nov. i, 1 741, m Robert Roys, 
May 27, 1762 ; 191 Ralph, b Feb. 8, 1743-4; 192 Medad, b 
March 29, 1746; 193 Martha, b April 18, 1749. 

63 1-2. EDWARD. 

Edward, son of Edward and Jerusha Parker, married 
Sarah Burroughs. 

Children: 194 Sarah, b in Cheshire, Aug. 28, 1745; 195 
Elizabeth, b June 7, 1748, m Enos Clark, of Southington ; 
196 William, h June 18, 1752, m Desire Bunnel, Feb. 25, 
1779 ; 197 Abigail, b July 7, 1755, m Dr. Benjamin Yale, Dec. 
17, 1777 ; 198 Edzaard, b April 21, 1760, m Rebecca Hen- 
drick, removed to Cazenovia, N. Y. 

64. JOEL. 

Joel, son of Edward and Jerusha Parker, married Susanna 
Hotchkiss. 



880 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORO. 

Children b in Cheshire: 199 Alhildred, b Sept. 17, 1747, 
m Asa Bronson, Feb. 5, 1772 ; 200 Amos, b Oct. 22, 1749, rn 
Hannah Hough; 201 Susanna, b March 8, 1752, m Allen 
Bronson; 202 Joe/, b Jan. 17, 1754; 203 Stephen, h Aug. 5, 
1759, m I St, Sally, dau. of Joseph Twiss, May 27, 1787, m 
2d, widow Rebecca Stone, dau. of Joshua Ray, b Jan. 6, 
1805, d July I, 1846. 

68. ELDAD. 

Eldad, son of Edward and Jerusha Parker, m Thankful 
Bellamy. 

Children b in Cheshire: 204 Fhebe, b July 23, 1756; 205 
Thankful, b Oct. 6, 1757 ; 206 Anne, b Jan. i, 1760, m Wm. 
Starke, Chenango Co.,N. Y. ; 207 Thankful, b March 8, 1762, 
208 Eldad, b Sept. 27, 1763 ; 209 Levi,h Sept. 28, 1765 ; 210 
Levi, b March 19, 1767, m Phebe Scovill ; 211 OliTer, b March 
19, 177 1 ; Thankful, h May 12, 1769; Rebecca, b March 

16, 1773, m Abisha Cowles. 

70. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Edward and Jerusha Parker, married Mary 
Andrews. 

Children, born in Cheshire : 212 Beckey, b March 29, 1760 ; 
213 jfoseph Merriam, b Oct. 10, 1762; 214 Eldad ; 215 
Zephaniah, b Feb. 26, 1769 ; 216 Mary, b Jan. 24, 1767. 

74. JESSE. 

Jesse, son of John and Deborah Matthews Parker, married 
Dorothy Spencer. 

Children: 217 y^^'j-j-c, b May 30, 1759; 218 Lucy, b Sept. 

17, 1761 ; 219 jfared, b Jan. 31, 1764 ; 220 Jotham, b Feb. 2, 
1767 ; 221 Dorothy, b Aug. 5, 1770. 

79. AARON. 

Aaron, son of Elisha and Susanna Tuttle Parker, married 
Sarah Martin. 

Children: 222 Mamre, b Feb. 14, 1757 ; 223 Robert, h Feb. 
12, 1759; 224 Susanna, b Feb. 20, 1762; 225 Abigail, b 
April I, 1764; 226 Sally, b March 20, 1766; 227 Lyman, b 



GENEALOGIES. 88l 

April 17, 1768; 228 Eunice, h Jan. 11, 1771 ; 229 7?////^, b 
Feb. I, 1774; 230 Lyman, b Feb. 30, 1776. 

80. ELISHA. 

Elisha, son of Elisha and. Susannah Tattle Parker, married 
Esther Spencer. 

Children: 231 Elisha, b April 28, 1761 ; 232 Kathcrine,\) 
March 30, 1763 ; 233 Chloe, b Dec. 28, 1765 ; 234 Asahd, b 
April 2, 1768; 235 Folly, h March 20, 1773; 236 Shaler,h 
Aug. 28, 1775 ; 237 Folly, b Sept. 13, 1778. 

lOI. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Lydia Barnes Parker, 
married Anne . 

Children: 238 Ebenezer, b June 4, 1762 ; 239 Jabez, b July 
18, 1763 ; 240 Jemiina Doolittle,hY^ov. 16, 1764; 241 Thomas, 
b May i, 1767 ; 242 Ebenezer, b May 7, 177 1. 

103. JOSHUA. 

Joshua, son of Ebenezer and Lydia Barnes Parker, mar- 
ried Mary Hitchcock. 

Children : 243 Stephen, b April i, 1766; 244 Lydia, b May 
23, 1769; 245 LLannah,h April 21, 1773; 246 Chestrna,h 
June 20, 1777; 247 Eber,h March 28, 1779; 248 yared,\) 
March 22, 1781 ; 249, 250 Mary and Miriam, b Nov. i, 1782. 

114. CHARLES. 

Charles, son of Waitstill and Jemima Beach Parker, mar- 
ried Charity Dibble. 

Children: 251 Charles Fierce, b Dec. i, 1785, d Feb. 25, 
1788 ; 252 Fierce, b March 20, 1788 ; 253 Ruth, b Feb. 17, 
1790, m Sydney Smith, Dec. 16, 1807 ; 254 Nancy, b Dec. 13, 
1791 ; 255 Charles, b Jan. 27, 1797. 

120. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose, son of Andrew and Susanna Blakeslee Parker, 
married Comfort Parker. 

Children: 256 Ambrose, b Jan. 15, 1759 ; 257 Giles, b Sept. 
15, 1760; 258 Zjy//(?, b May 26, ^763; 259 Cofnfort,h May 
23, 1766. 



882 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

137. ELIADA. 

Eliada Parker, son of Eliacla and Sarah Curtis Parker, 
married Margery Parker. 

Children: 260 Munson, b Feb. 18, 1771; 261 Chester, b 
Oct. 20, 1773 ; 262 Linus, d Feb. g, 1776. 

108. CALEB. 

Caleb Parker, son of Ebenezer and Lydia Barnes Parker, 
married Dolly Peck. 

Children: 263 Augustus, b Sept. 10, 1784; 264 Caleb, \> 
Jan. 30, 1787 ; 265 Paulina, b Dec. 30, 1789 ; 266 Nancy, b 
July 5, 1792 ; 267 Juliana, b Nov. 21, 1794. 

139. LEVL 

Levi Parker, son of Eliada and Sarah Curtis Parker, 
married Lydia Bradley. 

Children : 268 Sybil, b April 28, 1780, m Amos Peck, Sept. 
22, 1799 ; 269 Polly, b Sept. 25, 1782 ; 270 Eliada, b May 
31, 1784, m EUzabeth Oswald, Feb. 15, 1807 ; 271 Ammi 
Bradley, \>^n\y 11, 1787; 272 Lyman, b April 3, 1790, m 
MaUnda Harrison, March 24, 1818; 273 Alfred, b Oct. 19, 

1792, m Fanny ; 274 Belinda, b Sept. 18, 1795 ; Philo 

and Orrin, b April 18, 1798, d April 18, 1800. 

44. DANIEL. 

Daniel, son of Arnon and Sarah Martin, married 
Miriam, daughter of Benjamin Curtis, Nov. 18, 1762. 

Children : 275 Ruth, b Feb. 3, 1764 ; 276 Denison, b Sept. 
28, 1766 ; 277 Le?nan, b Dec. 21, 1768 ; 278 Lucinda, b July 
24, 177 1 ; 279 Ruth, b Dec. 10, 1774 ; 280 Daniel, b May 24, 
1775 ; 281 Ruth, b Dec. 27, 1777 ; 282 Betsey, b July 16, 
1780. 

147. GAMALIEL. 

Gamaliel, son of Gamaliel and Elizabeth Parker, married 
Martha Parker. 

Children : 283 Joel, b April 17, 1783 ; 284 Chester, b Aug. 
19, 1784 ; 285 Martha Hall, b Aug. 20, 1786 ; 286 Gamaliel, 
b Sept. 13, 1788; 287 Luroxa, b Nov. 18, 1790 ; 288 Zera,\i 



GENEALOGIES. 883 

July 13, 1792 ; 289 Laura, b Sept. 4, 1796; 290 Eunice, b 
Dec. 28, 1798. 

150. ENOS. 

Enos, son of Didymus and Phebe Johnson Parker, married 
Damaris Parker. 

Children : 291 Dorcas, b Dec. 17, 1761 ; 292 Dan, b March 
18, 1764. 

164. BETHUEL. 

Bethuel, son of Bethuel and Tabitha Hitchcock Parker, 
married Eunice . 

Children : 293 Bethuel Virgil, b Oct. i, 1796, m ist, Polly 
Beach, Sept. 7, 1825, 2d, Lowly Thomas, March 30, 1835 ; 294 
yason, b Feb. 14, 1798 ; 295 Rhoda, b Sept. 29, 1800. 

167. ASA. 

Asa, son of Bethuel and Tabitha Hitchcock Parker, mar- 
ried Keziah . 

Children: 296 Laura, b Feb. 13, 1796; 297 Lii'crius, b 
March 25, 1798 ; 298 yames, b May 16, 1800 ; 299 Lwmucl, b 
April II, 1804 ; 300 Asa, b May 14, 1806. 

170. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Joseph and Lucy Parmalee Parker, married 
Patience Parker. 

Children: 301 ydiicl, b Sept. 26, 1770; 302 Lena, b Feb. 
23, 1773 ; Z'^Z J-"0'^ b Nov. 20, 1775 ; 304 Sara/i ; 305 Amy, 
b Oct. 16, 1780. 

196. WILLIAM. 

William, son of Edward and Sarah Burroughs Parker, 
married Desire Bunnel. 

Children: 306 Sara/i, b Nov. 7, 1779,111 Chas. T. Hill; 
307 William, m wid. Rebecca Hull ; 308 Nancy, m Divan 
Lusk ; 309 Anson; 310 Abigail, m Elnathan Beach; 311 
Fanny, m ist, Simeon Perkins, 2d, Simeon Hersey ; 312 Mar- 
cus, m Mehitable Mathews. 

198. EDWARD. 

Edward, son of Edward and Sarah Burroughs Parker, 
married Rebecca Hendrick of Cazenovia, N. Y. 



884 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 313 Chaiuuey, b Oct. 9, 1786, m Lydia Atwater ; 
314 Elizabeth, b Jan. 25, 1788, d June 7, 1794 ; 315 Oren, b 
March 9, 1790, d Aug. 4, 1790; 316 Oren, b July 11, 1791, 
d 1812 ; 317 Edward, b Sept. 2, 1793, d June 8, 1794; 318 
Edward, b March 15, 1795, "^ Philomela Hitchcock, rem. to 
Elyria, Ohio; 319 Don Carlos, b April 27, 1797, m Julia 
Strake ; 320 Louisa, b June 18, 1799; 321 Wm. Hoidrick, b 
Aug. 9, 1801 ; 322 Abigail; 323 Harriet A., m Eliakim Hall. 

203. STEPHEN. 

Stephen, son of Joel and Susanna Hotchkiss Parker, m 
ist, Sally Twiss, 2d, wid. Rebecca Stone. 

Children by ist marriage : 324 Clarissa, b June 10, 1788, d 
May 27, 1789 ; 325 Zeri, b Aug. i, 1790 ; 326 Stephen, b July 
17, 1792, d Jan. 15, 1794; 327 Stephen, b Nov. 3, 1794, d 
May, 1826 ; 328 Sarah, b March 11, 1797 ; 329 Clarissa, b 
March 10, 1800 ; 330 Joel, b March 11, 1801 ; 331 Isabella, 
b Nov. 25, 1803. By 2d marriage: 332 John, b Aug. 30, 
1805, m ist, March, 1832, Emily Ward, she d June i, 1867, 
and he m 2d, Jan. 22, 1868, Grace A. Belden ; 333 Betsey, b 
May I, 1807 ; 334 Charles, b Jan. 2, 1809, m Abi, daughter 
of Thomas Eddy, Oct. 6, 1831 ; 335 Edmund, b Feb. 9, 181 1, 
m Jennette Bradley of Branford, Conn., and had seven chil- 
dren, four of whom are living, he d April 19, 1866. 



PARMALEE. 



LEANDER. 

Leander Parmalee came into Wallingford a carpenter 
and joiner, and continued to prosecute that business until 
elected sheriff of the county of New Haven, which office he suc- 
cessively held for twelve years, to the great satisfaction of his 
constituents, and all who came in contact with him as an offi- 
cer. He married Blakeslee, daughter of the late Joseph 

Blakeslee of Wallingford. They both died in Wallingford. 

Children: i Samuel B., m Lavinia, dau. of George Cook ; 
2 , m Lorenzo Lewis, Esq.; 3 Leander; 4 dau. 



GENEALOGIES. 885 

PRESTON.' 

The name of Preston is of great antiquity in Nortli Britain, 
and was assumed by the flimily from their territorial possessions 
in Mid-Lothian, in the time of Malcolm, King of the Scots. 
The first of this femily upon record is Leolphus De Preston, 
living in the time of William the Lion, about 1040, whose 
grandson, Sir Wm. De Preston, was one of the Scotch nobles 
summoned to Berwick by Edward the First, in competition for 
the Crown of Scotland between Bruce and Baliol, it having 
been submitted to Edward for decision. After the death of 
King Alexander IIL, 129 1, Sir William was succeeded by his 
son Sir Nicol De Preston, one of the Scottish barons who 
swore fealty to King Edward L He died in the beginning 
of the reign of David IL of Scotland, son of Robert Bruce, 
and was succeeded by his son, Sir Lawrence De Preston, who 
was succeeded by Richard De Preston, who was seated at 
Preston Richard in Westmoreland, in time of Henry H. 
Sir Richard De Preston, the fifth in descent from the above 
Richard, of Preston Richard, represented the county of West- 
moreland in Parliament, in seventeen Edward HL His son. Sir 
Richard De Preston, had likewise the honor of being Knight 
of the shire for Westmoreland in the same reign ( twenty- 
seven Edward HL), and in the same year ( 1368 ) obtained a 
license to impark five hundred acres. His successor, Sir 
John De Preston of Preston Richard and Preston Patrick, 
was a member of Parliament for Westmoreland, in the thirty- 
sixth, thirty-ninth and forty-sixth years of Edward HL 

Children : i RicharJ^ who left a family of daughters only ; 
2 yo/i/i, who was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in 
the reign of Henry IV. and VL, and retired from the bench 



I For collateral branches, see Abbot's Hist. Andover, Mass., 36 ; 
Adams' Haven Gen., 2d part, 32 ; Brown's Gen. of Brown Family ; Coth- 
rens' Hist, of Woodbury, Conn. ; Hudson's Hist. Lexington, Mass., 187, 
188; Kidder's Hist. New Ipswich, N. H., 421-3 ; N. E. Hist, and Gen. 
Reg., xiv. 26 ; Savage's Gen. Diet., ni. 482. 
H H il 



886 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

in consequence of his great age, in 1427. He left Joiin, a 
clergyman ; Richard, his heir ; and a daughter. 

In 1593 there was a William Robert Preston, who was a 
relative of Sir Edward Coke. 



William Preston, son of John, son of George of Valley 
Field, England, was created Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1637. 
He came to America in the ship Truelo<^e in 1635, ^^ the age 
of 44 years, from Yorkshire, England, with his wife Mary, ae. 
34 years. They had on their arrival in Massachusetts 



four children, as follows s'Vjr;f,t?*'^Vv 



Children: i Elifu&^ b 1624, ae. 11 yrs. ; 2 Sarah, b 1627, 
ae. 8 yrs. ; 3 Mary, b 1629, ae. 6 yrs. ; 4 yohn, b 1632, ae. 3 
yrs. Children born in New Haven, Conn. : 5 jfchid, b 1640, 
removed to Stratford where he had land let to him, Sept. 21, 
1668; 6 IIackaiiak,h 1643, settled at Woodbury, Conn., in 
1681 ; 7 Eliasaph, b 1643, lived at Stratford and Wallingford ; 
8 jfoseph, b Jan. 24, 1647. 

7. ELIASAPH. 

Dea. Eliasaph Pre.ston married ist, Mary Wilcoxen, 
widow of Thomas Kimberly, of Stratford, July 9, 1673. She 
died April 16, 1674. He m 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of John 
Beach, of Stratford. He went to Wallingford in 1674. 
He was their first Town Clerk and schoolmaster, and 
was an energetic and \ery valuable member of the colony, 
both for the church of which he was deacon, and the township 
at large. He died in 1705, ae. 70 years. 

Children by ist marriage: 9 Mary, b April 25, 1674, m 
Caleb Merriman, July 9, 1690. By 2d marriage : 10 ^//2:f7- 
Z;^///, b Jan. 29, 1776 ; 11 Hannah ,^h ]\\\y 12, 1678, m Wm. 
Andrews, May 12, 1692 ; 12 Eliasaph, b Jan. 26, 1679, m 
Deborah Merriman, Jan. 2, 17 17; 13 y^wt^i'//, b March 10, . • 
1681, m Jane Cook, July 7, 1708 ; 14 Esther, b Feb 28, 1683;"^' 
15 Lydia, b May 5, 1686 ; 16 Jehiel, b Aug. 25, 1688, d Nov. 
24, 1689. 



GENEALOGIES. 887 



12. ELIASAPH. 



Eliasaph Preston married Rebecca Wilcoxen ; she died 
Sept. 2, 17 16. He married 2d, Deborah Merri+Ban, Jan. 2, 
1717. He married 3d, Hannah Mott, Nov. 26, 1726. 

Children by ist marriage : 17 Ephraivi, b Sept. 8, 1703, m 

Patience ; 18 Elizabeth, b Aug. 8, 1711, di7i5; 19 

y<?rt';/«rt, b March 18, 17 14. By 2d marriage: 20 Jchid.h 
Sept. II, 1719, m Thankful Sedgwick, Oct. 21, 1741 ; 21 
Rebecca, b Sept. 25, 1721 ; 22 Elizabeth, b Dec. 28, 1727, m 
Abner Bunnel, Feb. 19, 1745. By 3d marriage: 23 Isaac, b 
Oct. I, 1729 ; 24 Moses, b and d April 8, 1733 ; 25 Moses, b 
Oct. 30, 1734 ; 26 Lois, b Feb. 3, 1737-8. 

13. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Preston married Jane Cook, July 7, 1708. He 
married Sarah How, Jan. 30, 1734. 

Children by ist marriage: 27 Eliasaph, b May 9, 1709; 
28 Eliasaph, b May i, 1710 ; 29 Joseph, b April 7, 171 1 ; 30 
Jonathan, b Jan., 1713, m Sarah Williams July 28, 1740 ; 31 
Samuel, b Aug. 27, 1715 ; 32 John, b June 22, 1715 ; 2,2) ^^^''' 
w^-^^r, b Sept. 17, 1725. By 2d m.arriage : T) A -Dinah,):) Nov. 
19. 1734; 35 Samuel, h Sept. 30, 1737. 

17. ephraim. 

Lieut. Ephraim Preston married Rebecca , 2d, 

Patience . She died May 4, 1753 ; he died April 8, 

1772, ae. 69 yrs. 

Children by ist marriage: 36 Mary, h Jan. 8, 1731 ; 37 
Phebe, b March 6, 1732 ; 38 Ephraim, b Aug. 6, 1734, m 
Eunice Doolittle, March 25, 1754. Children by 2d marriage: 
39 Reuben, b May 27, 1736; 40 Phebe, b Oct. 3, 1737 ; 41 
Patience, h March 30, 1738, d April 18, 1738; 42 Lent,h 
March 5, 1739 ; 43 Eliasaph, b Nov. 28, 1740, m Phebe Hart, 
Feb. 27, 1764, d April 11, 1717, ae. 37 ; 44 Titus, b Jan. 29, 
^743 5 45 Benjamin, b Dec. 27, 1745 ; 46 Elizabeth, b Dec. 7, 
1750- 



888 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

20. JEHIEL. 

Sp:rgt. Jehiel Preston m Thankful Sedgwick, Oct. 21, 
1741. He died Nov. 22, 1758. 

Cliildren : 47 Sarah, b Aug. 23, 1742; 48 Esther, b April 
I, 1744; 49 Samuel, b April 24, 1746 ; 50 Caleb, b April 24, 
1746 ; 51 Rebecca, b Sept. 11, 1750; 52 Thankful, b Dec. 10, 
1752 ; 53 Riitfh b Jan. 28, 1757. 

28. ELIASAPH. 

Eliasaph Preston married Hannah . 

Children: ^4. Isaac, h Oct. i, 1727; 55 Moses, h ApvW 8, 
1733 ; ^(^ Lois, b Feb. 3, 1737-8. 

29. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Preston married Sarah . 

Children: 57 Dinah, b Nov. 19, 1734; 58 Samuel, b Sept. 

30, 1737- 

38. ephraim. 

Ephraim Preston married ist, Eunice Doolittle, March 

25, 1754; 2d, Esther . He died April 8, 1772, ae. 69. 

Children: 59, 60 y^;t'/ and Ebenezer, twins, d Dec. 11, 1763. 

39. REUBEN. 

Reuben Preston married Elizabeth . 

Children : 61 Charles, d May, 1758 ; 62 Mary, b Jan., 1757. 
43. eliasaph. 

Eliasaph Preston married Phebe Hart, Feb. 17, 1764. 
He died April 12, 1777, ae. 37 years. She m 2d, Stephen Ives. 

Children: 63 Titus, d in Wallingford ; 62 Reuben, d in 
Cheshire ; 65 Elizabeth, d in Prospect. 



REYNOLDS.' 

HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah Reynolds was born in Watertown, Conn., July 
4, 1756. From there he went to Roxbury, Conn., and from 

I For collateral branches, see Caulkins' Hist. Noi-vvich, Conn., ed. 1867, 



GENEALOGIES. 889 

thence to North Branford. He married Martha Davenport Wol- 
cott, a daughter of Doct. Jeremiah Wolcott. She was born at 
Branford, Aug. 18, 1762, and died Aug, 19, 1839, ae. 77 years, 
at Wahingford. He died June 30, 1833, ae. 77 years. He 
came to WalUngford about the close of the last century, and 
resided for sometime in ihe west part of the town in what 
was the old Beadles house at Popple Hill. From this place 
he removed into the village, bought the house formerly the 
residence of Rev. Samuel Andrews, who was an Episcopal 
Clergyman before the Revolution. 

Children: Hezekiah^h Dec, 1773, in Roxbury, Conn.; 2 
Wolcoft, b June 18, 1779 ; 3 jfaines, b April 12, 1783, d Mar. 
31, 1807, ae. 47 ; 4 jfohii D., b Apr. 27, 1785 ; 5 Liiamia, b 
Apr. 23, 1784, m Nehemiah Carrington of New Haven, Dec. 23, 
1825 ; 6 Martha^ b Feb. 13, 1794, m Col. Thaddeus Street of 
Cheshire, 1823 ; 7 Sarah, b Jan. 12, 1796, m Alexander 
Harrison, 1819 ; 8 Thomas G., b March 16, 1798, d Sept. 
26, 1826, ae. 28 ; 9 William A., b April i, 1800, m Jane 
Lynde, of New Haven ; 10 Beverly, b Nov. 15, 1806, d Nov. 
5. 1807. 

I. HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah Reynolds, son of Hezekiah and Martha Wol- 
cott Reynolds, married Anna Wilson, at Savannah, Georgia, 
in 1806. 

Child: 12 Martha Ann, b 1807, m Henry Belden, Esq., of 
Hartford, Conn., in 1828. 

2. WOLCOTT. 

Capt. Wolcott Reynolds, son of Hezekiah and Martha 
W. Reynolds, married Serephina Beaumont, in 1804. He 
died Sept. 28, 1842, ae. 44 years. 

Child: 13 Serephina, b Jan. 16, 1805, d ae. 28 years. 

3. JOHN. 

Hon. John Davenport Reynolds, son of Hezekiah and 

197, 198; Chapman's Gen. of Chapman Family, no; Kmgman's Hist. 
N. Bridgwater,_Mass., 629-35; Mitchell's Hist. Bridgwater, Mass., 282, 283 ; 
Rogers' Hist. & Gen. Researches, 116; Savage's Gen. Diet., iii. 525, 526. 



8gO HLSTOKV OF WALLINGFORD. 

Martha D. Reynolds, married Lydia, daughter of John Scar- 
ritt, in 1822. He was a man eminently fitted by nature to till 
almost any place of a public character in the gift of the peo- 
ple. He was often a Representative in the Legislature of the 
State from Wallingford, and a Senator from the sixth Senato- 
rial district, and Judge of the Probate Court for the district 
of Wallingford, for a number of years. The duties of those, 
and all other public offices, he discharged with marked ability. 
He died Oct. 18, 1853, ae. 68 years. Mrs. Lydia, his wife, 
died July 28, 1862, ae. 65 years. 

Children: 14 Martha, b March 27, 1826; 15 John D., b 
April 20, 1828; 16 Serephiua, b March 15, 1833, m S. N. 
Edmonds, Oct. 4, 1852. 

10. WILLIAM. 

William A. Reynolds, Esq., son of Hezekiah and Martha 
W. Reynolds, was born in Wallingford, married Jane Lynde, 
of New Haven, was a merchant and for several years a mem- 
ber of the firm of Harrison & Reynolds, in State-st, and for 
the last thirty years has been a respectable broker in New 
Haven. 

Children : two daughters and two sons, living in 1870. 

ROYCE.' 

Among the first planters in Wallingford was i Jsaac, and 
2d Neheniiah Royce, who made their appearance in the place 
in 167 1 ; 3 Nathaniel, 4 Samuel, 5 Joseph, and 6 Robert Royce, 
were also there soon after, all of whom had families, and are 
believed to be sons of Robert Royce who vvas at Stratford in 
1644. 

I. ISAAC. 

Isaac and Elizabeth Royce were in Wallingford early in 
1671. He died in the autumn of 1682, leaving an estate of 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 190; 
Caulkins' Mist. New London, Conn., 293-4; Caulkins' Hist. Norwich, 
Conn., ed. 1867, 199; Savage's Gen. Diet., 111. 569-70. 



GENEALOGIES. 89I 

£161. His widow married Ebenezer Clark for her second 
husband in 1696. 

Children: 7 Isaac, b Oct. 28, 1673, d Dec. 8, 1673; ^ 
Robert, b Sept. 4, 1674; 9 Sarah, b March 10, 1677; 10 
Martha, b June i, 1679. 



2. N EH KM I AH. 



X 



Nehemiah Royce (shoemaker) was in Wallingford with 
his wife Hannah, among the tirst settlers. She died June 19, 

1677, and he married Esther , who died Sept. 12, 1706. 

He died Nov. 7, 1706, ae. 72 years. He was the original 
owner of the James Rice place at the head of Main-st., in 
Wallingford. 

Children: 11 Mary, b Aug. 12, 1673, d Aug. 12, 1675 ; 12 
Mercy, b Feb. 4, 1675, d Feb. 24, 1675 ; ^4 Esther, b Oct. 
15, 1678 ; 15 Lydia, b May 28, 1680, m Daniel Messenger ; 

16 Nehemiah, b May 18, 1682-3, ™ Keziah Hall, Feb. 9, 1700 ; 

17 Margery, d Sept. 12, 1683. 

3. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Royce married Esther , Oct. 27, 1673. 

She died June 19, 1677. He was-inoiried to Sarah Lathrop 
by Mr. Moss,' April 21, 1681. She died Nov. it, 1706. He 
then married Hannah Farnham, Aug. 24, 1707. She died 
Feb. 6, 1708, and he married Abigail H9yt, Aug. 25, 1708. 
She died and he married Phebe Clark, Dec. 27, 1720. He 
died Feb. 8, 1736 ; was by trade, a carpenter and joiner and 
blacksmith in 1687. 

Children by ist marriage : 18 John, b April 11, 1675 ; 19 
Benjamin, b May 6, 1677, m Rebecca Wilcoxen, d Oct. 20, 
1703. By 2d marriage ; 20 Sarah, b April 3, 1683 ; 21 Hester, 
b Sept. 10, 1685, d Oct. 14, 1703, ae. 18 yrs. ; 22 Lois, b July 
29, 1687, m Samuel Hall ; 23 Elizabeth, b Dec. 28, 1689. By 
4th marriage: 24 Daniel, b Sept. 29, 1726 ; 25 Lots, b March 
27, 1728; 26 Robert, b Nov. 16, 1729 ; 27 Elisha, b Oct. 27, 
1731 ; 28 Nathaniel, b July i, 1733. 



892 HISTORY OF WALLINGFGRD. 

4. SAMUEL. 

7 

Samuel Royce married ist, Sarah Baldwin, June 5, 1690, 
2d, Hannah Benedict, Dec. 12, 1695. He died in Meriden, 
May 14, 1757, ae. 85 years. Mrs. Hannah died in Meriden, 
Jan. 12, 1761, ae. 90 yrs. 

Children by ist marriage: 29 Abigail, b Nov. 24, 1677, m 
Joseph Cole ; 30 Prudence, h July 26, 1680; 31 Deborah, h 
Sept. 8, 1683, m Thomas Mix; 32 Isaac, b March 10, 1688 ; 
2,2, Ebcnezer, b Sept. 25, 1691 ; t,^ Nathaniel, b Oct. 21, 1692 ; 
35 y^o/m, b April 25, 1693; 36 Mary, b Feb. 17, 1695 ; 37 
Jacob, b April 11, 1697, m Thankful Beach, dau. of Moses j 
By 2d marriage : 38 Hannah, b Feb. 19, 1697-8, m John Ives ; 
39 Ezekiel, b Feb. 10, 1699, m Anna Merwin, Apr. 26, 1723 ; 40 
Samuel, b Oct. 5, 1702, settled in Cheshire, m Martha Moss, 
1728; 41 Abel, b Jan. 10, 1700; 42 Benjamin, b May 23, 
1705, m Mindwell Royce, April 11, 1729, was clerk of the 
mines, d Jan. 30, 1758; ^t, Mehitable,h July 30, 1709 ;" 44 
Ebenezer, b Aug. 21, 1713, d Oct. 18, 1752, in Meriden, 
aged 39. 

5. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Royce, married to Mary Porter, by the Hon. J. 
Wadsworth, Oct. i, 1684. He died March 19, 1704, or 1707, 
ae. 44 yrs. 

Children: 45 J/"^//')', b Jan. 12, 1686; 46 Joseph, b May i, 
1689, d June 27, 1689 ; 47 Joseph, b May 2, 1690, m Anna 
Andrews, March, 17 10 ; 48 Thomas, b Aug. 13, 1692, m Mary 

; 49 Nathaniel, b Oct. 21, 1693 ; 50 James, b July 31, 

1695, d Dec. 22, 1695 ; 51 Hannah, b Nov. 6, 1696, d; 52 
Sarah, b Feb. 24, 1699, d Dec. 6, 1711 ; 53 Hannah, b March 
18, 1701 ; 54 Reuben, b Dec. 18, 17 13, d Sept. 10, 1790, ^. 
77 yi's. ,^ 

'^ 8. ROBERT. 

Robert Royce married ist, Mary , June 2, 1692 ; 2d, 

Abigail Benedict, March 14, 1709. He died in 1759, ae. 

94 ys. 



GENEALOGIES. 893 

Children : 55 Nathaniel, b Oct. 23, 1694, m Phebe Clark, 
Dec. 20, 1720 ; 56 Dinah, b Feb. 24, i6g6 ; 57 'Josiah, b July 
10, 1698 ; 58 Ruth, b Sept., 1701 ; 59 Sarah, b April 4, 1703, 
d Aug. 5, 1723 ; 60 Timothy, b June 2, 1705, m Mindwell 
Wassles, May 16, 1727 ; 61 Alary, bjuly, 1707 ; 62 Elizabeth, 

b Aug., 1709 ; Gt, Gideon, b May 4, 17 11, m Rebecca ; 

(i\Prndence. b April 11, 1714; 65 Moses, b Sept. 24, 1716, m 

Thankful ; 66 Martha, m Edmund Scott, March 16, 

1730 ; 67 Lye/ia, b Nov. 20, 17 19. 

19. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Royce, son of Nehemiah and Hannah, married 
Rebecca Wilcoxen of Stratford, Conn. : he d Oct. 20, 1701. 

Child: ()% Mindwell, \> Oct. 12, 1703, m Benjamin Royce, 
April II, 1729. 

16. nehemiah. 

Nehemiah Royce, son of Nehemiah and Hannah, married 
Keziah Hall. His farm was at the head of Falls Plain. 

Children: 69 Capt. yames, b June 30, 1711. d Jan. 20, 
1796, ae. 85 yrs. ; 70 Hannah, b Nov., 1713, d Dec. 14, 1713 ; 
^1 Phineas,h June 16, 1715 ; ^2 Ephraini,h Feb. 9, 1717 ; 

73 Hawiah, b May 15, 1720, m Eunice ; 74 Keziah, b 

March 16, 1726. 

32. ISAAC. 

Isaac Royce, son of Samuel and Sarah, m Hannah . 

Children : 75 Richard, b March 16, 1759 ; 76 Hannah, b 
May 20, 1 76 1. , 

^3. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Royce, son of Samuel and Sarah, married 
Abigail Root, March 4, 1741. He died in Meriden, Oct. 18, 
1752, ae. 39 3^ears. 

Children: 77 Hannah, b Jan. 5, 1743 ; 78 Hnldah, b Jan. 
16, 1745 ; 79 Oliver, b March i, 1747, d at Meriden Dec. 6, 
1755, ae. 7 years ; 80 Sa7nuel,h Oct. 25, 1751. 

34. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Royce, son of Samuel and Sarah, married 
Phebe Clark Dec. 27, 1720. 



894 HISTORY OI" WALLINGFORD. 

Children : 8i John, b Feb. 14, 1723 ; 82 Dinah, b Nov. 6, 
1724 ; 83 Dai'id, b Sept. 29, 1726 ; 84 Lois, b March 27, 
1728 ; 85 Robert, b Nov. 16, 1729 ; 86 Nathaniel, b July i, 
1733 ; 87 Phebe, b May 15, 1735 \ §8 ye?//-'/, b March 22, 
1737 ; 89 Josiah, b March 2, 1738; 90 Elisha, b Oct. 27, 
1739 ) 91 Chirk, b Oct. 4, 1740. 

37. JACOB. 

Jacob Royce, son of Samuel and Sarah Royce, was 
married to Thankful Beach by Capt. Hall, Sept. 28, 1724. 
He died Nov. 13, 1727. 

Children: 92 Amos, b Nov. i, 1725, m Sarah ; 93 

Experience, b Dec. i, 1727. 

39. EZEKIEL. 

EzEKiEL, son of Samuel and Hannah Royce, married 
1st, Anna Merwin, April 25, 1723. She died Dec. 20, 1725; 
He married 2d, Abigail Ailing, Nov. 30, 1726. He died in 
Meriden, Sept. 4, 1765, ae. 66 years. 

Children by ist marriage: 94 Samuel, b Jan. 29, 1724; 95 
Barnabas, h Dec. 12, 1725. By 2d marriage: g6 Anna, h 
July 3, 1727 ; 97 Rachel,h Oct. 4, 1728 ; 98 Ezra,h June.7< 

1730, m Anna ; ggV^/^rc, b March 4, 1732 ; \oo Deborah, 

b Aug. 17, 1734 ; loi Ezekiel,h July 23, 1736 ; 102 Ezekiel^h 

Oct. 15, 1739, m Lydia , d Sept., t8o8, ae. 69 years ; 103 

Abigail, b July 14, 175 1. 

40. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Royce, son of Samuel and Hannah, married 
Martha Moss, Dec. 25, 1728. 

Children: 104 Samuel, h May 9, 1732, m Sarah ; 

105 Nathaniel, b May 20, 1734, m Sybil ; 106 Sarah, 

b Nov. 27, 1737 ; 107 Ebenezer, b April 13, 1740; 108 Levi, 
b Oct. 29, 1744; 109 Reuben, b June 22, 1750. 

41. ABEL. 

Abel Royce, son of Samuel and Hannah Royce, was 
married to Joanna Beach, Oct. 23, 1723, by Thomas Yale. 
Children: no, Rhoda, b Dec. 13, 1725; in Hester, b 



GENEALOGIES. 895 

Dec. 2 1, 1727 ; 112, 113 ^/v/ and yoainia, b March 30, 1730; 
114 Benedict, b Feb. 19, 1735; 115 Mehitahk, b April i, 
1737; 116 Hezekia/i, b Dec. 16, 1739 ; 117 Hiildah, b Nov. 
6, 1742. 

42. BENJAMIN. 

Benjamin Royce, son of Samuel and Hannah Royce, 
married Mindwell , April 11, 1729. 

Children: 118 Benjamiii^h April i, 1730, m Phebe , 

she d June 13, 1776, s. 46, he d in Meriden, Feb., 1777 ; 119 
Solomon, b Jan. 31, 174 1. 

44. ebenezer. 

Ebenezer Royce, son of Samuel and Hannah Royce, 
married Abigail Root, March 4, 1741. 

Children: 120 Han?iah, b Jan. 5, 1743; 121 Hiildah, b 
Jan. 16, 1745 ; 122 Olive, b March i, 1747 ; 123 Samuel, b 
Oct. 28, 1751. 

48. THOMAS. 

Thomas Royce, son of Joseph and Mary Royce, married 
Mary Holt, Dec. 23, 17 14, residence in Meriden. He mar- 
ried Anna Child, July 21, 1730. 

Children: 124 Sara/i, h June 23, 1716 ; 125 Joseph, b July 

16, 1719, m Eunice ; 126 Mary, b Feb. 12, 1723; 

127 Benjamitt, b June 26, 1724, m Anna Chamberlain, May 
29, 1750 ; 128 Thomas, b June 29, 1727 ; 129 Enos ; 130 Anna, 
b Sept. 15, 1731 ; 131 Samuel, b Nov. 20, 1733 j ^32 -Phebe, b 
Dec. 30, 1742. 

54. REUBEN. 

Reuben Royce, son of Joseph and Mary Royce, married 
Keziah Moss, Nov. 18, 1736. She died Oct. 3, 1770, ae. 53. 
He died Sept. 10, 1790, ae. 77 years. 

Children: 133 ^////(Z, b Aug. 5, 1737; \2iA, Rachel, b Nov. 
26, 1753. 

57. JOSIAH. 

JosiAH RoYCE. son of Robert and Abigail, married Eliza- 
beth Parker, March 24, 1693. Married 2d, Abigail Clark, 
May I, 1722. 



896 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 135 Ebenczer, b Jan. 22, 17 13. By 2d marriage: 
136 Sarah, b June 5, 1723 ; 137 yustus, b 1725 ; 13S Thank- 
ful, b 1727 ; 139 Charles, b 1731 ; 140 Stephen, b 1733 ; 141 
Caleb, b 1734. 

60. TIMOTHY. 

Timothy Royce, son of Robert and Abigail, married 
Mindwell Wassles, May 16, 1727. 

Children: 142 Hannah, b Dec. 29, 1727; 143 Lydia, b 

Feb. II, 1730 ; 144 Timothy, b June 25, 1732, m Abigail ; 

145 Ruth, b Aug. 31, 1735. 

(iT,- GIDEON. 

Gideon Royce, son of Robert and Abigail, m ist, Mary 
, 2d, Rebecca . 

Children : 146 Mary, b May 10, 1743 ; 147 Titus, b Feb. 
4, 1745 ; 148 Wait, b July 11. 1748; 149 Gideon, b Dec. 26, 
175 1 ; 150 J/rtTT, b Oct. 30, 1753; 151 yustiee,h Dec. 8, 
1756, m Lois Perkins, of Meriden ; 152 Rebecca, b April 16, 
^758 ; 153 Jonathan, b March 18, 1760. 

65. MOSES. 

Muses Royce, son of Robert and Abigail, married Thank- 
ful Austin, Jan. 6, 1740. 

Children: 154 Thankful, b July 5, 1747; 155 Amasa,h 
March 21, 1751, d Dec. 12, 1797, ae. 47 yrs. ; 156 Abner, b 
Jan. 4, 1753 ; 157 jfoel, b Feb. 16, 1754 ; 158 Amos, b March 
i9» 1757- 

69. JAMES. 

Capt. James Royce, son of Nehemiah and Keziah, mar- 
ried Miriam . She died Aug. 20, 1757, ae. 37 years. 

He died Jan. 20, 1796, ae. 85 years. 

Children: 159 Elizabeth, b Jan. 6, 1744; 160 Ke ziah, b 

July 27, 1746, m Janet Tyler,(^of Wallingford ; 161 James, b 

Dec. 18, 1748, m Mary Tyler; 162 Joel, b Jan. 10, 1751, d 

July 27, 1756, ae. 6 yrs. 

72. ephraim. 

Ephraim Royce, son of Nehemiah and Keziah, married 
Eunice . 



GENEALOGIES. 897 

Children: 163 Minihcie/I,h Ang. 12, 1740; 164^ Kcziah,h 
May 12, 1742 ; 165 Margery, b March 17, 1742 ; 166 Ephraim, 
b June 30, 1744 ; 167 Stephen, b Sept. 2, 1752 ; 168 Mary, b 
Dec. 31, 1754. 

85. ROBERT. 

Robert Royce, son of Nathaniel and Phebe, married 
Hannah Bennet, Nov. 5, 1752. 

Children: 169 Bennet, b Nov. 11, 1752; 170 Hannah, h 
Jan. 27, 1755 ; 171 Chauncey, b April 20, 1757 ; 172 David, 
b Feb. 24, 1760. 

86. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Royce, son of Nathaniel and Phebe, married 
Sybil . 

Children : 173 Martha, b Jan. 3, 1756 ; 174 Sybil, b April 
II, 1760. 

88. JOHN. 

John Royce, son of Nathaniel and Phebe, married 
Hannah . 

Children: 175 Mary, b May 8, 1751 ; 176 Hannah, b Jan. 
18, 1753, d ; 177 Matthew, b Oct. 13, 1759 ; 178 Hannah, b 
June 2, 1761. 

92. AMOS. 

Amos Royce, son of Jacob and Thankful, m Sarah . 

Children: 179 Sarah, b Sept. 3, 1754; 180 Jacob, b Dec. 

9, 1756, m Hull; 181 John, b Nov. 15, 1758; 182 

Hannah, b May 22, 176 1. 

94. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Ezekiel and Anna Royce, married Deborah 



Children: 183 Stephen, b Oct. 21, 1756; 184 Hannah, b 
April 28, 1758; 185 Ehenezer, b March 24, 1760. 

98. EZRA. 

Ezra, son of Ezekiel and Anna Royce, married Anna 
Royce, Nov. 25, 1746; res. in Meriden before 1793. 

Children: 186 Jesse, \) Oct. 3, 1746; Rachel, b Oct. 20, 
1747; 187 Joseph, b April 14, 1756; Mehitable, b April 3, 



898 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORI). 

1750 ; 188 Sarah, b Nov. 9, 1751 ; Seth, b June 6, 1752 ; 189 
Esther, b Aug. 2, 1754; Asa, b Sept. i, 1754; 190 Deborah, 
b Sept. 6, 1757 ; Lucy, b Oct. 26, 1757; 191 Thomas, b Sept. 
26, 1749 ; 192 ^^rrt-, b Oct. 30, 1759, res. in Meriden. 

102. EZEKIEL. 

EzEKiEL, son of Ezekiel and Anna Royce, married Lydia 

. She died Oct. 28, 18 13, ae. 73 yrs. He died Sept. 

3, 1808, ae. 69, in Meriden. 

Child : 193 Oliver, b July 26, 1760, d in Meriden, April 28, 
1794, ae. 34 yrs. 

104. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Samuel and Martha Royce, married Sarah 



Children : 194 Mindwell, b Nov. 8, 1756, m Josiah Mix in 
1777 \ 195 Phebe, b Nov. 10, 1758 ; 196 Lucy, b May i. 1761 ; 
197 Keziah, b March 25, 1768, m Josiah Mix, he d in Ohio, 
May 13, 1845, ae. 91. 

116. HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah, son of Abel and Joanna Ro^^ce, died in Meri- 
den at a very advanced age. 

Children : \<)2> Benajah, d near South Meriden ; 199 Porter, 
d in Wallingford. 

123. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Ebenezer and Abigail Royce, married 
Deborah . 

Children: 200 .S'/.'^/^t'/'?, b Oct. 21, 1756; 201 LLannah, b 
April 28, 1758; 202 Ebenezer, h March 24, 1760. 

125. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of Thomas and Mary Royce, married Eunice 



Child : 203 Capt. Joseph, b 1748, d Sept. 10, 1790, ae. 77. 

144. TTMOTHY. 

Timothy, son of Gideon and Rebecca Royce, married 
Abigail . 

Children: loi^ Minthvell, b April 27, 1754 ; 205 Tiinothy , b 



GENEALOGIES. 899 

May 12, 1755 ; 206 Elijah, b July 26, 1756 ; 207 Chaii/irey, b 
Sept. 7, 1757 : 208 jfuanna, b Sept. 27, 1758 ; 209 Katherine, 
b Oct. 4, 1760. 

151. JUSTICE. 

Justice Royce, son of Gideon and Rebecca Royce, mar- 
ried Lois Perkins of Meriden. She died in Wallingford and 
was buried there. 

Children: 210 Rosivell, d in Wallingford; 211 Jotham, 
went west; 212 A?in, m Moses Taylor; 213 Mary, din 
Meriden; 214 Titus, resides in Wallingford now, 1870. 

EVAN. 

Evan Royce married Rachel Parker, May 20, 1724. He 
does not appear to be of the same fomily of any of the prece- 
ding, yet it is quite possible that he was. 

Children: 215 John, b May 25, 1725 ; 216 Anna, b June 
23, 1724; 217 Eiuvi, b June 18, 1729 ; 218 Charles, b March 
28, 1731 ; 219 Mary, b Feb. 5, 1733 ; 220 yamcs, b Jan. i, 
1735 ; 221 Lois, b Nov. 4, 1740 ; 222 Rachel, b June 30, 1743 ; 
223 Hannah, b March 25, 1759 ; 224 Janu-s, b Feb. i. 1757. 

161. JAMES. 

Jas. Royce, son of Capt. Jas. and Miriam Royce, when liv- 
ing, owned and occupied the house and lot at the head of Main- 
Street, in the \illage of Wallingford. The old house and lot 
had been owned by the family from 1670 down to 1868. Mr. 
James Rice died Feb. 17, 1827, ae. 79 years. His wife died 
Aug. 6, 1834, ae. 83 years. The maiden name of his wife 
was Mary, daughter of William Tyler, and sister of Samuel 
and Jared Tyler, late of Wallingford. 

Children : 225 Nehemiah, b 1774, m ist, Ruth Hall, 2d, 
Abigail, daughter of Caleb Hall, Esq., he d April 8, 1831, 
ae. 57 years ; 226 Ambrose, b 1777, d Aug. 21, 1810, ae. ^,2, 
years ; 227 Miriam, m Isaac Peck of Wallingford ; 228 
Sedgwick, d in western N. Y., a Baptist minister ; 226 Liira, 
m Chauncey Hough of Wallingford; 230 yocl, b 1786, m 
Lucretia Yale, d Dec. 21, 1828; 231 ya?nes, resides in west- 



900 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

ern N. Y. ; 232 Ma/y, b 1782, d Aug., 1859, ae. 77 ; 233 
Henrietta, b 1791, d of measles, Feb. 18, 1818, ae. 27 years; 
234 Sylvester, b 1793, d April i, 1820, ae. 27 years. 

218. CHARLES. 

Charles, son of Evan and Rachel Royce, married Lois 



Child; 235 T/iaddeiis,h^o\. T„ 1757, res. near Gitteau's 
corner. 



STANLEY.' 



The ancestor of the Wallingford Stanleys was John Stan- 
ley, who died on his passage over from England, leaving a 
son John, and a daughter Ruth, both of whom were married 
(the same day), Dec. 5, 1645. Joh" the son was nephew of 
Timothy Stanley, of Cambridge and Hartford. 

John Stanley, the grandfather of the Wallingford branch, 
was born in 1625, came to New England in 1634, settled early 
in Windsor and Farmington, joined the church in Farming- 
ton July 12, i7'53, was a deputy from Farmington, four 
sessions to the General Court, was a Captain in King Philip's 
War, and a leading man in Farmington. He married Sarah, 
daughter of Thomas Scott, Dec. 5, 1645. He married 2d, 
Sarah, daughter of John Fletcher, of Milford, June 26, 1661. 
He died Dec. 19, 1706, and his 2d wife and widow died May 
^5, 1713- 

Children : i jfohn, b in Hartford, Nov. 3, 1647 ; 2 Thomas, 
b in Farmington, Nov. i, 1649, ""* i^^ 1690, Anne, daughter of 
Rev. Jeremiah Peck, she d May 23, 1718 ; 3 Sarah, b Feb., 
165 1-2, m Joseph Gaylord ; 4 Timothy, b March 17, 1653-4, 
m Mary, dau. of John Strong, in 1676, and d childless ; 5 

I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn. ; Dag- 
get's Hist. Attleborough. Mass., 94, 95 ; Judd and Boltwood's Hist. Had- 
ley, Mass., 582 ; Leonard's Hist. Dublin, N. H., 396-7 ; Morse's Memorial 
of Morses, App. No. 55 ; Savage's Gen. Diet, iv. 163-6; Thurston's Hist. 
Winthrop, Me., 196-7. 



GENEALOGIES. 9OI 

Elizabeth, b April i, 1657, d ; 6 Abigail, b July 25, 1669, m 
John Hooker, Nov., 1687; 7 Elizabeth, h ^ow. 28, 1672,111 
John Wadsworth, she d Oct. 5, 1713 ; 8 Isaac, b Sept. 22, 
1660, was an imbecile. 

I. JOHN. 

John Stanley appears to have been a prominent man in 
Waterbury. He was the first recorder of the town and pro- 
prietors. He was appointed first by the committee, and 
afterward, Dec. 26, 1682, by the town, which offices he filled 
until his removal to Farmington. He was a good penman 
and well 'qualified for the ofiice, as the records fully demon- 
strate. He married Esther, daughter of Thomas Newell of 
Farmington, and d May 16, 1729 ; she d in 1740. 

Children: 9 Esther, b Dec. 2, 1672, in Farmington, d 1676, 
ae. 4 years ; 10 John, b April 9, 1675, in Farmington, m 
Dec. 14, 1714, d Sept. 8, 1748 ; 11 Samuel, b 1677, m Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Abraham Bronson of Lyme, July 15, 1702 : 
12 Nathaniel,^) 1679, m Sarah Smith and settled in Goshen, 
d 1770 ; 13 Thomas, b May 25, 1684, in Farmington ; 14 
Sarah,h July 4, 1686 ; 15 Timothy, b June 6, 1689, m Martha 
Smith of Farmington, settled in Goshen after 1735. 

II. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Stanley married Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham 
Bronson of Lyme. He died in 1737; he was a mill-wright 
and carpenter, and lived in Wallingford, Farmington and 
Durham. 

Children: 16 Samuel, b in Waterbury; 17 Abraham, b 
April 13, 1705, m Prudence, dau. of Lsaac Pinney, of Wind- 
sor, Conn. ; 18 John; 19 Esther; 20 Ebenezer ; 21 Amia, b 
March 8, 17 13, all b in Wallingford ; 22, Elizabeth, b 17 15 ; 
2T^ Asa,\) 1717; 2\Ruth; 25 Josiah ; all b in Farmington. 

17. ABRAHAM. 

Abraham Stanley married Prudence Pinney of Windsor. 
He settled on a farm a little west of Yalesville. He died 
Feb. 17, 1788, ae. 85 yrs. 
I I I 



902 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 26 Abm/ia??i, b Dec. 7, 1731 ; 27 Priideuce,h 
May 13, 1734, m Laban Andrews, April 5. 1758; 28 Oliver, 
b Oct. 10, 1743, grad. at Yale, 1768, was a lawyer ; 29 Lucretia, 
b Aug. 7, 1748, m Elihu Yale. 

18. JOHN. 

John Stanley married Hannah Ives, May, 29, 1735. She 
died in Wallingford, July 13, 1750. 

Children : 30 Hannah, b June 6, 1736, d June 28, 1750, ae. 
14 yrs. ; 31 yo/in, b Dec. 26, 1737; 32 Mary, b June 11, 
1740 ; 33 Tho?nas, b July i, 1743 ; 34 Sara/i, h July 2, 1745. 

25. JOSIAH. 

Josiah Stanley married Mary Miles, of Wallingford, 
March 14, 1739. He died Oct. 31, 1756. 

Children, 35 Abigail, b June 9, 1742 ; 36 Mary, b Aug. 9, 
1744; 37 Benjatnin, b June 3, 1748. 

28. OLIVER. 

Oliver Stanley Esq. married . He was graduated 

at Yale College in 1768, and became a lawyer of considerable 
note in his native village. He owned the house and lot 
where Mrs. Edgar Atwater now lives ( 1869 ), and died there. 

Children : 38 George Washington, graduated at Yale ; 39 
Sa7-ah, m Medad Baker. 

38. GEORGE. 

George Washington Stanley Esq. married . He 

practiced his profession as a lawyer in his native place for 
several years, with great success ; and was Town Clerk and 
Judge of the Probate Court. In 18 — he went to Middle- 
town, where he was made Attorney for the State. He remained 
there several years, and subsequently went to Cleveland, Ohio, 
where he soon became distinguished as a learned, discreet 
and faithful counselor. He died at an advanced age, leaving 
one son to perpetuate his name, and who is reported to be a 
successful business man at Cleveland. 



GENEALOGIES. 903 

SCARRITT. 

James Scarritt was from Branford, Conn. In 1758 he was 
in the old French war with Miles Yale, Col. Isaac Cook, 
Samuel Parsons, and old Samuel Barnes. These men used 
to meet often and relate their experiences in that war, to the 
great gratification of any who might be present. Mr. Scarritt 
was a weaver and schoolmaster. He taught school before 
the Rev'olution, and until within the memory of the writer. 
He was the honored father of John Scarritt, who was also a 
schoolmaster, and also the highly respected Town Clerk of New 
Haven, for many consecutive years. He died in New Haven. 

Children: i Amauila, m W. Lyon, she d in 1869 ; 2 Lydia, 
m John D. Reynolds; 3 Marcus; 4 Louisa; 5 James, m 
Johnson, and removed to Waterbury. 



STREET.! 

NICHOLAS. 

Rev. Nicholas Street came from England and settled at 
Farmington, Mass. In 1649 h^ went to New Haven where 
he died April 22, 1674. 

Children : Samuel, b 1735, gi'ad. at Harvard, 1664 ; Susan- 
nah ; Sarah ; Abiah ; Hannah. 

I. SAMUEL. 

Rev. Samuel Street married Anna, daughter of Samuel 
Miles, Nov. 3, 1664. He was one of the original subscribers 
to the settlement of Wallingford in 1670, and was the first 
settled clergyman in the place. Four years after the settle- 
ment commenced, he was called to settle there, and continued 
in the work of ministry there until his decease, Jan. 17, 17 17, 
a period of nearly 45 years. Mrs. Anna Street died July 
19, 1730. 

Children: i Aiina,h 1665, in New Haven; 2 Samuel, b 

I For collateral branches, see Dodd's Hist. East Haven, Conn., 153 ; 
Savage's Gen. Diet., iv. 222-3. 



904 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

• •■■■ A'.^'''^ 

1667, in New Haven ; 3 Mary, b 1670, m John Hall of Wall- 
ingford ; 4 Susa/ina, b June 15, 1675, i" Wallingford ; 5 
Nicholas, b July 14, 1677, settled in Groton, Conn. ; 6 Katha- 
rine, b Nov. 19, 1679 \ 7 Sarah, b Jan. 15, 1681, m Theophilus 
Yale. 

2. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Street Jr. married Madeline Daniels, Nov. i, 
1684. She died and he married Hannah Glover, July 14, 
1690. She died July 3, 17 15, and he married for his third 
wife, Elizabeth , Dec. 20, 17 16. 

Children by ist marriage: 8 Samuel, b Nov. 3, 1685 ; 9 
James, b Dec. 28, 1686, m Rebecca Scoville, Sept. 6, 1731 ; 
10 Anna, b Aug. 26, 1688. By 2d marriage: 11 Eleanor, b 
Dec. 3, 1690; 12 Nathaniel, b Jan. 19, 1692 ; 13 Elnathan, b 
Sept. 2, 1695, m Damaris Hull, Feb. 6, 1722 ; 14 Mehitable, b 
Feb. 15, 169Q ; 15 John, b Oct. 25, 1703, m Hannah Hall, 
June 9, 1734 ; 16 Samuel, b May 10, 1707, d Oct. 15, 1752. 

5. NICHOLAS. 

Nicholas Street married Jerusha Morgan, April 22, 1707. 
Children: 17 Jafnes, b Feb. 10, 1708 ; 18 Elizabeth, b Apr. 
24, 1709. 

9. JAMES. 

James Street m Rebecca Scoville. 

Children: 19 Samuel, b Sept. 6, 173 1 ; 20 James, b Sept. 
14, 1733- 

13. ELNATHAN. ,, 

Elnathan Street married Damaris Hall, Feb. 6, 1722. 

Children: 21 Benjamin, b May 18, 1723; 22 Samuel, b 
Jan. 10, 1725, d Jan. 18, 1725 ; 23 Samuel, b Dec. 8, 1728; 
2\ Nicholas, b Feb. 21, 1730, graduated at Yale, 175 1, or- 
dained Oct. 8, 1755, d at East Haven, Oct. 3, 1706; 25 El- 
nathan, b Feb, 20, 1732 ; 26 Anna, b Feb. 16, 1736 ; 27 Mary, 
b June 28, 1738 ; 28 Jesse, b April 24, 1741, m Lois Cook. 

15. JOHN. 

John Street married Hannah Hall, June 5, 1734. 



GENEALOGIES. 905 

Children; 29 Thaddeus^ b March 15, 1735, d March 16, 
1735 5 3° Haimah, b June 7, 1736 ; 31 Sarah, b July 8, 1738 ; 
32 Mary, b May 4, 1740 ; 33 Elisha, b Dec. 17, 1745. 

16. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Street married ist, Keziah Munson, Nov. 12, 

1734 ; 2d, Sarah . She died Oct. i, 1795, ae. 68 years ; 

he died in Wallingford, 1792, ae. 85 years. 

Child by ist marriage: 34 Glover, b May 28, 1735. Chil- 
dren by 2d marriage: 35 Titus, b June 4, 1750, m 

Atwater, of Cheshire; 36 Caleb, b Oct. 23, 1753. 



THOMPSON.' 



There are few names more common among the early set- 
tlers of New England than that of Thompson, most of whom 
came Ifrom London and Hertfordshire, and were probably 
related to each other. Of these, the principal individuals 
connected with the New England settlements were David 
Thompson, who emigrated to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1622, 
where he established fisheries, and in 1623, removed to an 
island in Boston Harbor, which still bears his name ; James 
Thompson, who was one of the first settlers of Woburn, 
Mass., in 1634 ; Major Robert Thompson, who resided in 
Boston in 1639, and was a man of wealth and respectability ; 
Maurice Thompson, a merchant of London, Governor of the 
East India Co., who established fisheries at Cape Ann, in 
1639 ; Rev. William Thompson, who came to York, Maine, 
in 1637, and Anthony Thompson, of New Haven, Conn. 



I For collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 163, 
232 ; Barry's Hist. Hanover, Mass., 409, 410 ; Bradbury's Hist. Kenne- 
bunkport, Me., 297-80; Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, Conn., 727-37 ; Dodd's 
Hist. East Haven, Conn., 154-6; Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 427-9; 
Hooker's Memorials of James and Augustus Thompson ; Jourr.als of 
Smith and Dean of Portland, Me., 68; Kingman's Hist. N. Bridgwater, 
314, 315 ; N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., iv. 180, xni. 1 12-16, 318-20 ; Sav- 
age's Gen. Diet., iv. 283-90 ; Sewall's Hist. Woburn, Mass., 390-402, 
643-5 i Stiles's Hist. Windsor, Ct., 815 ; Thompson's Gen. of Thompson 
Family ; Thompson's Hist. Long Island, N. Y., 11. 425-31. 



906 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph Thompson and his wife Elizabeth were in Wall- 
ingford among the first planters, though not an original sub- 
scriber. He was collector of taxes in 1681. 

Children: i Joseph^ m Hannah Clark, Feb. i, 1700; 2 
John, b Feb. i, 1685, m Sarah Culver, June 23, 1710J 3 
Hannah, b April 16, 1687. 

I. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Thompson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Thomp- 
son, married Hannah Clark. He died ae. 67 years. 

Children : 4 Elizabeth, b Oct. 23, 1710 ; 5 Samuel, b Nov. 

10, 1713 ; 6 Tamar, b Sept. 18, 1715 ; 7 Phcbe, b April 12, 
1720 ; 8 Hannah, b Sept. 10, 1725 ; 9 Keziah, b Jan. 15, 1728. 

2. JOHN. 

John Thompson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Thompson, 
married Sarah Culver, June 23. 17 10. 

Children : 10 Abel, b and d Jan. 14, 1715 ; 11 Abel, b 17 17, 
d 1798; \2 Anna,h']7m. 28, 1719, m Benjamin Sedgwick; 
13 Mabel, b Nov. 11, 1721 ; 14 Sarah, b Oct. 5, 1724, m John 
Moss; 15 John, b Jan. 26, 1726. 

5. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Thompson, son of Joseph and Hannah Thomp- 
son, married Rachel' . 

Children: 16 John, b Feb. 24, 1747; i^ Samuel, h ]nnQ 

11, 1751 ; 18 Fhebe, b Feb. 20, 1753 ; 19 Rachel, b April 20, 
1755 ; 20 Samuel, b Oct. 5, 1757. 

II. ABEL. 

Abel Thompson, son of John and Sarah Culver Thomp- 
son, married . He was the father of Abel, who was 

the father of Capt. Caleb Thompson, late of Wallingford, 
deceased. 

Children: 21 Edward, d in Wallingford; 22 Stiles H, d 
1863 ; 23 Lodema, m E. S. Ives, Esq. ; 24 daughter. 



GENEALOGIES. 9O7 

JOSEPH. 

Joseph and Abigail Thompson had die following family in 
Wallingford. 

Children: 25 Elihu, b Oct. 9, 1745 ; 26 JoJui, b July 22, 
1757- 



THORP.' 

SAMUEL. 

Sergt. Samuel Thorp was an early settler in the eastern 
part ot Wallingford, near Muddy river. His house stood on 
the east side of said river, on an old highway which is closed, 
and which ran south from the east side of the late Col. Rus- 
sel Hall's barn. Lot No. 14 on the east siile of the main 
street, in the village, was assigned him for a house lot. He 
died at the age of 84, Feb. 2, 1728. Mary Thorp, his wife, 
died March i, 1718. 

Children: i Elizabeth, b Feb. 15, 1668 ; 2 Samuel^ b Mar. 
8, 1670; 3 Hannah, b Sept. 9, 1678; a, Naomi, \> Jan. 31, 
1 68 1, m John Boulcott, Oct. 18, 1708 ; 5 jfohn, b July 6, 1686 ; 
6 Samuel, b Apr. 11, 1687 ; 7 Hannah. 

6. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Thorp married ist, Hannah , 2d, Eliza- 
beth How. He died March 14, 1764. She died Oct. 19, 
1751- 

Children by ist marriage: 8 Samuel, b Mar. 24, 1707 ; 9 
Joseph,h Dec. 8, 1708; 10 Elizabeth, b Oct. 3, 1710; 11 
Daniel, b Jan. 4, 171 1 ; 12 Hannah, b Nov. 18, 1712; 13 Sam- 
uel b Apr. ID, 1713 ; 14 Lydia, b Oct. 31, 17 14 ; 15 Hannah, 
b Nov. I, 1716; 16 Thofnas ; 17 Benjamin, b Sept. 13, 1715 ; 
18 John, b Aug. 2, 1718 ; 19 Olive, b Mar. 14, 1720. By 2d 
marriage : 20 Hannah, b Feb. 11, 1722 ; 21 Mabel, b Jan. 12, 
1724; 22 Mary, d Oct. 19, 1767 ; 23 Abner, b Oct. 14, 1720; 
24 Asher, b Oct. 14, 1727 ; 25 Phebe, b April i, 1728; 26, 



I For collateral branches, see Savage's Gen. Diet., iv. 243. 



908 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Elnathmi, b Aug. 13, 1729 ; 27 Sarah, b Dec. 10, 1734; 28 
Tamar, b Sept. 18, 1735. 

9. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Thorp, married Abigail . He died Sept. 

13, 1755- 

Children: 29 Sarah, b July 7, 1741 ; 30 Jared, b Oct. 27, 

1744; 31 Joseph, b May i, 1750; 32 Titus, b Mar. i, 1751 ; 

33 Abigail, b Apr. 22, 1753. 

II. DANIEL. 

Daniel Thorp married Elizabeth . She died 

Oct. 16, 1751. 

Child: 34 Mary, d Oct. 16, 1751. 

13. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Thorp, son of Samuel and Hannah. 

Children : 35 Thomas ; 36 Lois, b Feb. 26, 1736 ; 37 Sarah, 
b Apr. 16, 1737 ; 38 Lydia, b Oct. 9, 1741 ; 39 Lynes, b Oct. 
12, 1743. 



TUTTLE. 



WILLIAM. 

William Tuttle, his wife and three children, and a brother 
John came from Devonshire, England, in the ship Planter, as 
passengers, and were registered April, 1635. John was born 
in 1596, and settled at Ipswich, Mass. ; he left numerous de- 
scendants. William's age was put at twenty-six years, his 
wife Elizabeth's at 23 yrs., John, their eldest child, at 3 1-2 
yrs., Ann, 2 1-2 yrs., and Thomas at three months. Mrs. 
Elizabeth united with the church in Boston, July 24, 1636, 
and brought to be baptized a son, Jonathan, July 2, 1637, and 
another, David, April 7, 1639. Soon after, the family re- 

I For collateral branches, see Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, Conn., 723-7 ; 
Dodd's Hist. East Haven, Conn., 156-8; Hall's Hist. Rec. Norwalk, 
Ct, 203-241, 267-269, 281-290, 297 ; Hudson's Hist. Lexington, Mass., 
248, 249 ; N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., vni. 132-42 ; Otis's Gen. Otis 
Family; Savage's Gen. Diet., iv. 350-2 ; Wyman's Hunt Family Hist., 529. 



GENEALOGIES. 909 

moved to New Haven ; there he became a man of conse- 
quence, and was much employed in public affairs. He 
resided in that part of the town now called North Haven, 
and was there in 1659, on land that belonged to the estate of 
Gov. Eaton. He died in 1673, at the age of 64 years. Mrs. 
Elizabeth died Dec. 30, 1684, ae. 81 yrs. He was a sub- 
scriber to the compact for the settlement of East Haven. Es- 
tate, ;^440. 

Children: lyohn, b 1631, in England, m Catharine Lane; 
2 Anna, b 1633, in England; 3 Thimtas, b 1635, ^"^ Hannah 
Powell, May 21, 1760 ; 4 Jonathan, b July 2, 1637, in Boston, 
m Rebecca, dau. of Francis Ball ; 5 David, b April 7, 1639, 
in Boston, d in 1693 ; 6 Joseph, b Nov. 22, 1640, in New 
Haven, m Hannah Munson ; 7 Sarah, b April, 1642, m John 
Hanson, Nov. 11, 1663 ; 8 Elizabeth, b Nov., 1645, "^ 
Timothy Edwards of Windsor, 1667 ; 9 Simon, b March 28, 
1647, settled at Wallingford in 1670 ; 10 Benjamin, b Oct. 29, 
1648 ; II Mercy, b April 27, 1650, m Samuel Brown of New 
Haven; 12 Nathaniel, b Feb. 29, 1652, m Sarah, dau. of 
Ephraim How, and settled at Woodbury, Conn., where he d 
Aug. 20, 172 1. Cothren, in Hist, of Woodbur)', gives his 
descendants. 

I. JOHN. 

John Tuttle, eldest son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, 
was born in England in 1628, came to America with his 
parents in 1635, in the ship Planter, married Catherine Lane, 
Nov. 8, 1653, and died in 1683. Estate, ;^79. 

Children : 13 Hannah, b Nov. 3, 1655, m Samuel Clark, 
Nov. 7, 1672 ; 14 John, b Sept. 16, 1657 ; 15 Samuel, b Jan. 
9, 1659, m Sarah Newman, in 1684 ; 16 Sarah, b Jan. 22, 
1661-2, m John Humiston, Sept. 10, 1685 ; 17 Daniel, b 
April 13, 1664, d 1700, at Milford, ae. 36 years; 18 Alary, b 
April 13, 1664, m John Ball, June 6, 17 16; 19 Elizabeth, h 
Nov. 26, 1666; 20 David, b Nov. 14, 1668. 

3. THOMAS. 

Thomas Tuttle 2d son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, 



9IO HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

was born in England in 1634-5, and was brought to America 
by his parents in the ship Planter. He married Hannah 
Powell, May 21, 1661. 

Children: 21 Hannah^ b Feb. 24, 1661, m Samuel Clark, 
Nov. 7, 1672 ; 22 Abigail^ b Jan. 17, 1663 ; 23 Mar}\ b June 
14, 1665, d Aug. 12, 1683 ; 24 Thomas jfr., b Oct. 27, 1667, 
m Mary Sanford, June 28, 1692, he d Jan. 30, 1703 ; 25 John, 
b Dec. 5, 1669 ; 26 Esther, b April 9, 1672, m Samuel Russell, 
Feb. 25, 1694; 27 Caleb, b Aug. 29, 1674, m Mary Hotch- 
kiss, March i, 1699 ; 28 Joshua, b Dec. 19, 1676, m Mary 
Mix, Feb 25, 1710; 29 Martha, b May 23, 1679, d Jan. 25, 
1699, ae. 20. 

4. JONATHAN. 

y Jonathan, son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, was born 
in Boston, and came to New Haven when a child with his 
parents. He married Rebecca Bell of Norwalk, Conn., and 
settled on a farm in what is now North Haven, and on which 
some of his descendants continue to reside to this day ( 1870 ). 
He died in 1700. Estate, ;^'ioo. His wife Rebecca died 
May 2, 1676. 

Children: 30 Rebecca, b Sept. 10, 1664; 31 Mary, b Feb. 
7, 1666, m Ebenezer Frost, Oct. 4, 1704 ; 32 David, b Nov. 
14, 1668; 33 Jonathan, b April 6, 1669 ; 34 Simon, b March 
II, 1671 ; 35 William, b May 25, 1673 ; 36 Nathaniel, b Feb. 
25, 1676. 

^^^rrr.'l 5- daniel. 

) Daniel, son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, was a pro- 
prietor in 1685. For some cause which does not now appear, 
he was in 1687 put under the charge of his brother Thomas, 
and died in 1692, ae. 55 years, without children. He had lot 
16, east side of Main-st. in Wallingford, 1670. Estate, ^"29. 

6. JOSEPH. 

Joseph, son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, married 
Hannah, daughter of Thomas Munson, May 2, 1667. He 
died in Sept., 1690. She afterwards married Nathan Bradley 



GENEALOGIES. 9I T 

in 1694, and died in 1695. Estate, ^"269. This family was 
of East Haven, Conn. 

Children: 37 Joseph, b March 18, 1668, m Elizabeth San- 
ford, Dec. 10, 1691--2 \ 38 Samuel, b July 15, 1670, m Sarah 
Hart, Dec. 11, 1695; 39 Stephen, h May 20, 1673, ''•'' R'^'th 

, settled at Woodbridge, N. J. ; 40 Joanna, b Feb. 25, 

1675, m Stephen Panbonna; 41 Timothy, b Sept. 30, 1678, d 
Nov. 21, 1678; 42 Susannah, b Eeb. 20, 1679 ; 43 Elizabeth, 
b July 12, 1683 ; 44 Hannah, b May 14, 1685, d in infancy; 
45 Hannah, b Feb. 26, 1686. 

8. ELIZABETH. 

Elizabeth Tuttle, daughter of William and Elizabeth 
Tuttle, married Richard Edwards of Windsor, Conn. She 
was the maternal ancestor of the late Gov. Henry W. 
Edwards, of New Haven. 

Children : 46 Mary, b 1668 ; 47 limothy, b May 14, 1669, 
m Esther Stoddard ; 48 Abigail, b 1671 ; 49 Elizabeth, b 1675; 
50 An7i, b 1678 ; 51 Mabel, b 1685 ; 52 Cynthia . 

9. SIMON. 

Simon Tuttle, son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, mar- 
ried Miss Abigail, daughter of John Beach, and was among the 
first subscribers to the compact for the settlement of New 
Haven village ( now Wallingford ), in 1669-70, and settled 
there near his father Beach's land, perhaps on a portion of 
it. His house lot was No. 13, east side Main-st, with 8 
acres of out land. He died April 16, 1719, ae. 72 years. 
Mrs. Abigail died Aug., 1722. 

Children: 53 Daniel, b Nov. 11, 1680, m Ruth How, Oct. 
18, 1711 ; 54 Dea. Timothy, b 1681, m ist. Thankful Doolittle, 

Nov. 2, 1706, shed Nov. 23, 1728, 2d, Mary ,3d, Sarah 

Humiston, June 28, 1749, he died April 15, 1756, ae. 75 ; 55 
Thankful : 56 Rebeeea, b April 30, 1698 ; 57 Jonathan, b Sept. 
18, 1701 ; 58 Isaiah, b July 10, 1704, m Susannah Doolittle, 
June 4, 1727; 59 Elizabeth, b Nov. 8, 1705; 60 Deborah, h 
Jan. I, 1709; 61 David, b April .25, 1713. 



912 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

II. MERCY. 

Mercy Tuttle, daughter of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, 
married Samuel Brown, who was among the original sub- 
scribers to the compact for the settlement of the village of 
Wallingford, and had assigned to him the lot on which now 
stands the residence of the late Moses Y. Beach, Esq. ; but 
as he did not settle on it within the time prescribed, he lost his 
title, and it was assigned to John Moss. Dea. Philo Brown, 
of the firm of Brown, Elton & Co., of Waterbury, is a direct 
descendant of her. See " Bronson's Waterbury." 

Children: 62 Abigail, b March 11, 1669, d young; 63 
Sarah, b Aug. 8, 1672 ; 64 Rachel, b Aug. 14, 1677 ; 65 
Francis, b Oct. 7, 1679 ; 66 Gideon, b July 12, 1685 ; 67 Sam- 
uel, b Oct. 29, 1699. 

12. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel Tuttle son of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, 
married Sarah How, Aug. 10, 1682. He settled in Wood- 
bury, Conn., about 1680, where he raised a considerable 
family. He died Aug. 20, 1721, leaving a widow, Sarah. 
His descendants are somewhat numerous in Woodbury and 
vicinity, to this day. 

Children: 68 Mary, bap. May, 1683, d before 172 1 ; 69 
Ephraim, bap. July 20, 1683, m Dinah Wheeler, Feb. 13, 
1706 ; 70 Tanperance, bap. Nov. 24, 1674, d Nov., 1749 ; 71 
Hezekiah, m Martha Huthwith, April 11, 1711, d in 1753; 72 
Isaac, b Feb. 3, 1698, m ist. Prudence Wheeler, Jan. 10, 1729, 
she d 1730, m 2d, Mary Warner, she died Oct. 28, 1746 \ 73 
Anna, d July 22, 1753. 

35. WILLIAM. 

William, son of Jonathan and Rebecca Tuttle, m . 

Children : 74 Aaron, b Nov. 25, 1698, m Mary Munson, 
Feb. 6, 1723-4; 75 Mary, b Aug., 1702; 76 Susamiah,h 
Nov. 10, 1708; 77 Lydia, b Feb. 22, 171 o- 11 ; 78 Jemima, b 
Feb. 13, 1712; 79 Hannah, b Nov. .10, 1715 ; 80 Dan, b 
Aug. I, 1718, d young ; 81 Dan, b Aug. 30, 1722, m Abigail 
Frederick, Jan. 26, 1743, at Wallingford. 



GEx\EALOGIES. 913 

37. NATHANIEL. 

Nathaniel, 2d son of Jonathan and Rebecca Tuttle, mar- 
ried and settled in New Haven. 

Children: 82 yonat/ian, b 1701 ; 83 Silence, b 1703; 84 
Moses, b May 8, 1704; 85 Nathaniel, b May 29, 1714, m 
Mary Todd, Jan. 16, 1737-8. 

53. DANIEL. 

Capt. Daniel Tuttle, son of Simon and Abigail Tuttle, 
settled on lot 16, east side of the main street in Wallingford 
village, married Ruth How, Oct. 18, 171 1 ; he died in 1748. 

Children : 86 Daniel, b 17 14, d Aug. 12, 1767, ae. 53 ; 87 
jfehiel, b Aug. 7, 1717,111 Hannah Hull, Aug. 31, 1742 ; 88 
Abiah ; 89 Phebe, b Jan. 8, 17 19, d ; 90 Lydia, b April 15, 
1722, m Benj. Culver of Wallingford ; 91 Eunice, b April 9, 
1725, d April 12, 1726 ; 92 Eunice, b July 12, 1726, m Gideon 
Ives, Jr., Oct. 19, 1745 ; 93 Ambrose, b Sept. 25, 1728, 111 
Esther Ives, May 31, 1748 ; 94 Enos, b Jan. 3, 1732, 111 Sarah 
Francis, April 21, 1757 ; 95 Mary, b Oct. 11, 1733, m Joseph 
Francis, Aug. 31, 1750 ; 96 Phebe, b Jan. 8, 1734, m Samuel 
Miles; 97 Lois, b March 9, 1737, m Abel Ives, June 19, 
1760; 98 Martha, b Feb. 25, 1720, d Jan. i, 1742. 
54. timothy. 

Dea. Timothy Tuttle, son of Simon and Abigail Tuttle, 
married Thankful Doolittle, Nov. 2, 1706. She died Nov. 
23, 1728. He married 2d, Mary Rowe of New Haven, June 
g, 1729 ; she died Jan. 22, 1747-8. He married 3d, Sarah 
Humiston, June 28, 1749. He died at Cheshire, April 15, 
1756, ae. 76 yrs. 

Children: 99 it'^zr/zf/, b April 10, 1706, m Nathan Tyler; 
100 Ebenezer, b May 18, 1708, d Dec. 3, 1736, ae. 28 yrs. ; 
loi Ephraitn, b April 10, 17 10, m Hannah Payne, Jan. 16, 
1734; 102 Mary, b Oct. ^3, 1712, m Miles Hull of Derby, 
Dec. 4, 1729; 103 Gershom, b Aug. 11, 1714, settled in 
Bristol, Conn., d ae. 74 yrs. ; 104 Timothy, b Dec. 4, 17 16, m 
Hannah Wadanis of Goshen, Conn. ; 105 Abigail, b April 11, 
17 19, m John Gaylord of Cheshire; 106 Simon, \) ]\xx^^ 12, 



914 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

1 72 1, settled in Bristol, Conn. ; 107 Moses, b Dec. 18, 1723, 
settled in Cheshire; 108 Thankful, b Nov. 15, 1726, d Dec. 9, 

1747 ; 109 Mehitable, b Nov. 15, 1730, m Andrew Clark ; no 
Ichabod, b July 2, 1732, d Jan. 9, 1747-8. 

57. JONATHAN. 

Jonathan, son of Simon and Abigail Tuttle, married Re- 
becca Gilbert, Dec. 8, 1724. 

Child: III Simon, b Nov. 16, 1725. 

58. ISAIAH. 

Isaiah, son of Simon and Abigail Tuttle, married Susanna 
Doolittle, June 4, 1727. 

Children: 112 yonathan, b May 19, 1728, settled in Wall- 
ingford ; 113 Thcophilus, b March 4, 1729, settled in Walling- 
ford, d Nov. 17, 1787, ae. 58 ; 114 Isaiah, b Feb. 6, 1732, d 
in childhood ; 115 David, b Jan. 21, 1733, d in 1765; 116 
Elizabeth, b June 17, 1736 ; 117 Sarah, b July 13, 1738 ; 118 
Isaiah, h Nov. 29, 1742, d young; 119 Solomon, h h.wg. 19, 
1746. 

71. HEZEKIAH. 

Hezekiah, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Tuttle, had a son 
who settled in North Haven, and has numerous descendants, 
some of whom reside in New Haven, Conn. ( 1870 ). 

86. DANIEL. 

Daniel Tuttle, son of Daniel and Ruth Tuttle, married 
Phebe . 

Children : 120 Zopher, b July 19, 1743 ; 121 Prudetice, b Jan. 
24, 1745 ; 122 Dan, b Nov. 27, 1746 ; 123 Ichabod, b Feb. 14, 

1748 ; 124 Bemmi, b Sept. 30, 1749 ; 125 Jabez, b July 20, 
1751 ; 126 Ichabod, b Nov. 28, 1757, d Oct. 31, 1834, ae. 77 
years; 127 Beri, b Apr. 29, 1761, drowned May 11, 1809, ae. 
47 years. 

87. jehiel. 

Jehiel Tuttle, son of Daniel and Ruth Tuttle, married 
Hannah Hull, Aug. 30, 1742. 

Children : 128 Daniel, b Jan. 9, 1743-4; 129 John, b Apr. 30, 



GENEALOGIES. 915 

1746 ; 130 Charles, b Dec. 24, 1747 ; 131 jfcremia/i, b Nov. 25, 
1750 ; 132 Charles, b Jan. 26, 1753, settled at Windham, Greene 
Co., New York ; 133 Joel, b July 25, 1756. 

93. AMBROSE. 

Ambrose Tuttle, son of Daniel and Ruth Tuttle, married 
Esther Ives, May 31, 1748. He died in 1757. 

Children: 134 Samuel, b Dec. 22, 1748, d May 9, 1755 ; 135 
Ambrose, b Oct. 11, 1752 ; 136 Martha, b Oct. 9, 1750; 137 
Benjamin, b Sept. 5, 1754; 138 Samuel, h Dec. 22, 1757. 

94. ENOS. 

Enos Tuttle, son of Daniel and Ruth Tuttle, married 
Sarah Francis, April 21, 1757. Probably left Wallingford 
when a young man. 

Child: 139 Sarah, b Feb. 19, 1758. 

lOI. EPHRAIi^L 

Ephraim Tuttle, son of Dea. Timothy and Thankful 
Tuttle, married ist, Esther Hotchkiss, June 11, 1731. She 
died May, 1732, of small pox. He m 2d, Hannah Paine, Jan. 
16, 1734. She died May 22, 1756, ae. 42. He m 3d, Thankful 
Preston, Dec. 16, 1761. He died in Cheshire, Feb 2, 1775, 
ae. 64 yrs. 

Children : 140 Edmund, M. D., b Nov. 26, 1733-4. ^ M'^Y 
5, 1763, ae. 30 yrs. ; 141 Esther, b Feb. 10, 1736 ; 142 Ebe- 

jiezer,h Ozl. 15, 1737, m Eunice ; 143 Ephraim, h 

March 20, 1739, m ist, Mary Hall, Aug. 2. 1754, 2d, Eliza- 
beth Atwater; 144 Avah, b June 30, 1741, d July 23, 1742 ; 
145 Timothy, b July i, 1743, d young; 146 Noah, b Dec. 18, 
1744, d June 30, 1828, at Camden, N. Y., ae. 84 yrs. ; 147 
Timothy, b May 17, 1745, went to Ohio ; 148 Hannah, b Jan. 
4, 1746-7; 149 Lucius, b Dec. 4, 1749, d June 27, 1846, ae. 
97 yrs^; 150 Thankful, b March 13, 1752. By 2d marriage: 
151 i? /////, b Jan. 3, 1761-2 ; 152 Edmufid,h D&c. 30, 1764, 
m Sarah L. Royce, Dec. 6, 1784, he d Jan. i, 1846, ae. 90. 

103. GERSHOM. 

Gershom Tuttle, son of Dea. Timothy and Thankful 



gi6 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Tuttle, married and settled in Goshen, Conn. He died Oct. 
23, 1760. 

Children: 153 iV'^-'ii'/^, b March 26, 1742, m Ruth Beach; 
154 Mary, b Dec. 1, 1743 ; 155 Ichabod, b June 23, 1744, was 
killed at Wyoming, by the Indians ; 156 Amos, b Feb. 9, 1745; 
157 Elisha, b Nov. 24, 1746, m Elizabeth Matthews, Feb. 20, 
1772 ; 158 Deliverance, b Oct. 14, 1753, d Oct. 8, 1760 ; 159 
Timothy, b Jan. 13, 1755 ; 160 David, b Dec. 26, 1756, d Oct. 
ID, 1760; \^\ Hannah, b May 10, 1758; 162 Thankful, b 
May 30, 1759, m Philip Cook; 163 Lois, b May 21, 1760. 

104. TIMOTHY. 

Timothy, son of Dea. Timothy and Thankful Tuttle, mar- 
ried Hannah Wadams Jan. 27, 1743, and settled at Goshen, 
Conn. 

Children: \ba^ Mary, b Dec. i, 1743, m Sedgwick 

of Cornwall Hollow; 165 Amos, b Feb. 4, 1745 ; 166 Elisha, 
b Nov. 24, 1746, d in Goshen, July 28, 1825 ; 167 Ichahod, b 
June 23, 1748, m Elizabeth Matthews, Feb. 20, 1772, killed by 
Indians at Wyoming, Pa.; 168 Noah, b March 26, 1752, m 
Ruth Beach, was hotel keeper several years in Canada ; 169 
Deliverance, b Oct. 14, 1753, d Oct. 8, 1760; 170 Timothy, b 

June 10, 1755, m Abigail ; 171 David, b Dec. 26, 1756, 

d Oct., 1760; 172 Hannah, b Aug. 10, 1758 ; 173 Thankful, 
b May 30, 1759, m Phillip Cook of Goshen, Conn. ; 174 Lois, 
b May 21, 1760. 

107. MOSES. 

Moses, son of Dea. Timothy and Thankful Tuttle, married 
Sybil Thomas, June 2, 1746. He died in Cheshire, Jan. 17, 
1809, ae. 86 yrs. She died July 16, 1804, ae. 80 yrs. Both 
are buried in the Episcopal yard, Cheshire. 

Children: 175 Lchabod,h Feb 14, 1748, m Sarah Hitch- 
cock; 176 Sybil,h April 15, 1749, m Amos Hitchcock, May 
31, 1764, settled in Canada and died there; 177 Sarah, h 
Aug. 19, 1750, m Isaac Moss ; 178 Rebecca, b Feb. 21, 1752, 
m Reuben Merriman ; 179 Moses, b Oct. 24, 1753, settled in 
Prospect; \^o Anna, h Oct. 24, 1753; 181 Freelove, b April 



GENEALOGIES. . 917 

8, 1756, m John Benham ; 182 Thadiiens, b Aug. 18, 1757, m 
Cornelia Atwater ; 183 Samuel, b April 16, 1759, m Martha 
HulV settled in Vermont; 184 Lvdia, b July 9, 1761, m 
Abner Doolittle of Cheshire. 

112. JONATHAN, 

Jonathan Tuttle, son of Josiah Tuttle of North Haven, 
married Hannah Barns, Feb. 6, 1754, and settled in the south- 
west corner of Wallingford, near the foot of the Blue Hills. 
The locality has ever since borne the name of Tuttle's farm. 
He died May 27, 1795, ae. 65 years. Hannah his relict died 
Nov. 6, 183 1, ae. 97 years. 

Children: 185 Rebecca, b Dec. 21, 1754, m Lent Hough, of 
Wallingford ; 186 Isaiah, b May 5, 1757, m Sarah Yale, their 
children were Samuel, Jonathan, Harvey, Romantha, and Rev. 
Anson, all went to Ohio ; 187 Hannah, b Jan. 2, 1760, m 
Bethiel Todd; 188 Sarah, b Dec. 18, 1762, m Reuben Jones, 
of Wallingford; 189 David jfustus, b Jan. 27, 1765, m Polly 
Tuttle, April 29, 1790, she d Jan. 9, 1813, ae. 48; 190, <?tTw 
Samuel, b 1771, m Abigail Cook, Oct. 25, 1792; 191 Polly, 
m Samuel Johnson, of Wallingford. 

127. BERI. 

Beri Tuttle, son of Daniel and Phebe Tuttle, of Wall- 
ingford, was drowned while at work on the bridge at Humis- 
ton Mills, May 11, 1807, ae. 47 years. He married Charity 
Johnson. She died Jan. 31, 18 14, ae. 52 years. 

Children: 192 Nancy; \()t, Laura, h 1788, m Asa Tuttle 
and d in Cheshire; 194 Clarissa; 195 Merrit, b 1795, m 
Mary, dau. of Stephen Cook; 196 Franklin, b 1800, d Nov. 
18, 181 1, ae. II yrs. ; 197 Ira Esq., b June 30, 1805, m Mary, 
dau. of John B. Johnson Esq., d Jan. 10, 1870, ae. 64. 

132. CHARLES. 

Charles Tuttle, son of Jehiel of Wallingford, settled at 
Windham, Greene Co., N. Y. 

Children: 198 Mamre ; 199 Anna; 200 Charles; 201 
Daniel Bliss, b July, 1797, m Abigail Clark Stimpson ; 202 
Sallie ; 203 Ephraim, d 1866. 

K K K 



9l8 HISTORY 01' WAl.LlXGFORl). 

20I. DANIEL. 

Daniel Bliss, son of Charles and Tuttle, married 

Abigail Clark Stimpson. 

Children : 204 Lettiuei S., b at Windham, Greene Co., N. Y. ; 
205 Sarah B.; 206 Daniel; 207 Rev. Daniel Syh'ester, b 
Jan. 26, 1837, m Harriet M. Foote, he was consecrated a 
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Idaho, Mon- 
tana and Utah, May i, 1867, his children were George M., 
b Sept. 23, 1866, and Herbert Edward, b June 14, 1869. 

142. EBENEZER. 

Ebenezer Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Hannah Tuttle, 
married Eunice . 

Children : 208 Mary, b March 12, 1761 ; 209 Phebe, b Aug. 
15' 1763 ; 210 Ebenezer, b July 28, 1765 ; 211 Joseph, b Aug. 
9, 1767. 

143. EPHRAIJVI. 

Ephraim Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Hannah Tuttle, 
married ist, Maiy Hull, Aug. 20, 1764. She died in 1768. 
He married 2d, Elizabeth Atwater. She died in 1808. He 
died in Cheshire, Conn., i8ii,.ae. 72 years. 

Child by ist marriage: 212 Uri, b Oct. 31, 1765,111 ist, 

Peggy Morrison, she d Oct. 17, 1813, ae. 46 yrs, he m 2d, 

Stowe. By 2d marriage: 213 Ephraitn, b Feb. 28, 1776, m 
Lois, dau. of Capt. David Hitchcock ; 214 Lucy, m Gideon 
Walker, settled in Southington, Conn. ; 215 Mary, b in* 1769, 
m S. Ufford Beach, she d Feb. i, 1854; 216 Elizabeth, m 
Nath'l Royce, of Southington, Conn. ; 217 Hanttah, m Elia- 
saph Preston, of Prospect, Conn. ; 218 Abigail, ni John Peck, 
of Homer, N. Y. ; 219 Stephen, m Catharine Smith, and went 
to Burton, Ohio. 

149. LUCIUS. 

Capt. Lucius Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Hannah Tut- 
tle, married Hannah, daughter of Andrew and I^owly Hull, 
of Cheshire. He was a prominent man in Cheshire for many 
years, and during the Revolution was under General Wash- 
ington's command at Boston and Long Island, and himself 



GENEALOGIES. 9I9 

had command of a company of his townsmen at the battle 
which resulted in the surrender of General Burgoyne and his 
army in 1777. He died at the house of his son Lucius, in 
Wolcott, at the age of 97 years. 

Children: 220 Anch-eio Hull, b Aug. 28, 1775 ; 221 Lucius, 
b Aug. 7. 1776, d in Wolcott, Conn., had a family there; 222 
Betsey Aim, b April 8, 1778, m Samuel Benham, of Cheshire ; 
223 Marcus, b March 25, 1780 ; 224 Aiisoti, b Dec. 22, 1781, 
d Sept. 19. 1863, ae. 32 : 225 Williavi B , b Feb. 11, 1784, d 
Jan. 6, 1822. ae. 38 yrs. ; 226 Hannah, b March 24, 1785, d 
unm. June 9, 1846, ae. 59 ; 227 Gaius, b July 5, 1/36, d ae. 
67 yrs. in Cheshire; 228 Esther, h Do^c. 30, 1792, m Levi 
Doolittle, and died in Cheshire. 

152. EDMUND. 

Edmund Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Thankful Tuttle, 
married Sarah S. Royce, Dec. 6, 1784. He died at Cheshire, 
Jan. I, 1846, ae. 82 years. She died Dec. 16, 1856, ae. 89 jrs. 

Children : 229 Sybil Stella, m John Hall, April, 1826; 230 
Lowly, d Nov. 18, 18 13, ae. 17 yrs. : 231 Edmund, d July 11, 
1793, i" infancy ; 232 Lois S., m James Merriman, of South- 
ington ; 233 ISiancy, d Jan. 4, 1827, ae. 24 yrs. ; 234 Laura 
Ann, d Sept. 20. 1829, ae. 23 yrs. ; 235 Myra, m Jesse 
Brooks, of Cheshire ; 236 Ruth, m John Peck, and died in 
Cheshire, Conn. 

175. ICHABOD. 

IcH.\BOD Tuttle, son of Moses and Sybil Thomas Tuttle, 
married Sarah Hitchcock, daughter of Dan and Esther 
Hitchcock, of Cheshire, and was for many years owner of 
the farm now known as the Dickerman farm, situated about a 
mile and a quarter east of Cheshire village. She died Oct. 
30, 1834, ae. 77 years. 

Children: 237 Dan, m Hannah Holdreden, settled at Great 
Bend in Penn. ; 238 Sally, m Ephraim Smith; 239 Clara, m 
Titus Smith ; 240 Friend, m Eunice Linn, and died in Penn. ; 
241 Susannah, m Green Smith of Cheshire ; 242 Alfred, d 
unmarried at Cheshire : 243 Minerva, m Ethural Bristol of 



920 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Cheshire; 244 Ic/iabod, d at Vergennes, Vermont, by his 
wife Elizabeth, he had Calvin, Luther and Ichabod ; 245 
Bena/ah, d in Vergennes, Vt. ; 246 Lai^inia, m Gains Hitch- 
cock of Cheshire, in 1791, he d May 27, 1862, ae. 71 years; 
247 Zephaniah, m Betsey Hotchkiss, he d in S. C. ; 248 
Sarah yulia, m ist, Capt. Wm. Harwood, 2d, Harry Davidson ; 
249 Maria, m ist, Cyrus Bradley, 2d, Sheldon Lewis, of 
Bristol. 

179. MOSES. 

MosES TuTTLE, son of Moses and Sybil Tuttle, married 

Damaris , and settled in Prospect, Conn., where he 

died Jan. 17, 1835, ae. 82 years. He was the honored father 
of Mrs. Joel Merriman, of Cheshire, and of Mrs. Benjamin 
Button Beecher, of Cheshire and Prospect, and others whose 
names I have been unable to ascertain. She died July 25, 
1835, ae. 77 years. 

Child: Woosfer, m Mercy , d in Prospect, Feb. 26, 

1843, ae. 65 yrs. 

189. DAVID. 

David Justus, son of Jonathan and Hannah Tuttle of 
Wallingford, died Jan. 9, 1813, ae. 48. Mrs. Polly Tuttle, his 
widow, died Sept. 22, 1836, ae. 67 years. 

Children: 250 Rebecca Hough, b March 7, 1801, m Augus- 
tus Hitchcock ; 251 Betsey, b Nov. 1, 1790, m John Gaylord of 
Wallingford; 252 Sally, b June 29, 1792, d Sept. 21, 1810 ; 

253 Harry, b Oct. 20, 1796, m Mary Bronson of Wolcott ; 

254 yiilius, b Dec 2, 1798, m Sylvia, dau. of Ambrose Tuttle 
of Hamden ; 255 Jesse, b Sept. 22, 1794, res. in Wallingford ; 
256 Merwin, m Eliza Hemingway, and died at East Haven, 
Conn; 257 Caroline, m Allen Tuttle of Hamden, res. North 
Haven ; 258 Eliza. 

190. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Jonathan and Hannah Tuttle, married ist, 
Abigail Cook. She died July 6, 1808, ae. 36. He then mar- 
ried Lucy , who died Dec, 2, 1823, ae. 56 yrs. He died 

Feb. 3, 1824, ae. 53 yrs. He was a man of note in Wallingford. 



GENEALOGIES. 92 1 

Children ; 259 Lucy, b Sept. 20, 1793 ; 260 Anna, b Nov. 
5, 1795 ; 261 Orren, b Jan. 18, 1801, deceased while a young 
man ; 262 Rev. Bcn\ Baptist minister in Ohio. 

195. MERRIT. 

Merrit Tuttle, son of Beri and Charity Tuttle, married 
Mary, daughter of Stephen Cook, of Cheshire. He died 
June 20, 1844, ae. 49 years. She married Wm. Todd for her 
2d husband, and died Oct. 2, 1864. 

Children: 263 Sarah; 264 Caroline; 2^^ Marietta ; 266 
Benajah, killed by falling into a cider mill, Nov. 12, 1813, ae. 
II yrs. ; 267 jfiilia ; 268 Ira A., m Maria, dau. of Hiram 
Bristol ; 269 Seldcn, m ist, Ellen Doolittle, April 11, 1849, 2d, 
Sarah L. Chatfield, Dec. 24, 1862 ; 270 Henry Clay, b June, 
1832, m Cornelia Blakeslee, April 14, 1804; 271 Merrit; 272 
Louisa. 

212. URI. 

Uri Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Mary Tuttle, married 
ist, Peggy Morrison, she died ; he married 2d, Catharine 
Stow. He died in New Haven. 

Children: 273 Henry Hopkins, b May 18, 1794; 274 W^n. 
Atnes. b Jan. 22, 1796, resides in Auburn, N. Y. ; 275 Eliza- 
beth Mary, h Nov. 20, 1797, m Wm. Hall; 276 Harriet, \i 

April 12, 1801, m Smith: 277 JatieC, b Sept. 17, 1803, 

d Aug. 17, 1805. By 2d marriage: 278 Charles, b Oct. 3, 
1815, d Oct. 23, 1854; 2']() Jane, b Jan. 5, 1818, d Jan. 9, 
1818; 280 Chester Allen, h Oct. 20, 1819, d Sept. 16, 1820; 
281 Frances, b Jan. 28, 182 1, m Henry How ; 282 Frederick, b 
1822, d ae. 14 yrs. ; 283 George F, b Oct. 28, 1823, m Maria 
Antoinette, dau. of Rev. W. Brown, of New York city, a grad- 
uate of Yale College in 1818 ; 284 Chester Uri, b June 9, 1825. 

213. EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth Tuttle, 
married Lois, daughter of Capt. David Hitchcock, of Che- 
shire, June 15, 1806. She was born Sept. 2, 1781, and died 
Feb. II, 1843, ae. 62 years. He died July 4, i860, ae. 
84 years. 



922 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

Children: 285 Ma?'iis, b March 6, 1807, m Fannie Tyon 
of Colchester, Conn. ; 286 Ephraim^ b Jan. 20, 1809, m 
Elizabeth Ives, of Middletown, Conn. ; 287 Ab/ier, b Jan. 27, 
181 1, m Hannah Beecher, of Bristol, Conn. ; 2d>% Ifmry^h 
Sept. 8, 1812, m Abigail Ames, of Ohio; 289 Edmund, b 
Sept. 6, 18 14, m Betsey Hubbard, of Wallingford ; 290 Peter 
Green, b Sept. 7, 18 16, m Mary A. Roberts ; 291 Liuy Ann, 
b July 24, 18 18, m Henry Lane, she d Jan. 14, 1855 ; 292 
David, b May 6, 1820, d ae. 6 weeks; 293 Joseph, b March 
26, 1822 ; 294 Janies, b March 26, 1822, d ae. 3 weeks ; 295 
James, b Feb. 14, 1822, m ist, Levia Root, of Southington, 
Conn., 2d, Calista Darrow, of Bristol, Conn. 

264 STEPHEN. 

Capt. Stephen Tuttle, son of Ephraim and Elizabeth 
Tuttle, married Catharine Smith, of Cheshire, Conn. He 
went to Burton, Geauga Co., Ohio, and died there about 
1866-7. 

Children: 296 Augustus F., res. in New Haven; 297 
Mary, m Silas Gaylord, of Cheshire, and settled in Ohio ; 
298 Elizabeth. 

227. GAIUS. 

Gaius Tuttle, son of Capt. Lucius and Hannah Tuttle, 
married Bella Gaylord, of Wallingford. He was a farmer 
and resided about a mile and a quarter from the village of 
Cheshire, eastward, on the road to Meriden. He died in 
Cheshire, ae. 67 years. 

Children: 299 Phebe N., b Jan. 24, 181 1, m Stephen 
Beecher, Aug. 8, 1844; 300 Samuel Anson, b Aug. 18, 18 14, 
m ist, Eunice Pierrepont, May i, 1844, she d Sept. 17, 1850, 
ae. 29, he m 2d, Emily R. Royce, dau. of Dea. Silas Royce 
of Meriden, May 11, 1854. 

jotham. 

JoTHAM Tuttle, a descendant of Jonathan and Rebecca 
Tuttle, son of Nathaniel and Mary Tuttle, married Keziah 
Munson, and settled at Tutde's farm, in Wallingford, where 
he died, ae. 66 years. His 2d wife was Elizabeth Perkins. 



GENEALOGIES. 923 

Children by ist marriage: 301 Eli^ m Asenath Perkins, 
and settled in Hamden j 302 Asa, m Laura Tattle, and set- 
tled in Cheshire, where he d, she d in 1870 ; 303 Mary ; 304 
Esther. By 2d marriage: 305 Mafining, went west many 
years ago. 

TYLER.' 

Roger, John and William Tyler, supposed brothers, were 
the first of the name in Wallingford. Roger Tyler married 
Sarah Humiston, Jan. 10, 1698. John Tyler.ma'rried Phebe 
Beach. William and Mary Tyler were the first of the name 
in Wallingford. 

JOHN. 

John Tyler, married to Abigail Hall, by Rev. Samuel 
Street, Jan. 14, 1694. She died Nov. 20, 1741. 

Children: i Esther, b Sept. 20, 1695, ^n Moses Beach of 
Wallingford ; 2 yohn, b Jan. 29, 1697 ; 3 Abigail, b Jan. 
29, 1697, m Sam'l Andrews, of Wallingford ; 4 Nathan, b Apr. 

17, 1701, m Rachel- , she died in Cheshire, Nov. 2, 

1749, ae. 44 years ; 5 Lois, b Nov. 7, 1706 ; 6 Thomas, b Nov. 

26, 1708, m Lydia ; 7 John, b Jan 14, 17 10, m Phebe 

Beach, April 7, 1731 ; 8 Isaac, b Jan. 17, 17 13, m Susannah 
Miles, Nov. 27, 1732 ; 9 Joseph, b March 21, 1716, m Mehita- 
ble ; ID Experience ; 11 Hannah, m Macock Ward. 

WILLIAM. 

William Tyler married Mary . She died in 

Wallingford, March 11, 1754. He, in company with Mr. 
Samuel Stanley, purchased the mills at Yalesville in 1703. 
He bought the interest of Mr. Stanley in 1704. From this 

I For collateral branches see Bradbury's Hist. Kennebunkport, 16, 581 ; 
Bridgeman's King's Chapel Burial Ground, 289-91 ; Daggett's Hist. 
Attleborough, Mass., 95; Eaton's Hist. Thomaston, Me., 440; Field's 
Hist. Haddam, Conn., 46 ; Heraldic Journal, 111.(1867) 184; Holden's 
Gen. Capron Family, part i, 191 ; Hudson's Hist. Lexington, Mass., 281 ; 
Savage's Gen. Diet, iv. 354-6. 



924 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

date, they remained in the family until after the decease of 
the late Mr. Samuel Tyler, in 1822, when they were set out to 
his daughter Merab, whose guardian, the late Nehemiah 
Rice, sold them to Charles Yale Esq. 

Children: 11 1-2 Mary, b Sept. 7, 1695, ""• Francis Sedg- 
wick, Feb. 5, 1734; 12 Sarah, b Nov. 25, 1697 ; 13 Phebe, b 
Oct. 5, 1700; 14 Samuel, b Aug. 11, 1702, m Jerusha Sedg- 
wick Feb. 15, 1734; 15 Martha, b Oct. 4, 1706, m Jacob 
Francis, Jan. 20, 1763 ; 16 Mehitable, b Nov. 14, 1707 ; 17 
Abiah, b Nov. 10, 1708; 18 ^///ri??>;/, b April 18, 1713, m 
Elizabeth De Wolf, Feb. 13, 1734; 19 Mehitable, b Nov. 17, 
1 7 18, m Stephen Merwin, April 12, 1743 ; 20 Asa, b July 30, 
1722. 

NATHAN. 

Nathan Tyler m Rachel 24iiiy^; She died at Cheshire, 
Nov. 25, 1749, ae. 44 years. 

Children: 21 Lois, b May 12, 1731 ; 22 Thankful, b April 

18, 1733 ; 23 Rachel, b Nov. 24, 1736 ; 24 Tirzah, b March 6, 
1738; 25 Barnabas, b Aug. 30, 1739, d Sept. 20, 1749 ; 26 
Heber, b and d Sept. 30, 1749. 

6. THOMAS. 

Thomas and Lydia Tyler were of Wallingford. 
Children: 27 Elizabeth, b Nov. 18,1736; 28 Reuben, h 
Sept. 19, 1738 ; 29 Rispie, b Dec. 8, 1740 ; 30 Joseph, b Feb. 

19, 1743, d Feb. 25, 1752 ; 31 Experience, b Aug. 18, 1745 ; 
32 Obedience, b Nov. 24. 1747. 

7. JOHN. 

John Tyler married Phebe Beach, April 7, 1731. After 
her decease he married Mary Doolittle, Nov. 9, 1741. 

Children : t^t, Benjamin, b Jan, 14, 1732, d Feb. 25, 1732 ; 
34 Benjamin, b Feb. 23, 1733 ; 35 Lydia, b June 28, 1735 ;. 
2)6 Patience, hM^iXch. 6, 1739. By 2d marriage: 37 yohn,h 
Aug. 15, 1742 ; 38 Phebe, b Nov. 10, 1743. 

8. ISAAC. 

Isaac Tyler married Susannah Miles ; she died Jan. 25, 



GENEALOGIES. 925 

1760. He died April 12, 1801, ae. 89 years, at Cheshire. 
Children: 39 Abraham, b June 9, 1735 ; 40 Ejios, m Obe- 
dience Smith; 41 Abraham, b 1738; 42 Miles C. ; 43 Isaac, 
b March 23, 1740; 44 Amos ; 45 Jacob, b March 20, 1742-3 ; 
46 Si/sa?ina/i, b April 8, 1745 ; 47 Hannah, b July 20, 1747 ; 
48 Sarah, b March 2, 1749, m Jesse, son of Stephen Welton, 
of Waterbury ; 49 Nathaniel, b Oct. 9, 1753 ; 50 Eunice. 

9. JOSEPH. 

Joseph Tyler married Mehitable . She died Aug. 

28, 1757. He died Oct., 1741, leaving an estate of ^^548. 

Child : 51 Sybil, b Dec. 31, 1740, m Benjamin Cook, Aug. 
28, 1757. 

14. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Tyler married Jerusha, daughter of Samuel and 
Ruth Sedgwick, of Hartford. 

Children: ^2 Lathrop,h June 22, 1734, he built the ori- 
ginal mill known as Humi.ston Mill ; 53 Samuel, b Dec. 14, 
1735, m Damaris Atwater, April 21, 1763; 54 Daniel, b 
March 17, 1738, he built the mill in the south-east part of the 
town; 55 Moses, b March 15, 1740, d Jan. 15, 1743; 56 
Jerusha, b July 23, 1743, d May 3, 1744 ; 57 Jared, b Nov. 
5, 1744, m Keziah Rice, she died 1817, ae. 73 yrs. ; 58 Moses, 
b Feb. 12, 1746, d Nov. 22, 1776, in Wallingford ; 59 Jason, 
b May 23, 1749; 60 Mary,\i 1751, m James Rice, he d in 
Wallingford; 61 Jerusha, b Jan. 4, 1754. 
40. enos. 

Enos Tyler married Obedience Smith, who died July 28, 

1771, ae. 38 years. He then married Lydia , and she 

died Oct. 27, 1744, ae. 36 years. 

Children: 62 Reuben, h May 30, 1759; 63 Enos; 64 Av?- 
thaniel, b Jan. 22, 1761 ; 65 Bede ; 66 Sarah : 67 Mary; 68 
Lydia. 

53. SAMUEL. 

Samuel, son of Samuel and Jerusha Sedgwick Tyler, mar- 
ried Damaris, daughter of Phineas and Mary Atwater, April 



926 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

2 1, 1763. He was the last male in the Tyler line that owned 
the mills at Yalesville, and was himself constantly employed 
about the mills during a long life. Bennet Jeralds Esq. has 
recently erected a new house on the site of the old one. The 
new Episcopal church at Yalesville occupies the ground on 
which formerly stood the large barn of Mr. Tyler. He died 
March 13, 1823, ae. 88 yrs. She died April 24, 1810, aged 
72 yrs. 

Children: 69 Merab, b 1763; 70 Sdina, m Sherlock 
Andrews of Wallingford ; 71 son, d young ; 72 jfulia., m Dr. 
James Gilbert of New Haven ; 73 Lavinia, b March 14, 1781, 
m Harry Whittelsey of Catskill, N. Y. 

54. DANIEL. 

Daniel, son of Samuel and Jerusha Tyler. He built the 
mills at the south-east part of the township, which are still in 
the possession of his descendants. He was killed by an 
insane person named Coles, for the crime { as the insane man 
claimed ), of being a tory of the Revolution. 

Children : 74 Royal D. ; 75 Safniiel, d at the south. 

57. JARED. 

Jared, son of Samuel and Jerusha Tyler, married Keziah 
Royce, July 15, 1772. He died March 17, 18 16. She died 
Feb. 8, 1 8 19, ae. 73. He owned and occupied a large farm 
at what is now Yalesville. Miles Clark is the present owner 
of the house in which Mr. Tyler lived. 

Children: 76 yared Royce, b Sept. 2, 1776, m Rhoda , 

went to Vermont, where he died ; 77 Kezia, b April 18, 1784, 
m Ethelbert Benham of Cheshire, she d July 19, 1830 ; 78 
yoei, b about 1774, m 1st, Esther Hough, in 1798, 2d, P. 
Blakeslee, he d in 183 1, in Lockport, N. Y., had Jared, 
James, Jane and Amanda, all deceased ; 79 Elizabeth, b 1794, 
m Ebenezer Allen and went to Ohio, where she d at the age 
of 74 ; 80 A?fianda, b April 2, 1780, m Capt. Wm. Davidson 
of Milford, was lost at sea ; 81 twins, b 1796, d early. 



GENEALOGIES. 927 

58. iMOSES. 

Moses, son of Samuel and Jerusha Tyler, married Lois 
— . She died Aug., 1809, ae. 54 yrs. He died Nov. 22, 



1776, ae. 31 yrs. He was the owner of a large house which 
was occupied as a hotel, and stood on the ground now occu- 
pied by Mr. McKenzie's house at Yalesville. The old tavern 
was burned some sixty or seventy years since, with all its con- 
tents. 

Children : 82 Ahible, b 1802, d Mar. 22, 1844, ae. 42 ; 83 
Lois, m Capt. John Nott of Wethersfield, both died in Wall- 
ingford ; 84 J/<7rv, m ist, Silas Benham of Meriden, and had 
Jared Nelson Tyler Benham, an only son, she m for her 2d 
husband John Kirtland Esq. 

78. JOEL. 

Joel Tyler, son of Jared and Keziah Tyler, was born 
about 1774, married Esther Hough about 1798 ; after her death 
he married Polly Blakeslee. He died in Lockport, N. Y., in 
Feb. or March, 183 1. 

76. JARED. 

Jared Royce Tyler, son of Jared and Keziah Tyler, 
was born Sept. 2, 1776. He died Nov. 14, 1844, ae. 68 yrs., 
in Lockport, N. Y., leaving a widow, Rhoda, but had no 
children born to them. 

80. AMANDA. 

Amanda Tyler, daughter of Jared and Keziah Tyler, was 
born April 2, 1780, married Capt. William Davidson, of Mil- 
ford, in the year . He with his vessel and crew were 

lost while returning from the West Indies. The last heard 
from him was that he left the Island with his vessel heavily 
laden with salt, just before a severe gale. She married 2d, 

Abijah Carrington, in Milford, in the year , and died in 

Milford, in the year . 

77. keziah. 

Keziah Tyler, daughter of Jared and Keziah Tyler, was 
born April 18, 1784, married Ethelbert Benham, of Cheshire, 
Conn., Oct., 1808, died July 19, 1830, in Cheshire, Conn. 



928 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

79. ELIZABETH. 

EIlizabeth Tyler, daughter of Jared and Keziah Tyler, 
was born in 1794, married Ebenezer Allen, of Bristol, at the 
age of 25, and died ae. 74 yrs. and 11 months. She died in 
Geneva, Ohio. 



WHITTELSEY.' 

JOHN. 

John Whittelsey is believed to be the first person of the 
name who emigrated to the United States, and the ancestor 
/of all the Whittelseys who have lived here. He came from 
England about 1650, and became a tanner and shoemaker at 
Saybrook, Conn. The town of Saybrook, by authority of the 
General Court, gave to Mr. Whittelsey and Wm. Dudley the 
right to establish a ferry over the Connecticut river, near 
which he lived, in 1663. This still belongs to his descendants. 
He died April 15, 1704; his wife died Sept. 29, 17 14. Their 
descendants were : 

( a ) John, settled in Saybrook ; ( b ) Stephen, attorney at 
Saybrook; (c) Joseph, setded at Saybrook; {d) Eiiphaiet, 
settled at Wethersfield, married Mary Pratt, Dec. i, 1702 ; ( e ) 
Ebenezer, settled at Saybrook ; ( f ) Jabez, settled at Bethlem, 
deacon; (g) Samuel, settled at Wallingford, minister; (h) 
Elizabeth ; ( i ) Ruth. 

SAMUEL. 

Rev. Samuel Whittelsey was the youngest son and child 
of John and Ruth Dudley Whittelsey of Saybrook, and was 
born there in 1686, was graduated at Yale college in 1705, 
married Sarah, daughter of Rev. Nathan Chauncey, son of 
Rev. Charles Chauncey, President of Harvard College. He 

I Yor collateral branches, see Andrews' Hist. New Britain, Conn., 235, 
317,355, 376; Cothren's Hist. Woodbury, Conn., 756-65 ; N. E. Hist, 
and Gen. Reg., xx. 321 ; Scranton's Gen. of Scranton Family, 43 ; 
Savage's Gen. Diet, iv. 537 ; Whittelsey's Memorial of Whittelsey 
Family. • 



GENEALOGJES. .929 

was ordained at Wallingford as colleague to Rev. Mr. Street, 
April 10, 1 7 10, after having preached one year on probation. 
He died April 15, 1752, having nearly completed the 42d year 
of his ministry.! His widow died Oct. 23, 1767, ae. 84 yrs. 
Children: i Samuel^ b July 10, 1713, m Susanna Newton 
of Milford, Sept. 21, 1743; 2 Lois, b Nov. 28, 1714, m Col. 
Elihu Hall, Jan. 2, 1734 ; 3 Chauticey, b Oct. 8, 1717, m 
ist, Elizabeth Whiting, Oct. 17, 1751, 2d, Martha Newton, 
Aug. 13, 1753 ; 4 San7h, b Jan. 19, 1720, d Aug. 23, 1725 ; 
e^ Elisha, b Oct. ig, 1721, m Susanna Hall of New Haven, 
Aprils, 1754; 6 Charles, h Jan. 16, 1723, m Lucy Hall of 
Cheshire, June 13, 1751 ; 7 Sarah, h Oct. 20, 1726, d Nov. 2, 
1746 ; 8 Katherine. b Dec. 26, 1728, m Rev. James Dana, 
May 8, 1759 ; he was born May 10, 1735, ^'^'^' ^ •^'Jg- 28, 
1793, at New Haven ; she d Aug. 18, 1812. 

I. SAMUEL. 

Samuel Whittelsey grad. at Yale College in 1729. He 
was a tutor in that college from 1732 to 1738, Master of Arts 
from Yale and Harvard colleges ; settled in the ministry at 
Milford, where his virtues, piety, and good deeds shone with 
peculiar brightness and beauty. His life was unceasingly 
devoted to faithful labor in sacred things, and the advance- 
ment of religion among his people in Milford, who with com- 
mendable zeal honor his memory. His wife, to whom he was 
married Sept. 21, 1743, died May 10, 1803, ae. 87. He died 
Oct. 22, 1769. 

Children: () Samuel, b Aug. 3, 1745, m Mary Hubbard, 
was a physician in Milford, d Oct. 22, 1776 ; 10 Susanna, b 
Jan. 26, 1747, m Dr. Edward Carrington of Milford, d Jan. i, 
1801 ; II Saj-ah, b Oct. 31, 1749, m John Chandler, who grad. 
at Yale, 1764, and was sheriff of New Haven Co., she d July i, 
1803 ; 12 Royal Newton, b Eeb. 24, 1754, m Ann Woodruff of 
South Farms, April 20, 1775. 

3. CHAUNCEY. 

Chauncey Whittelsey was graduated at Yale College, 
I See p 115, ante. 



930 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

1738, ordained March i, 1758, over the ist church in New 
Haven; preached election sermon, May 14, 1778. Presi- 
dent Stiles says of him, " He was an excellent classical 
scholar, well acquainted with the three learned languages, 
Latin, Greek and Hebrew, also with Geography, Mathemat- 
ics, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, with Moral Philoso- 
phy and History, and with the general Cyclopaedia of an 
academic life ; and amassed by laborious reading, a great 
treasure of wisdom. In Literature, he was in his day, oracu- 
lar at College, for he taught with facility and success in every 
branch of knowledge." One of his most distinguished pupils 
said of him at his funeral, " I shall never forget the pathetic 
and earnest recommendations of early piety which he gave to 
us in the course of his tutorship." 

It was this man of whom David Brainard said, " He had 
no more grace than this chair." Peabody, in his life of 
Brainard (p. 274) said in reference to this language, that 
it was "a phrase which that individual justified by his sub- 
sequent proceedings." Dr. Bacon in his historical discourses 
( pp. 248, 249 ) refutes this charge, and shows the spirit 
which dictated the utterance of such language. He was 
licensed to preach, Sept. 30, 1740. "In 1745 he resigned 
his office in college, and for reasons which do not appear, 
relinquished the design of entering the ministry, and settled 
in New Haven as a merchant. He continued in business 
ten years ; during this time he was an active member of the 
first Church and Society. He was brought forward by 
his fellow citizens into public life. He represented this town 
in the General Assembly of the colony, and in a variety of 
public trusts, he discharged himself with fidelity and grow- 
ing influence. He was subsequently settled as colleague with 
Mr. Noyes."' When settled in the ministry he applied him- 
self to theological studies and the duties of the pastoral 
office with an ardor, zeal and assiduity equaled by few. His 

I See Bacon's Historical Discourses, pp. 243, 266. 



ilKNF.AI.OC.IKS. 93 I 

atV.ihilitv ami (li<init\ (>f manner, pliilanthropv and iMlc<;ri(\, 
jointd to an arcurate knowlcdj^f of men and the aftairs of 
life, i-onunaiuk-d fstccni and \i.niTatii>ii.' He niaiiicd ist. 
l-".li/al)L-th, (I lujihtcT of Col. Whitinj;-, and jd, Martha Newton, 
a sister of his l)rother Samuel's wife. 

Children: 13 C/uiiiiiu-y. h ( )( t. 27, 174''), m lauy Wetnuire. 
I"'el). 12 1770 ; 14 S,i>nut/ jfds, •/>//, 1) July 13, I74<;, d .\ui;. 3, 
1751 ; 15 Filis/uu 1) net. 14, 1751, d ( )( t. 23, 1751 ; 16 .\',7.' 
Aw, I) |une 1, 1754. ^rad. at \'ale, 1773, m Heulali liilhi: 17 
Mifrtha, b Se))!. i, 175^). m Capt. Wm. Van Duerson, he d 
May 3, 1763 ; icS Eliziilhth, h Inly i, 1738. d .\n^. i. 175S ; 
K) Kiizaheth, b May 2. 1760, d July, 1760 ; 20 yoliii Ih\,vi, b 
Jime 15, 1763, (1 An<j. 27, 1763 : 21 Sniniti-/, b l-eb. 10, 1763, 
<;ra(l. at \'ale college in 1779, m S.irah \'an Duerson. Dec-. 
10, 1788; 22 C/iar/(\\\h ()c\. 18, 1764, in Anna Cutler, ( )i t. 
(), 1792 ; 2T, SiisiVIIm/i, h Feb. 25, 1766, m Judf^e Dyer While ; 
24 Bryan, b .\u<j:. 6, 1768, d at New H.uen, Jan 9, 1835 ; 25 
John, 1) Sept. 8, 1770, i^rad. at \ale i<)lle<:;e in 171;!. m .\nn 
Kerwood ; 26 Kliziihit/i, b Sept. 18. 1773. 
5. KI.ISflA. 

Klisha Win I ii.l.sKN married Susanna Hall of New Da\en, 
.\\W\\ 8, 1754. He was an attorne\ at W'allin^ford. and died 
at that plaee I'eb. 25, 1808, ae. 87 yrs. She d ( )t t n^. 17O8. 

Children: 27 Klishn, b Jan. 1, 1755, m Sarah Jones; I'A 
Siisaniiiu b Sept. 2, 1756, m Caleb Street ; i<.) Sirid/i, !> .Mar. 
1 5' '7.^'^ <1 June 2T!„ 1764, in W'allingford ; 30 Mary, b .\pril 
9, I 75 I. m Dr. Wm. Cook ; 31 Klizalh-th, b .April 4, 1763, m 
Dr. Liberty Kimberly, in 1788, she d in l)eib\, 1827; 32 
C/inriiS, b Nov. 12, 1764, d May 26, 1768 ; t,^^ Sani/i, b Dec. 
6, 1766, d Nov. 8, 1774 : 34 C7iar/,s, b Sept. 29, 1768, d Jan. 
9. i7<^9- 

12. KOCKK. 

Kot.KR Nkwidx Will rnasKN married .\nn Woodiuft', 
.April 20, 1775 : ^'1^' \\-i^ born .\i)ril 5, 1756. and died March 

1 See Dana's sermon on the Close of the iStli Centmy, Note H, p. 60. 



932 HISTORY OF WALLINGFOKD. 

7, 1825, at Litchfield, South Farms. He was a farmer, and 
died March 15, 1835 5 he was for many years a Justice of the 
Peace for Litchfield County. 

Children: 35 Samuc/,h Dec. 18, 1775, was a minister in 
New York, m Abigail Goodrich ; 36 Newton, b Oct. 31, 1777, 
m Esther Robbins of Claremont, N. H. ; 37 an inHint son, b 
Dec. 29, 1779, d Jan. 7, 1780 ; 38 Chauna'}\h Dec. 13, 1781, 
m Mary Bacon of Ro.vbur)', Conn., Dec. 11, 1811; 39 
Susanna, b Feb. 12, 1784, m Capt. Stephen Cogswell of New 
Preston, Conn. ; 40 jfabez, b I*'eb. 8, 1786, m Nancy Parker 
of Terryville, Conn. ; 41 William, b July 28, 1788, m Abigail 
Mills of Boston, Mass. ; 42 Henry, b May 18, 1790, m Abby 
Ray of New York ; 43 Frederick, b Jan. 25, 1792, m Hannah 
Ray of South Farms ; 44 Charles, b Aug. 23, 1 793, m Elizabeth 
Fuller of Avon, Conn. ; 45 Anna, b May 28, 1795, "^ Dea. 
Chester Stone of Franklin, N. H. ; 46 Lucy, b Oct. 10, 1797, 
m Stephen Cogswell Jr. of New Preston ; 47 George Washing- 
ton, b Aug. 10, 1799, ni ist, Cornelia Keeler, 2d, Elizabeth G. 
Boardman, res.. New Milford. 

13. CHAUNCEY. 

Chauncey Whittel.sky married Lucy Wetmore of Middle- 
town, Conn., Feb. 12, 1770 ; he graduated at Yale CoUe^'-e in 
1764, and was licensed to preach, but gave it up on account 
of his health, after two years ; he was elected deacon, Sept. 
17, 1778, and served twenty-three years; was Alderman iind 
Collector of the Port at Middletown ; his wife was an only 
daughter of Seth Wetmore, and her mother was a sister of 
Pres. Edwards. 

Children: 48 Lucy, b Oct. 4, 1773, ni Capt. Joe. Alsop, 
of Middletown, Conn., Nov. 5, 1797 ; 49 Hannah, b May 10, 
^775 ; 50 Betsey, b May 24, 1780, m Capt. Joseph Williams, 
May 25, 1817 : 51 Chauncey, b Jan. 18, 1783, m Seth Lathrop 
Tracy, April 14, 18 18, an attorney. 

16. NEWTON. 

Nkwton Whittelsey, married Ik-ulah Fuller, of Middle- 



GKNEALOGIES. 933 

town, Conn. He o;rafluated at Vale, in 1773. Was a mer- 
chant. He (lied Dec. 4, 1785, ae. 64 years. 

Child : 52 Marli'ur, 1) Nov. 6, 1785, ni JuHus Dunning, Nov. 

20, 1808, settled in Shtdby Center, N. \. 

2\. SAMl'KI.. 

Saml'KL Whittki.skv married Sarah Van Duerson, of Vin- 
cennes. Ind., Dec. 10, 1788. She was horn May 30, 1763, 
and died Apr., 181 1, a-. 65 yrs., at Vinecnnes, Ind. He grad. 
at \'ale, in 1779. He was an attorney. He died March 7, 
1838, ae. 71 years. 

Children: 53 Cat/hriiw Van Duerson, h Sept, 9, 1790, re.S. 
Caili^le, Ind. ; 54 W'm. ■C/i,ju/iuv, M. D., h Dee. 26, 1792, m 
Ann Klizabelh Rapine, Nov. 20, 1822 ; 55 Saniut/ Gilbert^ b 
in 1794, d ; 56 Sd/niu/ Gi/hr/f, b Dec, 1796, d June, 1810 ; 
57 /stiiir Al-7i'/(>//, b July 19, 1798, m A. Mlizabeih Van IJuntin, 
April 12, 183 1 ; 58 /i/hd /.rf/lr/s, h Ai)ril 16, iSoo. m Dr. 
James K. Chaver, Dee. 6, 1825 ; 50 C/ztrs. J\i^/>crf, M. D., b 
Mareh 24, 1802, d Sept. 4, 1824. 

22. CHARLK.S. 

Ch.vri.ks Whittki.skv married Ann Cutler, Oct. 9, 1792. 
She was born in New Haven, July 12, 1773, and died Feb. 8, 
1850. He was a merchant at New Ha\en, and died Mareh 
12, 1828, ae 64 years. 

Children: 60 Mary Cullrr, b Au<;. 12, 1793, d in New 
Ha\(.-n, Dec. 5, 1853 ; 61 Chatiiii\\\ b \\v^. 5, 1795, d Au-"-. 

21, 1795 ; 62 Susannah, b Dec. 5, 1796, m ist, Rev. Sanuiel 
15. In^^er.soli, 2(\, Win. T. Kustiee, ot IJoston ; 63 Charles 
BryanA^ Dee. 12, 1798, m Jane W. Wilford, was a merehant in 
New Ha\en; ^4 i'hannoy, b Sept. 6, 1801, was a minister, 
d March 12, 1826 ; 65 7(>hn Cutler, b Nov. i, 1803, m Eliza 
Waller, June 7, 1821). she was b in 1807 ; 66 Ihiirx A'cioton, 
b l^'el). 9, 1808, m lOli/abeth .\. Wilson, ot" New Ha\en, Nov. 
30, 1837; 67 Mariha Ann, b ( )i t. 13, 181 1, m Rev. George 
Oviatt, I'eb. 17, 1839, d .Vpril 5, 181 1. 

L L L 



934 HISTORY OF W ALLINGFOKI). 

24. BRYAN. 

Bryan Whittelsey was lame from his birth. He died 
at New Haven, Jan. 9, 1835. 

25. JOHN. 

John married Ann Kerwood, June i, 1799. He grad. 
at Yale, 1791, was U. S. Inspector in N. Y. city. He died 
May 12, 1849, at New Haven. 

Children : 68 Elizabeth A'., b May 12, 1800, d ae. 3 years : 
69 Edward, b May 2, 1801, a merchant, d in New York, July 
9, 1842 ; 70 John Ncivton, b Feb. 11, 1803, d in New Orleans, 
La., July 9, 1803 ; 71 Mary Elizabeth, b June 29, 1805, d in 
New Haven ; 72 Charles, b Nov. 3, 1807, m Maria Tuthill, 
Nov. 3, 1837, she was b Dec. 28, 1816; izjohn Jiuxsel,h 
Oct. 10, 1809, m Martha Butler, Jan. 12, 1835, she was b 
March 29, 1809; 74 IVm. Kerwood, b Aug. 27, 181 2, d at 
Tipton, Iowa, Sept. 15, 1849 \ 75 Martha Newton, b April 17, 
1815, m Moses H. Baldwin April 23, 1839, Pittsfield, Mass. ; 
76 Jane Ann, b Feb. 2, 1818, d Sept. 20, 1825. 

27. ELISHA. 

Elisha WnrrrELSEY married Sarah Jones of Wallingford, 
Sept, 8, 1777. She was born March 30, 1758, and died Sept. 
15, 1836. He was a merchant and town clerk of his native 
town for many years. He died greatly lamented, Sept. 16, 
1822, ae. 67 years. 

Children : 77 John Hall, b June 4, 1778, m ist, Sally Chit- 
tenden, Dec. 14, 1798, 2d, wid. Clara Bostwick, Aug. 4, 
1824; 78 Nancy, b March 15, 1780, m ist, Wolcott Reynolds, 
2d, John Hunt of New Haven ; 79 Henry, b Feb. 2, 1782, m 
ist, Lavinia Tyler of Wallingford, May 2, 181 1, 2d, Merab 
Hull of Cheshire, May 12, 1828; 80 Eunice, b Sept. 26, 1784, 
d July 31, 1819, in Wallingford ; 81 Jared J'ottcr, b March 8, 
1777, m Lydia G. Acker, Oct. 22, 1814, d Jan. 25, 1869 ; 82 
Lucy,h Feb. 16, 1789, m Drake Andrews of Wallingford ; 83 
Sarah, b May 29, 1792, d Nov. 11, 1792 ; 84 J'eter, b Feb. 8, 
1794, m Betsey Hunt, April 16, 1823. 



GKNEALOGIES. 935 

35. SAMUKL. 

Samuel married Abigail Goodrich. He graduated at Vale 
in 1803, licensed to preach in June, 1804, ordained at New 
Preston, Dec. 30, 1807, settled nine years, during which time 
142 were added to the church, April 30, 18 17, took charge of 
the Deaf and Dumb .Asylum at Hartford, became Principal 
of the Ontario Kemale Seminary, April, 1826, afterwards 
removed to the Seminary at I'tica, became publisher of the 
Mother's Magazine. 1833, removed to New York city in 

1833-' 

Children: 85 Saviiifl GoodrUh, b Nov. 8, 1809, m Anna 
Cook Mills ; 86 a son, b March 26, 181 1, d March 28, 181 1 ; 
87 Cliarhs C/iiiuiiu\\ b Sept. 2, 1812, d April 29, 1818 ; 88 
Elizabeth, b Sept. ■ 29, 18 15, d Jan. 26, 1848; 89 Henry 
Martyn, b Aug. 12, 182 1, lawyer in N. V. city; 90 Charles 
Augustus, b Oct. 20, 1823, a seaman ; 91 Emily . Channeey, b 
Jan. 17, 1825, m Rev. Lucius Curtis, of Woodbury. 

WILCOX. 

The family of Wilcox is of Saxon origin, and was seated at 
Bury St. Edmonds, in the county of Suffolk, England, before 
the Norman Conquest. Sir John Dugdale, in his visitation of 
the county of Sufitblk, mentions fifteen generations of this 
family previous to 1600. In the reign of King Edward III., 
Sir John Wilco.x was entrusted with several important com- 
mands against the French, and had command of the cross- 
bowmen from Norfolk, SufYolk and Essex. J no. W^ii. Wilcox, 
of Bury Priory in Suffolk, an eminent Queen's counsel, is the 
representative of this ancient family. Sir George Lawrence 
Willcocks, of Brookend, County Tyrone, Ireland, is the 
eldest son of the late George W^illcocks Esq. of Coal Island, 
County Tyrone, by Isabella, daughter of the Rev. Charles 
Caulfield. He was born in 1820, educated at Dungannon, 
and is a magistrate for County Tyrone. This family is a 

I See Cothren's Hist, of Woodbury, Conn., p. 270. 



936 , HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

branch of the family of Willcockses of Tottenham High Cross, 
Middlesex, but has been settled in Ireland for about two 
centuries. They have been, and some branches are still 
members of the Society of Friends. On the old records the 
name is spelled both Wilcox and Wilcocks. It is derived 
from William.^ 

William Wilcox, who was chosen Lieut. Governor in the 
early times of the Massachusetts Colony, was the first of the 
name who is recorded on the list of the early officers. He 
was an oflftcer of the artillery company, and died at Cam- 
bridge, November, 1653. He is there stated to have come to 
this country from the county of Suffolk. Nine of his descend- 
ants graduated at the New Kngland colleges up to the year 
1823. 

JOHN. 

John Wilcox of Hartford was an original proprietor in 
1639. He had a son John who accompanied him from 
England. This son John was boin in England, and married 
ist, Sarah, eldest daughter of Wm. Wadsworth, Sept. 17, 
1646 ; 2d, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Stoughton, Jan. i8,' 

1650; 3d Mary , who died 167 1 ; 4th, Esther, daughter 

of Wm. Cornwall. 

Child by I St marriage: i Sarah, b Oct. 3. 1648. Hy 2d 
marriage : 2 yo/in, b Oct. 29, 1650 ; 3 Thomas ; 4 Mary, b Nov. 
13, 1654 ; 5 Israc/, b June 19, 1656 ; 6 Samuel, b Nov. 9, 1658. 
By 3d marriage: 7 Ephraim, b July 9, 1672 ; 8 Esther, b Dec. 
9. 1673 ; 9 Mary, b March 24, 1676. John Wilcox died 
May 24, 1676. 

5. ISRAEL. 

Israel Wilcox was in Middletown in 1675 ; he mar- 



I This name has become the parent of a greater number of sirnames 
than any other baptismal appellation ; among which may be mentioned 
Wilcox, Wilkes, Wilkins, Wilmot, Willis, Wilson and Williams. (]illef, 
and Gillot are also from the same source. In F"ranre this Christian name 
has produced Guillot, Guillemin, Guillcmette, Villemain, etc. See Mem. 
Soc. Ant. Normandie, XI 1 1. 



GENEALOGIES. 937 

ried Sarah, daughter of John Savage, March 28, 1678 ; he 
died Dec. 20, 1689. She died Feb. 8, 1724. 

Children: 10 /rmt/, b Jan. 16, 1680 ; 11 John, b July 5, 
1682; 12 Samuel, b Sept. 26, 1685; 13 Thomas, b July 5, 
1687 ; 14 Sarah, b Nov. 30, 1689. 

6. SAMUEL. 

Samukl Wilcox of Middlctown, born Nov. 9, 1658, mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of Francis VA'hitmore, May 9, 1683 ; 
he died March 16, 17 14. 

Children : 15 Samuel, b Feb. 20. 1684 ; 16, 17 Francis and 
Abigail, b July 5, 1687, Abigail d in 1688, and her mother a 
fortnight after. 

7, EPHRAIM. 

Ephraim Wilcox removed to Middletown, and married, 
Aug. 23, 1698. 

Children : 18 Esther, b Jan. 4, 1707 ; 19 Ephraim, b June 
4, 1709 ; 20 John, b Aug. 8, . 

20. JOHN. 
Jdhn Wii.cox, born Aug. 8, 17 — , married Hannah 
, lived in Middletown. 



Children : 21 John, b Jan. 15, 1740, d April 25, 1823 ; 22 
Samurl, b May 8, 1742, d Sept. 4, 1807 ; zT) Hezekiah, b Mar. 
4, 1744, d Sept. II, 1776 ; 24 Joseph, b March 29, 1746, d 
Jan. 31, 1832 ; 25 Hannah, b Jan. 28, 1748, d Feb. 19, 1826 ; 
26 Giles, b Jan. 2, 1750 ; 27 Simeon, b Feb. 25, 17 — , d Oct. 13, 
1827 ; 28 Submit, b Dec. 5, 1754, d Aug. 16, 1803 ; 29 Com- 
fort, b Feb. 17, 175 — , m Patty Doolittle, Aug. 10, 1780; 30 
Sarah, b Feb. 7, 1760, m Abel North, Feb. 11, 1788, and had 
five children 

21. JOHN. 

John Wilcox, son of John and Hannah, married 
Kunice Norton, Oct. 16, 1766. 

Children: 31 Seth, b July 31, 1767, m Matty Bacon, Mar. 
21. 1736 ; 32 Jeiluthan, h Nov. 18, 1768, in Sally Fisk, May. 
1793; 33 7^/'«. b Sept. 13, 1771, m Sybil Giles, 1705; 34 



938 HISTORY l)F U AI.LINGFOKD. 

Eiinia\ b July 4, 1774 ; 35 yedediali, b June 1, 1778, d Oct. 
10, 1789. 

22. SAMrKl.. 

Samukl Wil.cox, son of John and Hannah, married ist, 
Ruth Roberts. 1784, and 2(\, Ruth \\'ood, 1796. 

Child: 36 Ruth, b Xw^. 12, 1798. After his death his 
widow married Thomas Scofel, Keb. 17, 1779. 

23. m/KKIAH. 

Hkzekiah U'li.cox, son of John and Hannaii, married 
Rachel Boardman, Nov. 9, 1775. 

Child: 37 Ht'zckla/i, b Oct. 11, 1776, d Jan. 18, 1792. 

24. IDSKPH. 

josKPH Wii.cox, son of John and Hannah, married Miriam, 
dau<^hter of Josiah and Sybil Hacon, Nov. 30, 1785. She 
was born Keb. 7, 1762. d March 19, 1825. 

Children: 38 Stjnr/i, b Oct. 29, 1786, d Nov. 4, 1847 : 3'J 
Jcdi-dia/i, b Feb. 7, 1788, d 1856 ; 40 Submit, b No\ . 11, 
1789 ; 41 yoseph, b Oct. 21, 1791, d Jan., 1858 ; 42 Hczekiah, 
b March 28, 1793; 43 Elisha /?., b June 20, 1795 ; 44 
LaTi'nia, b Jan. 31, 1797, d Sept. 24, 1843 ; 45 J/rJ-z/V? ( or 
Miriam), b March 19, 1801, d March, 1847. 

26. (;ii,F,s. 

Giles, son of John and Hannah Wilcox, married Rachel 
Dove, Nov. 9, 1775. 

Children: 46 Olive, b Now i, 1776, m .Amos Churchill, 
.April 21, 1796; 47 Giles, b Aug. 28, 1779; 48 Sylvester, b 
Feb. 14, 1782; 49 Samuel, h Oct. 20, 1786: 50 Sarah, b 
Nov. 30, 1788. 

42. HKZKK.IAH. 

Hkzkkiah, son of Joseph and Miriam Wilcox, married 
Rama Roberts, Nov. 7, 1816. She was born Dec. 23, 1792, 
and died Ian. 10, 1869. 

Children born in Westfield : 51 Joseph Alston, h Oct. 15. 
18 1 7, m Lucy Ann Bacon ; 52 Ami, b Sept. 7, 182 1, d March 
7, 1826 ; 53 Phehe Miraihla, b Dec. 4, 1822, m HoUister Ris- 



(;enealo(;iks. 939 

ley : 54 Lavinia, b July 29, 1825, m W'm. Hall of Merklcn ; 
55 H(Zi'kia/i, b Dec. it,, 1827, d Nov. 16, 1833 ; 56 Henry, b 
May 30, 1830, m Sarah Dunham. 

43. KI.ISHA. 

Klisha H., son of Joseph and Miriam Wilcox, married 
Hepsibah , Jan. 26, 1818. 

Children, born in W estfield : 57 /•'mna's So/>/ii(i, b June 3, 
18 19, m Kdwin Savage, Nov., 1837 ; 58 Lucy Maria, b June 
15, 1820, m George Miller, Aug. 5, 1845 ; 59 Hannah Jane, 
b .April 13, t822 ; 60 Horaif Cornivall, b Jan. 26, 1824 ; 61 
Julia, b Jan. 7, 1S26, m Newell H. Howers, Sept. 2, 1846 ; 
62 yciicciiah, b March 4, 1827: 63 Drnnis Cornwall, b Dec. 
14, 1 83 1 ; 64 Edson, b March 14. 1831, d Oct. i, 1851 ; 65 
Hizrlciali, b f)ct. 12, 1832 ; 66 Eihnunil Xorth, b Aug, 7, 
1836 ; 67 Mary Rlkn,hK)K:X., 1838 ; 68 Klisha Watson, b July 
27, 1840. 

Israel and Jedediah Wilcox were the first of the name in 
Westfield, Conn. ; both came from Middletown, Upper 
houses. 

The arms of the Wilcoxes of Kngland are, per fesse, or 
and az, a fesse, gules, over all a lion rampant, counterchanged. 

Cre^t : a demi lion rampant, az. The lion rampant indi- 
cates that he to whom the arms were granted, had gained a 
\ ictorv whilst in command of the armv. 



YALE. 

TH O.MAS. 

I'momas Vai.k married Mary, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel 
Turner, of New Haven, in 1645. Capt. Turner was of Lynn, 
Mass. in 1630; he moved to New Haven in 1638. He was 
Captain of Mr. LambertcMi's Phantom ship, which sailed from 
New Haven on a voyage to the old country, and was lost 
with all on board, Jan., 1666. 

Mr. Vale came to America in 1637, with his father-in law 
Gov. Katon, his mother, brother David and sister .Ann, who 



940 HISTORY OF WALJ.INGFORD. 

became the wife of Gov. Hopkins. He was a merchant at 
New Haven ; his house stood on the ground now owned and 
occupied by Yale College, in that city. 

Gov. Theophilus Eaton, his step-father, having deceased, 
Mrs. Eaton and her son Thomas Vale, went to England, 
with Elihu, afterwards Gov. Yale, the distinguishtd donor of 
Yale College, accompanied by David Yale his brother, and 
Hannah Eaton, a daughter of the Governor. Returning to 
New Haven the following year, he purchased land in North 
Haven near the present locatioi of the bridge ( Mansfield 
bridge), of Gov. P^aton's estate, and settled on it in 1660. 
He was evidently a man of energy and business tact, and was 
frequ( ntly called to fill many important offices, by the citi- 
zens of New Haven. He died March 27, 1683, ae. 67 
years. His wife, Mary Turner, died (^ct. 15, 1704. 

Children: i yo/iti, b 1646/ settled in North Haven; 2 
Thomas, b 1647, settled in Wallingford in 1670 ; 3 Elihu, b 
April 5, 1648, donor of the C'oUege at New Ha\en ; 4 Mary, 
b Oct. 26, 1650 m Capt. jos<:ph Ives ; 5 Xafha/iir/, h Jan. 3, 
1652 ; 6 Martha, h May 6, 1655, d Jan. 15. 1670 ; 7 Abigail, 
b May 5, 1660 ; 8 Hannah, b July 6, 1662, ni Eim)s Talmage ; 
9 Elizabeth, b Jan. 29, 1667, m losej^h Pardee, of East Haven. 

2. THOMAS. 

Capt. Thomas Yai.k, son of Thomas and Mary Yale, of 
New Haven, was born in that ])]ace in 1647, married Rebecca, 
daughter of William Gihbards, Esq., Dec. 11, 1667. She 

died, . He married 2d, Sarah, daughter of John Nash. 

She died May 27, 17 16. He married 3d, Mary Heach, of 
Wallingford, July 31, 17 16. He was one of the first and most 
active settlers in the village of Wallingford in 1670, to which 
place he removed that year. In 17 10 he with the Rev. Sam- 
uel Street were the only surviving signers of the Plantation 
Covenant of Wallingford, He was a Justice of the Peace 
and Captain of the Train band. Surveyor of land and gen- 
erally moderator of thj business meetings of the town, &c. 



GENEALOGIES. 94 1 

He died Jan. 26, 1736, ae. 89 years. Mrs. Rebecca \ale 
was born Feb. 26, 1650. 

Children : 10 Ifaimah, b July 27, 1669 ; 11 RdhXia, b Oct. 
2, 167 1 ; 12 Elizalhth, b July -^5. 1673 ; 13 Tluvphilits, b Nov. 
^3' 1^75 ; 14 I'lionura, b March 20, 1678 ; 15 Xaf/uj/iir/, b 
July 12, 1681 ; 16 Mar\\ b Aui^. 27, 1684; 17 Joint, b Dec. 
8, 1687. 

NOTE TO BIMIAM FAMILY." 

Uri Bk.vham was born December 26, 1739, died April 22, 
1S32, at Cheshire. Lois his wife was born Oct. 16, 1747, died 
Dec. 26, 1827, at Che.shire. 

Children: Sara/i, b (^ct. 11, 1769 ; L'ri, b Oct. 2t,, 1771, d 
Oct. 23, 1826; Lois, b Sept. 25, 1773, d Nov. 27, 1774; 
Mary Lois, b Oct. 27, 1775 J -t-'Hf-, b March 2^, 1778, d Oct. 
18, 1836; Ethcllh-rt, b July 14, 1780, d Jan. 26, 1849; 
Amaihia, b Jan. i, 1783 ; yoscp/i, b Jan. 26, 1785, d Oct, 29^ 
1853 ; Martha, b March 2, 1788, d March 7, 1836. 

[This work has increased to su( h an extent that it has been 
found advisable to omit the Vale genealogy,-' for which ma- 
terial had been gathered. Mr. Klilui \'ale, of New Haven, a 
few years ago published a genealogy of the family, to which 
the reader is referred ]. 

1 See p]). 653-656, ante. 

2 See p. 546, ante. 



APPENDIX. 



A. 

SUCCESSION OF TOWN CLERKS IN WAI.I.INr.KOKD, 
FROM 1670. 
Nkw Havkn CoMMiiTKE, to April 28, 1673, 3 years. Na- 
iHAN'iKi, Mkrriman, from April 28, 1673, to Dec. 15, 1682, 
9 years. Ei.iasai'H Pkkstox, from Doc. 15, 1682, to April 
26, 1687, 5 years. Joski'H Houi/r, from April 26, 1687, to 
April 28, 1696, 9 years. Joskph Rovck, from April 28, 1696, 
to Dec. 28, 1697, I year, 8 mos. Thomas Hall, from Dec. 
28, 1697, to Dec. 25, 171 1, 14 years. Samtkl Munsox, from 
Dec. 25, i7ii,to Dec. 23, 1740, 29 years. Thomas Milks, 
from Dec. 23, 1740, to Oct. 20, 1741, 10 mos. Jami'.s Miles, 
from Oct. 20, 1 741, to Feb. 6, 1766, 25 years. Calkh Hall, 
from Feb. 6, 1766, to Dec. 20, 1774, 8 years. Calkh Cook, 
from Dec. 20, 1774, to Dec. 19, 1775, i year. Calki; Hall, 
from Dec. 19, 1775, to Dec. 16,. 1783, 8 years. Flisha 
Whittrlsey, from Dec. 16, 1783, to Nov. 11, 1800, 17 years. 
Gko. \V. Stanlky, from Nov. ii, 1800, to Nov. 8, 1803,3 
years. Hunn Munson, from Nov. 8, 1803, to Oct. 6, 1834, 
31 years. Friknd Cook, from Oct. 6, 1834, to Oct. 5, 1835, 
I year. James Carrincitox, from Oct. 5, 1835, to Au<;. 15, 
1836, 10 mos. James W. Carrinc.ton, from Aug. 15, 1836, 
to Oct. 3, 1836, 2 mos. Samuel Cook, from Oct. 3, 1836, 
to Oct. 5, 1840, 4 years. Delos Ford Cook, from Oct. 5, 
1840, to Oct. 22, 1840, less than one month. Hknrv .\. 
Cook, from Oct. 22, 1840, to Oct. 4, 1841, i year. Lorenzi) 
Lewis, tVom Oct. 4, 1841, to Oct. 6, 1856, 5 years. H S 



APPKNDIX. 943 

IvKs, froiu Oct. 6. 1.S56, to Sept. 29, i860, 4 years Lokkn/o 
Lkwis, from Oct. 8, i860, to Oct. 7, 1861, i year. K. S 
IvKs, from Oct. 7, 1861, to April i, 1863, 2 years. J. 15. 
I'o.MKRov, assistant T. C\, from April 1, 1863, to Sept. 7, 
1863, 4 mos. Ai'(;isns Ham., from Sept. 7, 1863, to Sept. 
27, 1864, I year. K. S. lvi;s, from Sept. 27, 1864, to Jan., 
1 868, 4 vi-ars. Gi:()K(;k W. Bar ihoi.dmkw, from Jan , 1868, 
to .\pril 15, 1868, 3 mos. Ki>\vaki) V. Cook, from April 15, 
1868, to Sept. 6, 1869, I year, 5 mos. Fkanki.in 1'i.ai r, 
elected April 6, 1869. 



B. 

PHYSICIANS IN CMKSHIKK. 

Dr. Ki. NATHAN Bkach was located in the center of the 
villa<;e. He built the house known as the Hronson house. 
Dr. Gould Norton owned and occupied the house since 
owned by the late Pliny Hitchcock. Dr. Pikrrf. K. Bran- 
don, a Frenchman, lived and died in Cheshire. He was a 
skillful physician and had an extensive practice. Dr. 
Thomas TRYt>N Cornwall had a large practice. Dr. Lam- 
HERT FooTE was an excellent physician for many years. Dr. 
Charles Shelton was eminent in his profession. He died 
in 1832, ae. 50 years. Dr. Asa J. Dri(;os is still practising 
( 1870 ) in Cheshire, where he has been for many years. Drs. 
Cha.mherlaix and Upson recently removed to Cheshire. 
Dr. Williams, a homoeopathic physician, is practising in 
Cheshire. 



c. 

On page 2^^, in speaking of the division of the society, 
we said that the ist Congregational society liaivhii and 
n'taiih'ti the church records. In order that we may not be 
misconstrued, we anne.x the following note: 



944 HISTORY OF WALLINGFORD. 

" Meridcti, Dec. 31, 1847. 

" The Church met after preparatory lecture. A communi- 
cation was read from the Congregational society connected 
with this Church, stating that the new house of worship was 
nearly completed, and inviting the Church to occupy it 
for the service of the sabbath, whereupon resolved : 

'•That the invitation from the society to remove our place 
of worship be accepted, and our Pastor requested to appoint 
all tneetings on the Sabbath in the new Church immediately 
after it shall have been completed. * 

" Resolved further, that so many of the members of the 
Church as choose to remain in the old house of worship, be 
atTectionitely recognized as a Church of Christ whenever 
duly organized, and that our Pastor be authorized to ter- 
minate their connection with this Church on their intimating 
to him their wishes to that effect, and that they thus reserve 
one-half of the Church property. 

" Resolved further, that the brethren thus leaving us for 
the purpose of forming another Church, be allowed to take 
a copy of the Church records. Meeting adjourned. 

"G. W. Perkins, Moderator." 
A true copy. H. H. Catlin, Moderator. 
Meri ten , Aug. 2 , 1870. 



D. 

KKVOLUTION.ARY SOLDIKKS, 

In addition to those found on pp. 368-70. Lieut. Kphraini 
Chamberlain, Lieut. Dan Johnson, Benajah Rice. Daniel 
Atwater was killed in a skirmish with British troops at Camp's 
Hill, April 28, 1777. Asaph Cook was at the battle of Le.\ 
ington. Capt. Joel Cook served with his father Capt. Isaac, 
through the war. In 1812, he was an oflficer under Gen. Har- 
rison, in many hard fought battles with the Indians. Lieut. 
Samuel Hart was wounded at Saratoga. Charles Merriman 



APPENDIX. 945 

was a driimmcr; in 1776 he was drum major, and scrwd 
through the war. Capt. Lucian Tuttle was under Gen. Wash- 
ington at Boston and Long Ishind, and liad command of a 
company of his townsmen at the battle which rcsuhcd in the 
surrender of Gen. Burgoyne and his army in 1777. 

E. 

OKFK'KRS IN THK CIVIL W.AK. 

It #as found that the second group of officers intended 
for this work could not be finished in time ; it is therefore 
omitted. It will probably be publishetl in the Soldiers' Me- 
morial. Charles L. Upham was born in Townsheml, Vt.. 
May 24, 1839. enlisted as Orderly Sergt. in Ritle Co. B, 3d 
Reg. Conn. Vols., May 14, 1861, mustered into the C S 
Vol. service as Captain Co. K, 8th Reg. Conn. \'()I. Inf, 
Sept, 2;^, 1861, promoted to Major, same Reg., Pec. 23, 

1862, to Lieut. Col. .\pr. 2, 1867, to Col. 15th Reg. .Apr. 6. 

1863, mustered out of service at the close of the war, June 
27, 1865, was in the following engagements: Ikdl Run, 
Roanoke Island, Newhern, severely wounded. South Moun- 
tain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Com. the i6th Conn. Reg., 
Siege of Suffolk, Kdenton Road, Providence Cluiri h Road, 
Kinston. 

Wm. McLain Pratt was born in Meriden, l)<'i ember 
12, 1837, enlisted and mustered in 8th Conn. \'ol. Intantrv, 
May 14, 18C2, as private, wounded and taken piisoner at 
the battle of .\ntietani, September 17, 1862, promoted to 
2d Lieutenant, November 17, 1862, ist Litut. and Adj. 
May 29, 1S63, Major, November i, 1S64. Lieut. Col. 
April 25, 1863, resigned Oct. 30, 1865, and was on detached 
service in North Carolina as A. I). C. to Brig. Gen. Kdward 
Harland from Feb., 1864, to Feb., 1865, served with the 8th 
Regiment the rest of the time from date of enlistment to 
resignation, commaniled the regiment from l-Vb., 1865, 
through the final struggle, was at the capture of Richmond 
April 3, 1865. 



94^ MisroKV OF w ai.i.im;fi>ki>. 

I'hkohokk Uwr.iK was horn in New \i>rk City, Now 2«). 
iS^4. cnlis'tLHl April 16, i8()i, and was niust(.rct.l in at N\\v 
Ha\cn. April 21, 1S61, as captain o{ Co. l\ i>t Rt^. Conn. 
\\>ls.. proniotcil to Majvir. Juiu' i, iS()i, Li\i;ai;t.'il in the tiist 
battle ot" lUill Run. July 21, 1S61, 10 <.nli'^tc(l Sept. 3. iSdj. 
as captain of Co. (i, J7th Re;:;. Conn. \'ols., proniotcil to 
Major, Oct. 2, 1S62. niustcicil in C S. sor\icc. Oct. ji. 
iS6j, was cnija^od in the battle ot" Ktedciickshurii. Hcc. 17. 
uS6.v 

RocKR M. 1-\>K1) was born in New Marlhorouj^h, Mass. 
I>ec. jS, iS^^4, enlisteil .\\n\\ 17. 1861. tor three months, as 
pri\ate in Co. \\ isi Rei^. Conn. \'ols., mustered in April 
2 7,. iS6i. promoted \o Corpt»ral, July (>, iSoi, at I'alt.s 
Churcii. \'a., was at the battle ot" Hull Run, discharjied 
Julv 31, 1 86 1, enlisted Sept. 21. i8()i, tor three years, in 
C\'>. K, 8th Rei;. C'^'i"- ^'ols., Int", mustered in as 2d Lieut., 
Sept. 22. iS()i, piomoteil to 1st Lieut. >Lirch i8, at N\w- 
bern, antl to Captain ot" Co. G, NLirch 7. 1805, at New|iori 
News, \',i., ilischarged Sept. :;, 1804, at .\nnapolis. Mil., on 
account ot' wounds receixeil at Tetersburi;, \"a., June 25. 
1864, enlisted at New Ha\en, Jan. 3, 1865, as prixate in the 
Sth Reg Conn. \'ols., Int", piomoteil to 1st Seigt. Co 1'.. 
Feb. 6. 1805, at Chapin's t'arm, \'a., mustereil out l^cc. 12. 
1S65, w.is in the t'ollowiui; battles : Roanoke Lsland, New- 
bern, I'ort NLicon, South Mountain, Antietam, Kredericksburi;. 
W.dlthal lunctii^n. Switt Creek, Drury's Hlutt", Cold Harbor. 
Petersburg, and at the taking ot" Richmond, April 3, i8()5. 

L\Ki-n R. Ct>oK was captain ot" Ritle Co. H, ^^d Reg. Conn. 
Vols., and was nuistered iiuo ser\ ice, >Liy 14, 1801. Ma\ j;,. 
the Regiment arrived at Washington, and on the :r4th ot" June 
went to X'irginia, where it was placed in the extreme trout ot" 
the Cnion center. Capt. Cook w.is al the b.utle ot" Bull Run, 
and was honorabK ilischar^ed .Vui:;. u. i8()i. 



I X D K X . 



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948 INDEX. 

H41. 4-24. t-r., 4':!». 4:!(), ■)•,'(», .->:U Crccvv, :5!)l. CiMirin. 4nR. Cmck- 

l{r..iiM)ii, \.>.")7. •,>si», 44:J, 4."»0, ■".;!(>. it. 4S!">, 4'.i."".. .V.t."), (iio. Cn.wliv, 

Hnicc. i&i. lirviint, •^.">i(, 44:!, 37(1. Crisiis, ;W(». Cnisc, 41;},' 

4."".1. linifii, HS. IJiick, .*).'.!». 4r»l. (."tilv.T, s.-), lO-i, i:!i, i:;;/ 

IJiickiii-rhimi, .*)1T. Hull. 4.")S, .V.lt;. 147, 1!)1. ;ni. Aii). ('iirli^t, 7s, si' 

Hulkl.v. ;!i>i. 4o)i, 4."i7. IJiici. 84. s.*). sd, 1 1 4 IIS, l;!(>, 1:;:!, i:;4' 

40S. ftumi.ll. 441. IJiiiT. 4-Js. 1:{S, 14:?, 147. 1 4!>, l!ll, -..M:}, ii^', 

Htu-ch, ;!'.)!. liunows, :i7<i. Bur- -^.W, '2.11, "..'.V.t, 'iO.l, 277, :!1."), :jo!(, 

roiiirhs, (>l)l Huiton,.V.»;5, Husli, :U;i. ;{.');{, ;!.si, 41(», 4'^"). 4-.»ii 4-..'7' 

\(}'i, 4-,'(», :»(•;{, .-.04. .-)4S, .-)Sl. 4'2S, 4;{(», 4:51, 4:!.'. 4.-,!», 4»l(i' 4r.7' 

IJutU-r, »>(). '.2:{4, '^UO. ',>!)(), :!7<i. 417, 4H4, 4S>4. .574, .')'.»'2.V.();l, (iU>. ('usli' 

4'.'7, 4;n, 4(;(!. 4(17, .Ml, :».■»:> A.-.:}, ing, 2(i:5. ("utli-r. 144,"',M(), (ilO. 
r).-)4. .V).-), .>(■),-). BtiriTcss, 2i{4. -^ 

Hvxbci', :{7('>, 4'27. I AJ. 



C. 



f).\(;i.i:, o7(>. I).ni;i, 1(!7 
3G(i. Dailini;, ISO. l);ivis, ;]7(; 

C\M\\ 144, 14«», 21:}, 21!>, 4ti4, 4(J!» 470, .-..-.7. l):i\ciii>.)ii, 7' 

i2'i2, 2:!(1, 24."), :«51, :57S. 4,>4. 42(i, ID. 12, l:{, 27. 1(11, UK5, 12l», :!(i;i.' 

442. CaHiii, 2;;<J. ;!7(i, 4(i(i, 470. I);i\, r.ll. Divloii, o'.).'), ' ;!J)7. 

.■)4S, ;■>.■)(> .-jliS, .■">70. ("arliii. .lUi. D'AiimlisI, o7."")." Dilivau, 421. 

Cassklv, ;{7(i. Callahan, ;!7.s. IX-iuihg-. 8f<, ;{71. Donslow, ;j.")l. 

Caniniilon, 4()!», 520, .■i21. Can- Denison, 288, 2St», DcsIidii, 2(i;{, 

ticUl, 88, "4!t0. Caslclow, 4!»;{. 2(»4. Dcvolion, 211). ni-wi-v, .IKJ. 

Curler. .-);;7. ()1(>. Carnion, ."i:}!!. IX' WoltV-. ."".80, (itC.. Dkkmnan, 

Carrol, :J78. Cli.ipni in. 2.-)!>. 74. 77, 2'.<0. Dickinson, 4.-)8. 

Chapiul, i:J!>,4;U). ( lianib.rlain, DoiUl, 2!»;5. Dodm', ;U)4. Doran, 

2(>4, ;{1)1, 4.>{. CliaunciV, 112, ;J7»>. Dornian, 421. Doolitllc, 2(), 

11.1. Churthill, 4(J0. ClmiVli. 2(1. 27. 70, 7;{, 7(i, 78, 81. 8(i, !>8, »)!», 

427. -• Clu'strr, :{1». CliKsliron-ili. 110, 122, i:{;5, 138, V.V,), 14i», Km, 

•ilirt. Clapn. 2:i2. 441. Clark, 1.5, KW, 1(J7, IJtO, liU, 1J»;{, 24:5, ;n4 

17, 8(;,?88, 12X, i:i!», 1.58, 1.5!l, 171. ;«0, 332, 333, 334, 37tj, 388, 424.' 

183. l!ll, 2:'.4, 231J. 2!»0. 2!M. 314. 42.5. 42'.», 430. .523, .524, (ilO. 

341,3(58, 37(j, 378, 31)0,412,442, IX.udass ,2(30, 371. Dowil, 130. 

448, 44it, 4'.t:5, 40.5, .551, .502. .503. Driuus. 2.50, 420. Dudl.-v, l!ll. 

(508. Cot". 234. 305. 307. 300. 410. 2(14. ^ Dutton. 231, 200, 3Ui, 37S. 

427.428,430,431.40.5. Co-swiU, 407, 520. Uunhain, 37G, 4(i0. 

15,220. ("(iUijis. 124, 141, 147, Dunbar, 424. Dunbv, 545. 



213.210,234. 3(58, 3C.0, 3,71,384, 
300, 423, 424. 427, 4(i(;, 485, .587 



E. 



Cobbct, 227. Conls, iiX7, 200. E.vton, 10, 12, 13, 27, 81. 

Condon. 378. Cole, 401. Collon, 2.;(> 37(;, 300, 421, 5(il. Etldv, 234. 

441, 442. Cone, 405. Cook, 48, ImI^viiou, 37(5. Edwards'. 134, 

78. 81. 13S, 130, 147, 140. 1!»1. 103. 408. Eells ISO 187. Elliot, 240, 

105. 247, 248, 315, 340, ;'.U. 357, i 534. Elv,' 37(»'. Elmore, 351. 

3.58, 301, 308, 371, 372, 37(>, 400, j Elton 004. Ellsworth, .5.50. El- 

410,427,420,430,434,430,401, kins, 3itl. Eiisi-n4(iO. Everest, 

510, 511, .522. 528. .531, .530, .545. 203. Ewer 288. 



F 



574, 575, .507, (>05. C\)instock, 

340, 370. Cooper, 74, 128, 14 4. 

Cornwall, 420. 435, 443. 4.50, (502. F a n s s w o k t n , 400, 401. 

Couch. 141. 357. 30S, 370, 430. F.irriuiiton. Fav, 010. Fenn, 

Cowles. 120. 130, 141, 1.50, 102, UiO, I'.il, 220, 2;iO, .521. Ferris, 

213, 23(!, 301, 381, 384,415,417, (502. Fielils, 407, (i05. Finkin^^ 

.503, .5.5;',. 573, .501. Crane, ;5l50. 37(5. Fisher. 243. ;!00. Fitch. l!tl. 



INDEX. 



949 



470 Flctclicr. :{!H. Fonl, litl. 
•-'•i-i. ;J7(l, :57(). 4:{r>. Funlliam,")!?. 
FiM.t. H3, ^'iii, 4>i», 44(t. 4l,». .Vi.") 
Fitlsom 2;5:>. Fustrr, I2i. 12."), 
!•,'<!, Vil 144, 147. 2i:{, ',^S4, •2;{7, 
',>7U, 2S4, -^'JtH,. 400. 410. 4-,'S, 45H, 
4!»4, 4'.t.'), r>.")l, Tm,"!. r)(it). Fowler. 
17;{, ISO, ;{-,>M, ;;•,>!), :{:jo, :{;{1 
Fitnili,4(j2. Fr.iiikliii, :>(!0. Frci'- 
ni:iii, ;{»!!». Fr irv, 4!»."), ,"i7"), o'Xl, 
.*»!U, (iO:{. Frost! -.'SO. Fnmcis, 
I'.IO, ;JTO. ;{71, Ali'i, r>8;{. 

G. 

<;\i.i. M.K.n, ;55>7, ;!!»><. (Janl- 
lU'i-, •,» US, :^!(S, :',!»!l. (iaiiirloir, 870. 
(iancit, ;>7(i. (Jarvi'v. 4'.i7. (»av, 
','(»!» (iavl.inl. 4S. 401. 4!l-2. (icor, 
4",»8. (nTniin, 1-2 7. (Til>l)OMs, 421. 
.■)47. (Tiisike, ;J7T. (Jiilx-it. 17. 
18, 20, 22, 74, 77, l.")S, 1.511, l<il», 
2:}1, 2!»:j. 2!»(), 4;W. (;ilk-ttf, ,J2(i. 
GlaziiT, 288. (Jladwin, :«)8, 427. 
Glovt-r, :^!ll. Goliltn, :U»7. Goffo. 
12.'). (iol.l, 88. Gooilvc-ar, 27. 
Goodrich, 4!), 50, 220, 204, 200 
3r)0, ;]70, 407, 480, 405. 504. Gran- 
uer, 2:n. 50;{, 507. Gr.iliam, 473. 
tyrant, 200, 288. Greenland, 370. 
Grimn, 370. Griswold, 40. 50 
301, 428, 430, 405, 503. Griirirs 
231,507. Green, 280. 370, 417 (i'lO. 
Grigsou,27. Guernsey, 1N5. Gulli- 
ver, 233. Gushee, 250, 204 Guion, 
202. Guv, 427, 503. Groeber, (iOO. 

H. 



II 


Ai,i„ 48. 50, 78, 81, 85 


. 80- 


91,! 


»8. 101, 113. 114. 117. 118, 


. no, 


12(i. 


121. 122, 12(5, 130 131 


133, 


134, 


138, 141, 142, 143.- 144, 


155. 


102, 


1(55, 1(50, 1(57, 171. 173. 


177, 


183. 


184, 18(5. 100, 101, 102. 


103, 


105. 


200, 213*. 21o! 220, -J-'J 


234. 


237. 


270. '200. '305, 320, 337.' 


340, 


341. 


345. 340. 353, 354. 3<51. 


3(52. 


300 


370. 371. 37(5, 381, ;iS2. 


384. 


387. 


304, 400. 410. 41(5 424, 


425. 


42(5, 


427, 428, 42!». 430. 431, 


434. 


430, 


440, 458, 4(55. 4(58. 401, 


513. 


520, 


525, 527, 533. 537.' 538,' 


530. 


553 


5(54. 5(57, 575. 5s7, 004. 


(507. 


010. 


ILicklev. 101. Harris. 


213, 


561. 


llallani! '^2. 204. Hai 


•vev. 



37(5. Ilarwood. 37(5. Ilarri.son, 
43(5, 4(51. 4(52. 585 H.ileii. 4.53^ 
4(57. 4(50. 5(50. 5(55, ilanilin 18* 
48. 470. Hale. 405 Hauiiilon; 
408. Ilarpins, 534. H.inlon, 000. 
Hart IS, 20, Il\ 187. 101,' 105 
2 40.257,200, 42i5, 52(5,55(5, (ill)' 
lliyden, 233 Ilawjcv, 2ss, ;{.S4, 
45;"', 1(50 Hawks, 30("> ' H iwes! 
231. Hininian. 77, 7s, SI 03 
108 Hawkins, 88 Heeoek,'213! 
Hendiiirway, 270. H( rvev, 285, 
20(». Heil<')n 7*^. He;ilii[ .■{«IM.' 
H<Mdriek, 420. Htauiersoti. 40 
Hewitt. (S(r2. Hill. 10-,, ;{.'-,i 
HiM.>.i;.le, 231. 30(5. Hinnian, 410 
420 Hi-liv. 22 23, 40, .50 l->»' 
2S0. -iO I, 42 4 Hitelieoek. 83 85* 

130, 147. 370. 420, +11. 521* 
Hicks, ;J0S, ;i!(0, 427 ()1(». Hili- 
liouse, 407. Hobarl, 188 201 
Hod._rkins, 314 Hoadlev' 4-53 
IIo|)|)in, .530. Holley, 43(5" Jlor- 
ton, 451. H()i)kitis 185, 407, .53(5. 
Holmes, 1(55, 201» Hopper SI 

131. Hopson, 101. Holch'ki.ss' 
234, 314. 3(50 370. 428, 43(5 44()' 
442, .504. .5.55. Hooker. 3.5.3. How- 
ell, 3,S4. 430, 480. Ho,!;;,., 78. 
llodirdon. 308, .300, 400. Hol- 
conii). 518. "i^ Hou.seinan, 010. 
Ilovey, 427. Hoisini.r|on, 125. 
Howard. 280, 200, .581. Hoyt, 
2(52. Howe. 78. 81, 85 8(5 130* 
133,130,147, 188, 101, '42o'. 430.' 
Hounh. ,50. (50, 8(5. 144 1.5.5, 213, 
215. 2;!4. 2:5(5, 237, 27(5^ 20(», 315, 
340, ;;(51, 371, 378, 381. 384 417 
4(55. 470. .5(50. Holt. 74, 78 SO,' 
130, 138, 130, 2:!7, 371. 43O,'.508. 
lloslord, 42 4. .527. Ilollister, 
.50(5. Ilowland. 300 Hulil)ard! 
120. 13(5, 1.50. 1(55, 21(5. 22i» 234 
230 2(5(1, 3S3. 415. 427 4(5(5." .50n! 
Hull. 110, 110. 131. 134, 138 147, 
250, 27(5. 3(50. 370. 3S4, 420.' 430, 
4.58, 525, .527, (5(H5, 010. Ilnl.hell, 
30C, 301. Hudson. 12(5. Huniis- 
lon, 77, 148, 1.55, .52(5, 528. 

I. 

Ii;<M,KSToN, 371. In<:ersolI, 194, 
2(52. 408. Inirhani, 243 Isaacs. 
3.50. Isbell, .504. Ives, 78, 81, 



Mm.m 



950 



INDEX. 



83. 113. 138. 149, 190, 195. 213, 
219, 222, 229, 237, 243, 205, 2(!(). 
2U1, 270, 286, 290, 342, 309, 371, 
378, 381, 384, 397. 423, 424, 420, 
427. 428, 429. 430, 4;U, 430. 442, 
443, 440, 4.59, 489, 491, 495, 527, 
530, 571,594,005. 010. 

J. 
Jameson, 370. Jcralds, 594 
Jennings, 285, 290. Jerome, 213, 
342, 381. Jewctt, 234. Jonns, 
377. Jones, 73, 77. 120, 129, 130. 
191, 377. Jolnison, 52, 78, 81, 84, 
138, 139, 105, 100, 107, 171, 18;^, 
190. 191, 192, 193, 194, 219, 240. 
245,314, 371,370, 381,382, 384, 
4m>, 429, 430, 430, 440, 513, 538, 
540, 587, 610. Jiukl, 234, 010. 

K. 

Kkach, 376. Keyser, 288. 
Keeler, 258, 202. Kennev. 370. 
Kelscy, 391. Kendrick, 429. 430 
KdloJr^^44l. Kin-;, 541. KiiKy, 
351. Kiitland, 340. 429, 458, 459, 
521, 528, 530, 550. Kimball. 288. 
Knapp, 15. Knight, 530. Knowl- 
ton, 288. Kursted. 517. 

L. 

L.vMiMiE.xK, 370. I/\nkton, 
350 Lapliam, 407. Latliroj), 80. 
133, 137, 139, 370, 430, OKI. L< <>n- 
ard, 398. Lester, 270, 37(i. r.e«'<ls 
234. Lee, 215, 390. 409. LeavitI, 
144, 213, 384. 428. Leavenwortli, 
185. Levi. 376. Lewis, 78, 81, 
98 137, 138, 149, 229, 328, 329, 
370. 387, 397, 398, 420, 427, 429. 
430 431 458, 404, 4()0, 484, 495, 
532,' 533' 539, 573, 592, 597, 003. 
Lindsley, 428, 401, 551. Littie- 
john,203. Little, 453. Lord, 88, 
455, 450, 473. Lounsbiirv, 010. 
I.K)ek\vood, 234. Love* 143. 
Ludlow, 231, 503. Lyon, 244, 
427. Lvman, 143, 381,' 384. 430. 
432, 495", 575, 592, 593, 594, (503. 
Lvnch, 378. 

M. 

Mak( :n, 229, 441, 442. Mark- 
ham, 427. Martin, 430, 404. 004- 
Marks, 426. Marshall, 25(5. 



Marsh, 204 Marvin, 398. Mans- 
field, 74. 470. Matthews. 429, 
497. Ma.xham, 399. Malh>ry 
204, 370. .Mason. 2(54, 287, 29b! 
413. Matooii.270. 534. .M.-udey.' 
399 Massev. 345. Masciimeyer, 
370 Mau^'e, 370. Mav, 144! 
Mallon, 009. Mallier, 4K. Mer- 
rick, 179, 185. Merehant, 2H8 
371. Meky, 243. Menliaur, 384.' 
Merriam, 74, 98, 124. 125, 120 
127, 144, 210, 213, 215, 200, 201 
;i42, 3(58, 371, 370,381. 427,429 
493, 494, 495, 538, 587. Meade, 
391 Merriman, 20, 27, 74, 78, 
81. 85. 80, 114, 127, 128, 138, 139, 

107 

192, 

353, 

417, 



102, 1(55, 100, 
183. 190, 191, 
349, ;;.-)0, 352, 
384, 409,410, 
430, 487. 553, 
M'Cook, 204 
>?(Allister, 



171, 173. 1' 
237, 209, 328,' 
354, 3(59. 371, 
424 425, 429, 
575, 595, 010. 
McCorney, 376. 
391. McLain. 231, 



oOO, 582. McC'arly, 533. McMa- 
hon, 470. McWlnnnie, 370. 
McCannon. 007. Meyer, 370. 
Miles, 78. 81, 105, 191, 234,384, 
430, 521. 512, 599, OlO. Mitchell, 
133, 144, 222, 230, 270, 424. Mi- 
ner, 229, 370, 5(50. Miller, 233, 
283, 28(5, 287, 288. 290, 334, 375, 
37(5,390,395,427, 431, 443, 485, 
489, 492. .Mills. 303, 428, 429. 
Mix. K5, 130. 131, 144, 147, 222, 
27(5, 342, 371, 381, 41(5,423, 4;J0, 
43(5, 494. Morse, Moss, 2(5, 27, 
74, 7H, HI. 85,8(5, 114, 127, 128. 
l:!H, 139, 1(57, 171, 191. 193,495, 
289,311, 313, 328,332, 378, 410, 
412. 421. 425, 420, 430. 1(55. 533. 
Mountain, 209. Mori^an, 222, 
245,424, 443, 451, 494. Morris, 
243, 244, 245, 4(57. Moen, 4H7. 
Morton, 555. .Mulbree, 191. Mur- 
ray, 234. Murdock, 237. Mun- 
soii, 78, 81,85,98, 102, 139, 147, 
149, 155, 2(53, 3(59, 378, 429, 430, 
478. 5 19.' 003. 

N. 

N.^sn. 129. 390, 544. Negus, 
191. Newhall. 391. Newport. 
470. Niles, 2(54. North, 150, 
350. Norton 139. 290, 423. Nor- 



INDEX. 



951 



wcmmV ,m\, im), 400. Noves, 173, 
\m, U)7. 2:31. 2tKMS. 459, 497. 500, 
.■>(«». Nortli. 442. Nichi)ls. 44;$. 
Nifkerson, 470. 

o. 

Oliver. ;W7. Oaborii, 77. :S77. 
Osgood . 4».") . Ogden , Hy . 

P. 

P.\i>DOCK, ;{40, 427. 428, l.")l, 
.■)»(>. PiU-stins. r)2, 127. loO. 144. 
.")(«. Partrulgf. 40. Parkt-r. H."). 
114, 118. 1:5:5. 1:58, 147. 2l»!», :ill. 
:514, ;JGt). :575, :57(;, »78, 410. 427. 
428, 4:;0, 4:51. 4;5r), 442, 4(i7. 4(58. 
481, 48(5. 401, 404. .W7, ."):5, .•)(54, 
.■>7r), .■)!»7, (KM), (5(K5. (510. Pannalit". 
1()2. 2;'.4. 2i)."», 4:5(5. 458. 4!>5. PaiiL-. 
101, 2:54. Paviu', 480. 587, 588. 
505. 010 Peck. 70, 78. 81. 85, 8(i, 
01. 102. 120. VS\, 1:5:3, 1:58, 1:50. 
144, 140. 1(57. 18:5, 101, 270. :511. 
;{!)1. 420. 4:;0, 44:5. 51:5. Pcnfifhl. 
210. 222, :581 . 42:!, 424, (ilO. Pei-'r. 
:501. Perkins. 17. 210, 2:52. 2()0, 
200. 424, 428. 480. Pony, 257. 
IVtersoii, :570. Pelton, :W8. 
Peters, 420, 4:5(5. Perrine, 441. 
Phillips, :54:5, 4:50. Phelps.' :578, 
41J>, 584, OlO. Pierre, 40, 50. 
Pitkins, 2;!2, :558. Pierrepont, 
:!02. :i5:{. Plant. 591. Plum. 101, 
257, :57(; PI itt. :575. 410, 410. 420,^ 
An. 4;il, 50(5,010. Plunkett, 000. 
I'liivmert, 14:5. Pond, 458. Post, 
2:i4." Potter. 78, 81,01, 4:51. 457. 
527, 5:50, 5:!:i, 5:50. Porter, :S50, 
45:5, 458, 520. Ponierov, :50. :54, 
80:5, :;05, :{78, :5!»4. :505,' :!!>7. .508, 
:J00, 427, 428, 420. 4(54, 4!»2. 405. 
577. 504. (ilO. Pratt. 102, 200, 
:i7(;, 427, 428, 47:5. 487, 404, 4i»5. 
50:{. 550, 50:5. 580. Preston, 78, 
8(5,08, 1:18, 2:54. :!11, :{Hi. 424, 425, 
4:;o. Price. 10:i, 105. Priiulle, 
144, 21:5, 210. Prout. 12(5. Piin- 
(lerson. 245, 24(5. Putnam. 250. 
PvneiKm. 228. 

Q 

Qri.N.N. 376, (!08. COS). 
R. 

Ha.ncokn, :57(i. Haunev, (510. 



Rword, 300. liedlield. 430, 010. 
Reed, 474, .581. Regan, 378. Re.\- 
tbrd, 40, 50. 51. 222. :508, 371. 
Reynolds, :351. 426. 420. Rich, 
127, 213, 231 , :506. 546. Richards, 
376. 537. Richard s«>n. 376, 4:30, 
.5:57. Richmond, 37(5. Riggs, 421. 
Rilev, 376, .557. 608. Ripley, 2:30. 
:{06." Rice. (Roice), 48, 40,50.51. 
8:5.86.08. 101,122. 124,126.1:30, 
131. 1:32.1:53. 1:34,1:37.138,130, 
141, 142. 144, 147. 140, 1.5.5. 16.5, 
1(56, 1(57, 18(5,103, 213,21.5, 234, 
2:35, 2:50,247, 288.200. :320, 3:31, 
:5:58. :560, :370. :571. :581, :382, :384. 
:505, :506, 40(5, 410. 412. 425, 427, 
428.420. 4:50. 465. .521, .540.610. 
Robinson. 124. 127. 144, 101, 213. 
220, 371.:{81. :382. .■)45 Roirors. 
228, 257. 420, 403, .581 . Root, 2:34, 
:57(5, 4:38, 442. Robhins, 2(50, 270. 
271. 272.273.274. 27.5. :304. .5:54. 
Rockwell, :551. Rodman, 441. 
Ropes, 487, 404. Rossetter, 23. 
Rourke. :578. Ruirgles, 173, 180, 
186, .1:57. Russell, 110, 1.^.5, 182, 
18.5, 22(5, .5:58. .5:50. Ruttv, 480. 
40.t, .504. 610. 



S.voKKT. 180 Sage, 2:34. Salter, 
210. Saltonstall, 610. Sanford, 
1(!2, 2:54, 2:56, 40.~). Sawyer. 2:34. 
.557. Sa.\ton.287. Scoville, 127, 
144,210.222.423, 424. Scudder. 
:{01. Schmidt, (>00. Scott, 376. 
Screen. 417. Seaburv. 2.~)4. 257. 
Searlos. :300. :501. Seagor. 24:5. 
Sears. .507. Sell'-w. :!7(i. Seward. 
442. Sevmour. 21. 2:54. :540, :580. 
.■)04. (!10.* Shaler. 223. Shailcr, 
28(i, 288, 280, :5(>8. Shepherd, 231, 
:508, .5(5.5. Sheridan, (!00. Sher- 
man, 78, 81, 2:!0. 376, 510. 
Slijimian, 408 Silliman, ."»:50. 
Simonds, ;>7(!. Sim])son, 477. .5:58. 
r^H[). Smilev, ;!07. Smith, i:!(», 
24:5,341, :54:!, :!0.5, 410, 448.440, 
4.')0, 461. .VM. oM). .5:50.(503.610. 
Snow, 404 S-niersides, :iOO. 
Sixrrv, 10(1. Sptncer, 220.2:54, 
581. 'Sianlev. 18, 10, 20, 142. 1(57. 
106, :{:57, 420, 4:14, (i05 Starkey, 
,-)Sl Stediuan. 5;(», ■l!t5. Stecre, 



Whittdsi'V, T'J, HTt, n;{, 117, V22 
Km, l«ir>, 'kJT, 1T;5, 1H(5, 1SC2. 3(«>' 



952 INDEX. 

401. 5oi). Steele, :J.")0. Steiinv«lir. Waters. 2(57. Wiilsh. iW). War 

.■)41. Stevens, 22H, 2:U, :«)7. .").");?. ner. 1:;0, :{71, ;{7(». ").-)«. Way :.l 

608. Sticknev. ^00, 400. Still- 144, 2i:i ^AA, :i81, 4>S. Wiirreni 

man. 4t), 50, .V21. Stiles, l««, 17:5, r^r}. W ebb, 342. ;.7y, 420. 474 

186, 22S), 270, 427. 4»."). Stoddard, 4!>4, .')20. .-)Si. Wil)ster, 424. Wel- 

400. Stratton, 467. Street, 26. toi), :)l»7, .■)24. Wells, 88, 215t, •'2Q 

27. 76, 80. 81, 8.-), W, 108. 112, 12i». 281, :54(), .-)74. West, 220 West- 

138. 135), 1!)1, 27."), 349,361,387, wood, 102, 132, 13JI, 430. West- 

420, r>30, 544. Stronir. 164, 210. erhood, 37(5. Wetniore, 130, 5(>4 

Stuart, 203. Studlev. 122. Sut- Wlietniore, 231, 240. White, 74, 
liff, 401. Squires, .■>.>). ' 233, 23.5, 431, 434, .~)»8, COO, ({()2, 

rj. 610. Wiiipple, 401. Whitebead, 

^ • 73, 78. Wbilinjr, 4h, 142, 144, 213, 

Tait, 4(57, 4(;o. Talcott. 23. 24, 235, 42<i, 441, 442. WbiterteKl, 

25. 26, 88, 270, 853. Talmadii"-, ;i(M). Whitteniore, 400, 427 

376. 305. Tavlor, 204 30(5, 37(5. 

Tappins:, 88. Tennant, 234. 

303. Terrell. 280. Tbaver. 307. 23!l, 240, 270,304, 416. Wiutnev, 

Thomas, 40, 50, 307. 3!(H." Thom- 3S4, .521. Wilford, 74. Willard. 

son, 8(5. 130, I'.n, 247. 311. 37(5, 227-30. Wildnian, 2!>0. Wilson, 

4:50. Thorp, 81. 85, 130. 101, :!34. 288.375,410,4(50. Wilmot, 403. 

■420,513. Thrall. 376, 610. Tib- Wilder, .5(50. Wileox, 370, 371, 

Imls, 417. Todd. 18(5. 376. .540, 427, 4.'^, 48.5, 405, (102. Willshine, 

505. Tower. 3.01,302 Townsend. 314. Winton, 420, 421. Williams, 

250, 2(54. .548. Treat. 88. 405. 178. 170,186, 220, 243, 2(54,414, 

Tracv, 430. Trumbull. 185, 220. 431,474,477,40.5.581. Willier- 

Tryon. 473. Tutbill. 442 Tullle. ton. 2(54. WiMsb.w, 251, 2.*.3. 

78.81, 130. 147, 101, 234. 2:!(5. 237, Wisner,517. Wintbroi), 88. Win- 

243, 340, 300, 420, 430,4:55,43(5, stou, 74, 110. Wolt, 2t50. Wood, 

442,540. Turband. 31.5. Twi.^s. 234, 23(5, 430, 441. Woodl)ritl-;e, 

368,306.43(5,504. .582, (505. Tv- 11^5, 1!I0, 227, 240. Woodrutl", 141. 

ler, 85, 133, 130, 101,337.338,340, 4(5(5, 470, 5.5.5, ,5.5(5. Woollcy, 235, 

300, 430, 461, .540. (501. Woicott, 88. Wriubt, 375. 

.. 4(58, .583. (500, 610. Wvlie, 4(5!l 

L'. Wyllis, 88, 434 
Upiiam, 427, 431. Upson, 220, y 

427. 461. 

Yai.k, 78.81.85. 08,114, 126, 

V. 128, 130, 133, 134. 137, 138. 1 13. 

Va.nDi/.kh. 410. Venters. 340. 144.147. 140, 1.50.213. 210. 222, 



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2;!0, 234, 23(5, 260, 270, 328, 338. 

344.3.52, :!53, 3.54, 3(58. 3(50.371. 
Waiuiam.. 340 Wadswortii, 37(5.384. 388. 423. 424. 425,42(5, 
40,(50(5. W.-dbiee. 470, 481. Wal- 427,428. 420,430, 410,473. 475. 
dron. 37(5 \V;ilker, 37(5. Walls- 477.405, .-)(»3. 515. .52(5. .53,8. 54 I. 
worth, 48. Wainwriubt, 243. .545, 573, .587. .500, .504. .507,(501. 
Ward, 140. 245. 2(54, 443. .543. (505, 610 Yealniau, 43(5. Yeo- 
Waterman. 10:!. I!t7. 307. 405. (nans. 428. 

This index does not contain the names to he found in the 
genealogies. 



INDEX. 



953 



INDEX TO GENEALOGIES. 



A. 

Abernathy, 613, Allen, 614. 
Andrews, 614-626. Atwater, 626- 
635. 

B. 

Hkaimont, 635. Barker, 635. 
Beach, 6^(>-6^o. Bartholomew, 650. 
Beadles, 651. Bellamy, 652, 653. 
Benhani, 653-656. Blal:eslce, 656, 
657. Bristol, 657, 658. Bri)ckett, 
658-661. Brown, 662. Bunnell, 
662-665. 

c 

Canndn, 665. Carter. 665, 666. 
Carrington, 666-669. Clark, 669- 
671. Cook, 671-718. Cowles or 
C'oles, 719. 720. Culver, 720-722. 
Curtis, 722-725. 

D. 



Doolittle, 726- 
l)utton, 741- 



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OAVinsoN, 726. 
741. Dudley, 741 
743- 

F. 

Fknn, 743, 744. Foot, 744. 
(i. 

CiAVi.t)ki), 747-750. 

H.' 

ll\i.i., 750-7S7. Harriman, 787. 
Hart, 787-7S9. How, 789-792. 
HitLhcock, 792-70S. Ht)tchkiss, 
798-801. Houj,'h, 802-806. Hull, 
806-821. Humiston, 821-823. 

I. 

hKs, 823--S30. 



J. 

Johnson, 830--836. Jones, 836- 
838. 

K. 

KlRTl-ANP, 838--84I. 

L. 

I.I AVIS, 84I--S45. 

M. 

Martin, 845-847. Mansfield, 
847. Mattoon, 847, 848. Merri- 
man, 848--851. .Miles, 852, 853. 
Mix. 853--857. Mi>s.s, ^57-862. 
Munson, 862-867. 

N. 

NOYES, 868--87I. 
P. 

Parker, 871-884. Barmalec, 
884. I'reston. 885-8SS. 

R. 

Reynolds, 8vSS-89o. Koyce, 
890--900 

s. 

Stanley, 900-902. .Scarritt, 
90?. -Street, 903--905. 

T. 

TnoMrsoN. 905-907. Thorp, 
907-008. '1 nttlc, 908-923. Ty- 
ler, 023--928. 

w. 

WllllTKI.sEY, 928-0 ',5. Wil- 

co.x, 935-939. 

V. 

Vale, 9j9-94I. 



ERRATA. 



In the year 1561 a book was printed called the " Anatomy of the Mass." 
It had only one hundred and seventy-two pages in it, but the author was 
obliged to add sixteen pages to correct the blunders. Type .setting in early 
times was not remarkable for accuracy or exactness, and the same may be 
said at the present day in regard to local histories. The proof-sheets of 
this work were carefully read three times before the work went to press, 
yet a multitude of errors have been discovered since the book was printed. 
The following are the more important ones : 

Page 75, line 15 from bottom, for 1782, read 1682 ; p. 81, 
line 4 from bot., for James Andrews, read Jo. Andrews ; p. 85, 
line lo from bot., for Edward Peck, read Eleazar ; p. 108, 
line 8 from top, for time, read town ; p. 119, line i at bot., 
for Hull, read Hall ; p. 122, line 9 from bot., for Studley, read 
Standley ; p. 122, line 7 from bot., for 1831, read 1721 ; p. 
138, line 9 from bot., for Hull, read Sam'l Hall ; p. 147, line 9 
from bot., for Mix, read Ives ; p. 147, line 5 from bot., for 
South, read North ; p. 149, line 9 from bot., for pains, read 
point ; p. 154, line 5 from bot., for Hoppen's, read Hopper's ; 
p. 225, line 17 from bot., for 1742, read 1726 ; p. 247, line 9 
from top, for How, read Now ; p. 256, line 4 from bot., for Asa 
I., read Asa J. Driggs ; p. 259, line 10 from bot., for north- 
ern, read southern ; p. 270, line 4 from bot., for Thomas, read 
Theophilus Yale ; p. 306, line 10 from bot, for McLean, read 
McLain ; p, 314, line 9 from top, for Willshine, read Thomas 
VVillshire ; p. 368, line 16 from top, for Joseph Twin, read 
Joseph Twiss ; p. 369, line 14 from bot., for Hull, read Isaac 



ERRATA. 955 

Hall, Jr. ; p. 371, line 18 from hot., for Justin read Justice 
Rice ; p 376, line 12 from bot., for Norton, read Xcwton ; p. 
412, lines 3 and 11 from bot., for Denham. read Henham ; p. 
417, line 1 1 from top, tor Screen, read Green ; p 430, line 1 1 
from bot., for Curtin, read Curtiss ; p. 440, line 5 from top, for 
Homer, read Thomas Brooks ; p. 474, line 10 frtuii bot.. for 
Reed, read Read ; p. 478, line 14 from bot., for 1833, read 
1853 ; p. 513, line 9 from bot., for west, read east ; p. 517, line 
II from bot., for labors, read losses ; p. 533, line 18 from hot., 
for Hall, read Hull ; p. 533, line 19 from bottom, for Dacia 
Hall, read Docia Hull ; p. 534, line 10 t'rom bot., for is, read 
was a son of the Judge ; p. 537. line 4, for Joel Hall, read 
Hull ; p. 538, line 2 from top, for Charles Hall, read Hull ; 
p. 538, line 4 from top, for Mr. Hall, read Hull ; p. 538, lines 
2 and 5 from bot., for Hall, read Hull ; p. ^539, line 17 from 
top, for Carmon, read Cannon ; p. 540, line 3 from top, for 
Johnson, read Doolittle ; p. 544, line 12 from bol., for Gibbons, 
read Gibbards ; p. 545, line 6 from bot., for Elisha, read Eliliu ; 
p. 546, line II from bot., for 1750. read 1850 ; p. 546, line 10 
from top, for 1850-7, read 1850-1 2 years; p. 559, line 3 from 
bot., for I, read J ; p. 559, line 7 from hot., for 24. read 23 ; 
p. 573. line I from bot., for Evans read Lewis ; p, 585, bottom 
line, for national, read natural ; p. 610. line 5 from top, for 
Hall, read Hull ; p. 625, line 2 from bot., for Julia Hall, read 
Hull, dau. of Jeremiah ; p. 626, lines 9 and 12 from top, for 
Daniel, read David Atwater ; p. 635, line 6 from top, tor Free- 
man, read Truman ; p. 647, line 8 from top, for Grange, read 
Geauga ; p. 668, line 4 from bot., for McLean, read McCleve ; 
p. 669, line 8 from top, for Hall, read McCleve ; p. 675, line 
15 from top, add, F>phraim Cook m Elizabeth Hull ; p. 675, 
line 3 from bot., for Boone, read Boorge ; p. 676. line 19 from 
bot., for survey, read society ; p. 693, line 6 from top, for I'er- 
lina, read Pauline ; p. 709, line 19 from bot., omit Horace ; 
p. 743, line 6 from top, for Daniel, read David ; p. 750, top 
line, for Bradley, read Moss ; p. 780, line 8 from bot., for 1802, 
read 1809 ; p. 781, line 11 from top, for Ann Bull, read Ann 
Buel ; p. 785, line 13 from top, read, m 2d, Aimer Hall ; p. 






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796, line 15 from top, f<5r Hall, read Hull ;\, I802, line 14 from 
bot., read Mehitable ; p. 8^, line 13 frohi tS^^^r Brothers, 
read Bray ; p 817, line 9 Gmn top, for Sami J., , .4.4 Sanii G. ; 
p. 818, line 12 from top, for Jonathan, read Jothaiiil^ p. 819, 
line 12 from hot., for Lawrence, read Lauren ; p. 822, line 10 
from top, for 1761, read 1781 ; p. 841, line 12 from bot., for 
Cookstown, read Coolstown ; p. 842, line 14 from top, for 
Selekey, read Selebes ; p. 886, line 21 from bot., for let, read 
set ; p. 888, line 6 from bot., for Elizabeth, read Eliasaph ; 
p. 900, line 17 from bot, for 1753, read 1653 ; p. 904, line 9 
from bot., for Hall, read Hull. 






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